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Admissions (1)
Board of Trustees (6)
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) (1)
Hillel (1)
Journalism and Mass Communications (2)
KSU at Trumbull (1)
KSU Museum (1)
Recreational Services (1)
Town-Gown (2)
University Communications and Marketing (2)
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KSU has 7.6 pct. student increase (Lefton) |
09/16/2010 |
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Sept. 16--Kent State might be the second-largest public university in the state. Or maybe not. The university is reporting a record enrollment of 41,365...
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Kent State University plans $250 million in projects paid largely with new student fees (Lefton) |
09/17/2010 |
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KSU project would cost students (Lefton) |
09/16/2010 |
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Sept. 16--Kent State intends to use a student fee to help pay for $250 million in improvements at its main campus. Trustees agreed Wednesday that with state...
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Student fees fund KSU construction (Lefton) |
09/17/2010 |
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KSU Students Could Fund Campus Improvements |
09/16/2010 |
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Students at Kent State will be helping pay for improvements at the university's main campus, if the state gives the green light. Board of Trustees recently...
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Kent State proposes student fee for buildings |
09/16/2010 |
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KENT, Ohio — Kent State University students would potentially pay hundreds of dollars more per year under a plan to pay for two new buildings and renovate a third....
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Here is the latest Ohio news from The Associated Press |
09/16/2010 |
Associated Press (AP) - Columbus Bureau |
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...in support of specific candidates. The agreement follows a January U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a similar federal ban. KENT, Ohio (AP) _ Kent State University students could potentially pay hundreds of dollars more per year under a plan to pay for two new buildings and renovate a third....
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KSU's CDUC moves to Euclid Corridor (Lefton, Schwarz) |
09/16/2010 |
WEWS-TV - Online |
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Photo courtesy Kent State University advertisement Last Updated 41 minutes ago CLEVELAND - Kent State University is celebrating the grand opening...
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Four new staff members join KSU Hillel |
09/17/2010 |
Record-Courier |
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Watch today's 'Future of News' panel and other discussions from Kent State |
09/16/2010 |
Poynteronline |
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Poynter Online Adrian Holovaty, Paul Steiger, Arianna Huffington and other journalists are speaking at today's "NEXT Ethics?" Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop. It's being streamed and live-blogged...
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Live Blogging Holovaty, Steiger & Cohen at Kent State Ethics Workshop |
09/16/2010 |
Poynteronline |
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By Jeremy Gilbert and Jan Leach The "NEXT Ethics?" Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop, hosted by the Kent State University school of Journalism and Mass Communication, will bring together professional...
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Valley colleges post record fall-enrollment numbers (Thomas) |
09/17/2010 |
Vindicator - Online |
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Two additional Mahoning Valley colleges posted record enrollment numbers this fall. Kent State University's Trumbull Campus, located in Champion, reported a nearly 20 percent increase in this year's fall enrollment compared with 2009....
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On With The Show |
09/16/2010 |
Aurora Advocate |
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...Lake Science Center, Cleveland. Currently -- "Collectors and Collecting" and "I Never Leave the House Without a Hat," KSU Museum, the front campus, Kent State U. Currently -- "Do You Know Your Lincoln?," "Under the Covers Quilts," "Soul Soldiers African Americans and the Vietnam Era," Western...
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Flashfleet: KSU's new bike sharing program |
09/17/2010 |
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Nine downtown Kent buildings to come down |
09/16/2010 |
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...coming down later this month.Demolition permits have been issued for the buildings in connection to the downtown redevelopment project involving the city, Kent State University, Fairmount Properties and The Pizzuti Companies.The nine buildings slated to come down are 255 S. Water St.; 257 S. Water St.;...
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Kent State commits $3 million to expansion project (Lefton) |
09/17/2010 |
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Kent State University reaching out to high school students and alumni (Harvey, |
09/16/2010 |
Cleveland.com (Plain Dealer - Online) |
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KSU unveils its $1 million ad campaign (Lefton, Harvey, Neumann) |
09/17/2010 |
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News Headline: KSU has 7.6 pct. student increase (Lefton) |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Akron Beacon Journal, The
Contact Name: Biliczky, Carol
News OCR Text: Sept. 16--Kent State might be the second-largest public university in the state.
Or maybe not.
The university is reporting a record enrollment of 41,365 students this fall, 7.6 percent more than the previous fall and well ahead of the University of Cincinnati's fall 2009 enrollment of 39,667.
