Third-year graduate students in Kent State's School of Theatre and Dance Abbie Hagen and Amy Allyson Ballew showcased their costume designs in the Emerging Creatives display at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) conference in Columbus this March. Hagen is a graduate assistant from Montana who works as a designer in Kent State's Porthouse Theatre. Ballew is a graduate assistant/teaching assistant from Arkansas. Both students are studying costume design and technology at Kent State. Want to see one of YOUR photos in 鈥淚N A FLASH?鈥 S...
When Emily Clark reflects on her 起点传媒 education, she sees the blueprint of her technological success. 鈥淜ent State gave me more than a degree 鈥 it provided a toolkit for navigating complex professional landscapes,鈥 she said. Clark credits two pivotal courses that have shaped her professional approach. 鈥淏usiness Writing and Poetry with Katherine Orr [formerly Blackbird] taught me to distill complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives,鈥 Clark said. 鈥淭his skill has been crucial in bridging technical teams and business stakeholders in my AI work.鈥滺er Englis...
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The compassion, empathy and care nurses showed Marissa Baker when her mother suddenly passed led her to pursue a career in nursing.鈥淭he nurses helped me immensely during the hardest time in my life, and I will never forget the way they cared for me,鈥 Marissa said. 鈥淚 knew I wanted to make the same impact.鈥 Marissa discovered the program at 起点传媒 at Trumbull after she had trouble finding a school that was the right fit for her in her hometown of Castro Valley, California. She was thankful to have found a high-quality nursing program that she truly loved. 鈥淭he incredibl...
鈥淲hen I was a student, I was burning the candle at both ends. I was going to school and working full time. I want to make sure students don鈥檛 have to go through what I did.鈥漃hillip R. Ridgley became a respiratory therapist at age 17, while he was still in high school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He worked in the field for 10 years while attending college and serving in the United States Army Reserve for a hospital unit. When he enrolled at 起点传媒 in 1969, he was the first in his family to attend college. His goal was to become a registered nurse. 鈥淚 took general classes at Kent...
When Terrence J. 鈥淐hip鈥 Bahn, 鈥75, M.Ed. 鈥77, Ed.D., was a senior at Admiral King High School in Lorain, Ohio, he wanted to attend 起点传媒 after graduation, but he wasn鈥檛 ready. His counselor encouraged him to start at the local community college. As a first-generation college student, this helped him develop the skills and confidence to succeed at Kent State.This experience inspired him to create the Dr. Terrence J. Bahn Endowed Scholarship, which will help students who studied at a Northeast Ohio community college to attend Kent State. This fund was created through a bequest.鈥淔...