Terry Schwarz is the director of Kent State鈥檚 Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) which is the outreach arm of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Terry鈥檚 work at the CUDC includes neighborhood and campus planning, commercial and residential design guidelines, and ecological strategies for vacant land reuse. Terry launched the CUDC鈥檚 Shrinking Cities Institute in 2005 in an effort to understand and address the implications of population decline and large-scale urban vacancy in Northeast Ohio. MORE INFORMATION ON THE CUDC ...
The Tamplin Award is given annually to recognize the excellent work of Writing Commons consultants and to honor the outstanding contributions of our consultants of the intellectual life of the university. The award is named after Professor John C. Tamplin, a longtime volunteer and supporter of the Writing Commons. Writing Commons consultants can be nominated in the Summer, Fall, and Spring terms. Nominations for close in February for the current academic year.Who is eligible for the Tamplin Award?Any graduate or undergraduate writing consultant working in ...
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The Kent State School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Media Law Center for Ethics and Access will host the third annual Media at the Movies on Tuesday, March 7. Join us for a viewing of 鈥淪potlight鈥, followed by a discussion of media ethics. The event will take place at 6 p.m. in Franklin Hall鈥檚 FirstEnergy Auditorium (Room 340). "Spotlight", an Academy Award winning film, is about a group of reporters at The Boston Globe who in 2002, uncovered the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. This movie brings up a number of media ethics questions: How do reporters find...
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Gift yourself and your community by pausing to reflect on someone or something you are grateful for. Write your appreciation on a window, a bulletin board or a Post-it note and bring your department鈥檚 鈥淕ratitude Graffiti鈥 wall to life. The Gratitude Graffiti Project is a practice of purposeful reflection and appreciation expressed through interactive art. Over the past decade, hundreds of studies have documented the social, physical and psychological benefits of practicing gratitude. Even in the midst of adversity, such as coping with a chronic illness or other crisis, we know that a r...