While UC is traditionally the second-largest system in the state, its fall quarter won't begin until Wednesday. Spokeswoman Dawn Fuller said she expects record enrollment but was unwilling to guess.
Colleges and universities supply an official count to the Ohio Board of Regents on the 14th day of classes. The board will provide full numbers when all reports are in.
In the meantime, enrollment at Kent State's seven regional campuses is up 11.7 percent to a record 15,517; international students are up 26.4 percent; and out-of-state students are up 15 percent.
In a news release, KSU President Lester Lefton attributed the sharp uptick to the university's reputation "as the leading public research university in Northeast Ohio" and its efforts to ensure student success and to enhance academic excellence.
However, the university is sharing the uptick with many other institutions. Most colleges, both public and private, are enjoying a bounty in head count.
The U.S. Department of Labor said in April that more than 70 percent of 2009's high school graduates were in college in October, a record enrollment rate.
Neither KSU nor UC can touch Ohio State, which is traditionally the first- or second-largest university nationwide. This fall's enrollment won't be available until mid-October, but last fall's was more than 63,200.
Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.
Copyright © 2010 The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio
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News Headline: Kent State University plans $250 million in projects paid largely with new student fees (Lefton) |
News Date: 09/17/2010
Outlet Full Name: Crain's Cleveland Business
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: By TIMOTHY MAGAW
Kent State University is planning $250 million in facility upgrades and new construction projects that largely will be paid for through borrowing financed by an expansion in student fees.
The university's board of trustees moved forward with the plans at its Wednesday meeting at Kent State's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland.
The bulk of the construction projects will be financed with $210 million in borrowings that hinge on state approval. The rest would be from state funds, fundraising and other money.
University officials estimate the construction projects would create as many as 7,500 construction jobs in Northeast Ohio.
Kent State president Lester Lefton said the bonds would be paid for through new student fees, which would be introduced in two years and would increase over seven years, ultimately costing students an additional $24 per credit hour. At the fee's peak, full-time students taking the minimum amount of credit hours would be charged an additional $288 per semester.
Dr. Lefton noted that unlike many student fees imposed at universities, these new dollars would go toward the construction of academic buildings rather than, for example, sports facilities. Many of the new construction and renovation projects will be for science, engineering, technology and mathematics facilities on Kent State's main campus. The work would include a facility for the university's new College of Public Health as well as several laboratories.
Other construction projects include a $6.75 million renovation of a classroom building at Kent State's Salem campus and a $1.9 million performance stage and clock tower to be located near the new, expanded lawn area near the university's student center. Kent State also purchased several properties in the city of Kent as it plans to expand further into the downtown area.
Meanwhile, university officials also unveiled the school's new, $1 million marketing campaign. The television campaign will feature several Kent State alumni, including Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder of the oddball rock group Devo. The commercials will premiere Saturday on ESPN during Kent State's football game against Penn State.
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News Headline: KSU project would cost students (Lefton) |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Akron Beacon Journal, The
Contact Name: Biliczky, Carol
News OCR Text: Sept. 16--Kent State intends to use a student fee to help pay for $250 million in improvements at its main campus.
Trustees agreed Wednesday that with state approval, the university would assess students $24 per credit hour to help pay for academic buildings -- the first major campus improvements at Kent State since the 1970s.
The fee on academic buildings would be a first in Ohio.
A student taking a typical courseload of 15 hours a semester would pay $720 per year, or $2,880 over four years.
Kent State has raised tuition by 3.5 percent each of the past two years. A similar increase and the new fee would push a full-time student's annual costs above $10,000 -- without room and board.
Paired with new bachelor's degrees at KSU's regional campuses and checks on tuition at the regionals, the project "is one of the biggest expansions of educational opportunities in Northeast Ohio in 50 years," KSU President Lester Lefton said after the meeting. "It's an ambitious plan that's quite unprece
dented."
The campus improvements would include a new, $40 million home for the university's architecture program, now housed in three buildings; a $40 million home for art, now in six buildings; and $20 million for a renovated science building, probably Williams Hall.
Lefton said Kent State needs the capital improvements to put it on a level with Case Western Reserve University, Boston University and Tulane University, where he was provost before coming to Kent State.
"If you don't [make the improvements], students will gravitate elsewhere," he said.
While trustees approved the sale of bonds in November and agreed Wednesday to invest $40 million of KSU's money as well, the project has hurdles to clear.
KSU needs the approval of Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, and the Ohio Controlling Board, which oversees major purchases by public institutions in Ohio, to levy the new fee.
The university needs the state's OKs by what Lefton called the "drop-dead date" of Nov. 8 in order to sell $210 million in bonds at favorable interest rates through the Build America Bonds program, a piece of the federal stimulus package, which ends Dec. 31.
"We cannot move forward" as now outlined without the approvals for the new fee, Lefton said.
Not meeting the deadlines "could increase financing costs to students by as much as$57 million, as well as place at risk an estimated 7,500 Portage County-area construction jobs," the resolution read.
The new fee would be levied for 30 years after the buildings come on line.
Trustees also agreed to expand educational opportunities while keeping a lid on tuition at their seven regional campuses.
The university will offer 60 new bachelor's degrees at the regionals, giving more students the chance to finish their degrees at a local campus.
The university also agreed to set tuition for upper-division courses at regionals at 65 percent of the cost -- $9,030 -- of the main campus in Kent. At today's prices, that would lower the per-year cost for regional students to $5,870 from $5,988.
The university also would freeze the price of lower-division courses at the regionals for two years. The current price for a full-time student is $5,110 per year.
The changes in tuition at the regionals are contingent on the university receiving the same level of support from the state.
Trustees also agreed to develop 10 more partnerships with community colleges over the next two years. Students would enroll in Kent and another institution at the same time and take their KSU classes by distance learning.
Carol Biliczky can be reached at 330-996-3729 or cbiliczky@thebeaconjournal.com.
Copyright © 2010 The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio
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News Headline: Student fees fund KSU construction (Lefton) |
News Date: 09/17/2010
Outlet Full Name: Record-Courier
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: By MATT FREDMONSKY | STAFF WRITER
(INSET) NEW STUDENT FEE
STARTS IN 2012
■ Will increase: The new student
fees will gradually increase
for seven years.
■ When fully implemented:
After seven years, the new
fee will cost students $24 per
credit hour.
■ Adding it up: In 2018, the
fee will cost students taking
12 credit hours per semester
$576.
Source: Kent State University
Plans for a $250 million renovation
of Kent State University's
main campus, to
be funded by a new student
fee, are approaching a crucial
deadline for the sale of construction
bonds.
The university plans to
issue $210 million in Build
America Bonds, a program
funded with federal stimulus
dollars, to build several
new buildings and renovate
existing academic facilities
on campus.
But the university can't
do the work without funding
through the new student fee,
which must be approved by
two state-level offices and an
Ohio legislative committee.
The new student fees,
which are set to start in 2012,
would increase gradually for
seven years until they are fully
implemented at a cost of
$24 per credit hour. An average
of four classes per semester,
or 12 credit hours,
would cost a student $576
per year by the time the
fee is fully implemented
in 2018.
To implement the fee,
KSU needs approval from
the Ohio Board of Regents,
its chancellor, Eric
Fingerhut, and the Ohio
Controlling Board, which
votes on changes to the
state's operating budget
for major purchases and
expenses by state public
institutions.
KSU President Lester
Lefton said the university
has been working with
Fingerhut and the regents
to gain approval for the
fee.
“We have been working it
through the machinery of
the political process, and
it's been slow-going,” Lefton
said. “Now is crunch
time.”
Lefton said the university
needs approval for the
fee by Nov. 8 in order to sell
the bonds at a favorable
interest rate. KSU would
be the first university in
Ohio to implement a student
fee to fund academic
buildings, as opposed to
sports or recreation facilities,
he said.
The KSU Board of Trustees
took action Wednesday
requesting Fingerhut approve
the fee. The board
previously approved the issuance
of bonds in November
for the construction,
which Lefton said would
create an estimated 7,500
jobs in the Portage County
area.
The campus renovation
would include: a new, $40
million facility for the College
of Architecture and
Environmental Design;
a new, $40 million facility
for the School of Art; and
renovations to the university's
science facilities
in addition to other upgrades.
The work would
involve the most comprehensive
facelift the campus
has seen in nearly 40
years.
The Kent campus work
is part of a broader plan to
increase access and affordability
to classes across the
university's eight campus
system.
The resolution passed
by the trustees Wednesday
also addressed plans
to offer 60 new bachelor's
degrees at the seven regional
campuses. As part
of that plan, KSU intends
to build partnerships with
a dozen community colleges
within the next two
years, so students who attend
a community college
for two years can transfer
to a KSU campus and finish
their degree in a total
of four years.
In addition, the plan
calls for a 35 percent discount
on upper-division
tuition costs at regional
campuses. A freeze on
lower-division tuition also
would be implemented,
provided the state share
of regional campus instruction
costs remains
the same.
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News Headline: KSU Students Could Fund Campus Improvements |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: AkronNewsNow.com
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: Students at Kent State will be helping pay for improvements at the university's main campus, if the state gives the green light.
Board of Trustees recently approved charging students $24 per credit hour to pay for building updates as long as Ohio officials also agree, according to The Beacon Journal.
It means a full-time student taking 15 credit hours would pay $360 each semester in academic fees for the project.
If the plan moves into action, it would be the first major improvement project on the campus in nearly 40 years.
Such a fee for academic building improvements would also be the first in the Buckeye State.
On the Web The Beacon Journal www.ohio.com
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News Headline: Kent State proposes student fee for buildings |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Dayton Daily News - Online
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: KENT, Ohio — Kent State University students would potentially pay hundreds of dollars more per year under a plan to pay for two new buildings and renovate a third.
The university in northeast Ohio has asked state officials for permission to charge students a fee of $24 per credit hour for capital improvements. The Akron Beacon Journal reports students with the typical course load of 15 hours per semester would pay $720 annually.
The school's trustees signed off on the fee on Wednesday. University President Lester Lefton says Kent State needs to make improvements to attract students and remain competitive.
The university wants to build new centers for its architecture and art programs and fix up one of its science buildings.
Information from Akron Beacon Journal, http //www.ohio.com
Copyright 2010, The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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News Headline: Here is the latest Ohio news from The Associated Press |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Associated Press (AP) - Columbus Bureau
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: COLUMBUS, Ohio_An agreement between state elections officials and an anti-abortion group has ended a state ban that kept businesses and unions from funding pre-election broadcast ads in support of specific candidates. The agreement follows a January U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a similar federal ban.
KENT, Ohio (AP) _ Kent State University students could potentially pay hundreds of dollars more per year under a plan to pay for two new buildings and renovate a third. The university has asked state officials for permission to charge students a fee of $24 per credit hour for capital improvements.
TWINSBURG, Ohio (AP) _ Some former employees are trying to buy what's left of the closed Chrysler plant in Twinsburg as equipment is auctioned off this week. Some are hoping to get a souvenir, but they say the equipment is going for more than they expected.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ A Columbus couple have all of their sextuplets at home for the first time since the four boys and two girls were born three months ago. The last of the McGhee children left Ohio State University Medical Center this morning. The McGhees were only the second set of sextuplets delivered in Ohio.
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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News Headline: KSU's CDUC moves to Euclid Corridor (Lefton, Schwarz) |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: WEWS-TV - Online
Contact Name: Elizabeth Misson
News OCR Text: Photo courtesy Kent State University
advertisement
Last Updated 41 minutes ago
CLEVELAND - Kent State University is celebrating the grand opening of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CDUC) in its new location in the heart of downtown Cleveland.
Kent State’s CUDC is now located 1309 Euclid Ave., Suite 200, in Cleveland, placing the collaborative within PlayhouseSquare and directly on Cleveland’s refurbished Euclid Corridor, which university officials believe is a very attractive location.
CDUC is a community service organization and is part of a city-university partnership between Kent State and the city of Cleveland. CUDC aims to improve the quality of urban spaces by providing design services, research and advocacy for cities, neighborhoods and institutions in the region.
'The work done by Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and its continued presence in downtown Cleveland demonstrate our commitment to help rebuild and revitalize Cleveland and Northeast Ohio,' Kent State President Lester A. Lefton said in a press release. 'Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative first opened in Cleveland in 1999, providing research and technical expertise to the city’s leaders and policy makers for more than a decade.'
Previous projects by the Kent State CUDC include conceptual designs for Public Square in downtown Cleveland; the Cleveland Rowing Foundation’s proposed riverfront facility; and 'Pop Up City,' a project which seeks to turn vacant Cleveland spaces into havens for cultural and arts activities.
'Our new location is in the District of Design, which is the area in downtown Cleveland surrounding PlayhouseSquare, from East 13th to East 18th streets, envisioned to include architecture, engineering, design and planning firms and programs,' Collaborative director Terry Schwarz said in a press release. 'We are a part of the steady, but accelerating, progress of the District of Design by becoming one of its new, key tenants.'
Kent State’s CUDC was previously located in the Gateway District.Â
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News Headline: Four new staff members join KSU Hillel |
News Date: 09/17/2010
Outlet Full Name: Record-Courier
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: Hillel at Kent State University
recently welcomed
four new professional staff
members, who will allow the
organization to offer more
programming and study
opportunities for the 1,500
Jewish students who attend
KSU and the University
of Akron.
Becca Carter, an Akron
native and recent KSU graduate,
is Hillel's new administrative
coordinator and engagement
associate for the
University of Akron. She
received her undergraduate
degree in art history,
with a minor in Jewish
studies. Carter was an active
Hillel student leader and
founded Achoti, the Jewish
sisterhood on campus.
Ricky Marcus is the new
director of Jewish student
life. Marcus comes to Hillel
at KSU from the Cleveland
Hillel Foundation, where he
served as program director
for the past four years.
Amir Miron is the new
part-time Israel fellow. Born
in Tel Aviv, Miron received
his bachelor's degree in
management and political
science from Ben-Gurion
University in Beer
Sheva. He served his three
years of IDF military service
in an armory unit as a
tank gunner.
Rabbi Lee Moore will join
the staff later this fall as a
part-time senior Jewish educator.
She will be working
with Hillel on Jewish education
projects and helping
to deepen the experiences
already offered, including
Shabbat, holiday and
Tzedek (social justice) initiatives.
“We're very excited to
have these four talented
staff members joining our
team,” said executive director
Jennifer Chestnut.
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News Headline: Watch today's 'Future of News' panel and other discussions from Kent State |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Poynteronline
Contact Name: Kent State
News OCR Text: Poynter Online
Adrian Holovaty, Paul Steiger, Arianna Huffington and other journalists are speaking at today's "NEXT Ethics?" Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop. It's being streamed and live-blogged.
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News Headline: Live Blogging Holovaty, Steiger & Cohen at Kent State Ethics Workshop |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Poynteronline
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: By Jeremy Gilbert
and Jan Leach
The "NEXT Ethics?" Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop, hosted by the Kent State University school of Journalism and Mass Communication, will bring together professional journalists, professors and students to engage in a lively dialogue about media ethics and its role in an ever-changing online environment.
The workshop will not presume to create rules for media practitioners, but instead will try to create a foundation for further work and study. Please join us in helping media consumers and creators discuss key issues of online news and information.
You can watch a live stream of Thursday's entire workshop (from 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET); here is a full speaker schedule.
We will live blog two of the sessions
* 10 a.m. Data Mining You Can't Always Get What You Want, with Adrian Holovaty of EveryBlock.com and and Sarah Cohen of Duke University (facilitated by Poynter's Ellyn Angelotti)
* 12 p.m. New Issues, Enduring Values Emerging Ethical Questions for Journalists, Paul Steiger of ProPublica (moderated by Poynter's Kelly McBride)
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News Headline: Valley colleges post record fall-enrollment numbers (Thomas) |
News Date: 09/17/2010
Outlet Full Name: Vindicator - Online
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: Two additional Mahoning Valley colleges posted record enrollment numbers this fall.
Kent State University's Trumbull Campus, located in Champion, reported a nearly 20 percent increase in this year's fall enrollment compared with 2009. It has 3,145 students this fall.
Eastern Gateway Community College's enrollment hit 2,125, the first time that number exceeded 2,100 in the institution's 42-year history.
Last week, Youngstown State University reported its highest enrollment in 20 years.
YSU's preliminary count showed 15,194 students enrolled for the fall semester, up 3.5 percent — or 512 students — from last fall.
Ann Koon, an EGCC spokeswoman, said that college's enrollment is still growing, pointing to late-starting classes including about 12 courses at the Valley Center at Forum Health Northside Medical Center, Youngstown.
“We are so excited to have this record growth at the college,” EGCC President Laura Meeks in a news release. “We are reaching more and more residents who will benefit from achieving a higher education. Obviously, a greater number of students realize the importance of a better education as part of their desires to have better lives.”
The bulk of the increase is attributable to the college's expansion into Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull counties, Koon said. Student retention is also part of the 4 percent increase.
The lagging economy also may have played a role.
“We continue to see students coming back for retraining or to upgrade,” Koon said.
Enrollment of students from Columbiana is up 6 percent, from 97 students in fall 2009 to 103 this fall. Trumbull saw a 142 percent increase with 63 students this fall, up from 26 last fall. The number of students from Mahoning increased 327 percent, from 44 last fall to 188 this year. A total of 354 students from the three counties are taking Eastern Gateway classes, compared with 167 students in fall 2009.
Also, 64 students from the three counties are taking college classes from Lorain County Community College, which is a program-delivery partner with Eastern Gateway.
KSU-Trumbull's enrollment is an all-time high.
“Such strong numbers continue to demonstrate and emphasize what an important role this campus plays in the education of residents in our region,” Wanda Thomas, dean for Kent State Trumbull, said in a news release. “Whether we are talking about traditional students, those that are looking to complete a degree they haven't finished or those looking to continue their education in order to remain competitive in today's workforce, a great many are recognizing the need and advantage of post-secondary education and that which our campus provides.”
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News Headline: On With The Show |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Aurora Advocate
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
Sept. 16 -- Rascal Flatts, Kellie Pickler, Chris Young, evening, Blossom Center.
Sept. 17 -- The Legendary Drifters, evening, Kent Stage on East Main Street.
Sept. 23-24 -- The Debacle Concerts, evening, the Kent Stage, downtown Kent.
Sept. 23 -- The Lettermen, 1 30 and 8 p.m., the Croatian Lodge in Eastlake.
Sept. 24 -- How Sweet the Sound, 7 30 p.m., Q Arena.
Sept. 24-25 -- A Fine Romance The Love Song Cabaret, 7 30 Sept. 24, 3 p.m. Sept. 25, Stocker Arts Center, LCCC in Lorain.
Sept. 26 -- Michelle Shocked, evening, Kent Stage, East Main St., Kent.
Sept. 29 -- Little Feat and David Bromberg, evening, Kent Stage, downtown Kent.
Oct. 3 -- JP, Chrissie Hynde and the Fairground Boys, 8, the Tangier, Akron.
Oct. 5-17 -- Blue Man Group, Playhouse Square, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
Oct. 6 -- Suzanne Vega, 8 p.m., Playhouse Square, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
Oct. 8 -- Days of the New, evening, the Agora Theater, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
Oct. 9 -- Bullet for My Valentine, evening, Time Warner Amphitheater, Flats.
Oct. 9 -- Tribute to Genesis The Waiting Room, 8 p.m., Agora Theater, 5000 Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
Oct. 16 -- Disturbed, Hail the Villain, Art of Dying, evening, Agora, Cleveland.
Oct. 23 -- David Allan Coe, evening, the Tangier, West Market Street, Akron.
Oct. 28 -- Evening with Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, 7 30, Playhouse Square, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
Oct. 29 -- The Woovs and Heymonea, evening, the Tangier, W. Market, Akron.
Oct. 30 -- The Tubes featuring Fee Waybil, evening, Tangier, west side of Akron.
THEATRICAL EVENTS
Now-Sept. 26 -- "They're Playing Our Song," the Wea-thervane Playhouse, Akron.
Now-Oct. 16 -- "All That Fall," Kennedy's Theater, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.
Sept. 18-19 -- "Menopause The Musical," Akron Civic Theater, Main Street.
Sept. 18 -- "Puss-N-Boots," children's play, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Ohio Theater in downtown Cleveland.
Sept. 19 -- Rhythm of the Dance, 7 30, Stocker Arts Center at LCCC in Lorain.
Sept. 23, 25-26 -- "The Pearl Fishers" by Opera Cleveland, 7 30 Sept. 23, 8 Sept. 25, 2 Sept. 26, State Theater on Euclid Avenue.
Sept. 24-Oct. 31 -- "Othello," the Hanna Theater, E. 14th St., Cleveland.
Sept. 29-Oct. 31 -- "Dixie's Tupperware Party," 14th Street Theater, E. 14th St. in downtown Cleveland.
Oct. 15-30 -- "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Fridays-Saturdays, Chagrin Valley Little Theater, River St. in Chag. Falls.
Oct. 22-23 -- "A Chorus Line," evening, E.J. Thomas Hall, U. of Akron's campus.
Oct. 22-24 -- "Legally Blonde The Musical," Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
Nov. 19-Dec. 12 -- "Billy Elliot The Musical," Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
Currently -- "Bodies The Exhibition" display at Fourth Street and Euclid Ave., downtown Cleveland.
Currently -- Steamship William G. Mather is now open Fridays thru Sundays.
Currently -- "Hubble," "Under the Sea" and "Fighter Pilot," the Omnimax Theater, Great Lakes Science Center, west of the East 9th St. pier.
Currently -- "Strange Matter" exhibit, Great Lake Science Center, Cleveland.
Currently -- "Collectors and Collecting" and "I Never Leave the House Without a Hat," KSU Museum, the front campus, Kent State U.
Currently -- "Do You Know Your Lincoln?," "Under the Covers Quilts," "Soul Soldiers African Americans and the Vietnam Era," Western Reserve Historical Society, East Blvd., the far east side Cleveland.
Currently -- "Detroit Disassembled Photographs by Andrew Moore" and "Arctic Revisions Isaac Julien's True North," Akron Museum of Art at Mill / High streets.
Currently -- "Wild Music Sounds and Songs of Life," Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Wade Oval.
Currently -- "In Honor of the Cleveland Arts Prize," "Andrew Borowiec Cleveland Photographs," the Cleveland Museum of Art, the far east side, Cleveland.
Now-Sept. 12 -- Dinosaurs exhibit, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo on the southwest side of Cleveland.
Sept. 15-16 -- The Wayne County Fair, grounds on the southwest edge of Wooster.
Sept. 16-19 -- Ravenna Balloon-A-Fair, Sunbeau Valley Farm on Route 59-downtown Ravenna venues.
Sept. 18-19 -- Ye Old State Renaissance Faire, Settlers Village, Rt. 608 and Navoo Road, Middlefield.
Sept. 18-19 -- The Village Peddler Festival, 10-6 Saturday, 10-5 Sunday, Lake Farmpark, east of Kirtland.
Sept. 18 -- The Midwest Railway Preservation Society's Grand Circle rail tour on Wheeling & Lake Erie line from Medina to Medina.
Sept. 19 -- The Glenmoor Gathering of Significant Automobiles, Glenmoor Country Club in Canton.
Sept. 19 -- Wooster Arts and Jazz Fest, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., square, downtown Wooster.
Sept. 24 -- How Sweet the Sound, 7 30 p.m., Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland.
Sept. 25 -- Chagrin River Day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Riversie Park in Chagrin Falls.
Sept. 27 -- T. Boone Pickens at Town Hall Speakers Series, 6 p.m., the Ohio Theater on Euclid Avenue.
Oct. 3 -- Comedian Louis CK, 7 30 p.m., Playhouse Square Center in Cleveland.
Oct. 17 -- Comedienne Vickie Lawrence and Mama, the auditorium, Parma High.
Oct. 25 -- Andrew Ross Sorkin at Town Hall Speaker Series, 6 p.m., Ohio Theater on Euclid Ave., Cleveland.
Nov. 6 -- Comedian Bill Cosby, evening, Akron Civic Theater, S. Main St., Akron.
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News Headline: Flashfleet: KSU's new bike sharing program |
News Date: 09/17/2010
Outlet Full Name: Cool Cleveland
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: Introducing Flashfleet, Kent State University's new bike-sharing program. KSU students can borrow bikes for short-term use free of charge. Flashfleet even offers helmets… because you gotta wear a helmet! Pick up a bike at one of many convenient locations on campus and return it when you're done. Flashfleet was developed “from concerns over rising fuel costs, traffic congestion across campus, consistent enrollment increases each semester, physical fitness and a greater consciousness about climate change.” Sounds like a good plan.
http://Kent.edu/flashfleet/index.cfm
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News Headline: Nine downtown Kent buildings to come down |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Record-Courier - Online
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: By Matt Fredmonsky | staff writerNine buildings in downtown Kent slated for demolition are expected to begin coming down later this month.Demolition permits have been issued for the buildings in connection to the downtown redevelopment project involving the city, Kent State University, Fairmount Properties and The Pizzuti Companies.The nine buildings slated to come down are 255 S. Water St.; 257 S. Water St.; 233 S. Water St.; 241 S. Water St.; 121 E. Erie St.; 128 E. Erie St.; 206 E. Erie St.; 200 S. DePeyster St.; and 224 S. Water St.The demolitions will clear every building within the Haymaker block where the city and Fairmount are planning at least three new mixed-use buildings. The demolition also includes the former Record-Courier Kent office, which is owned by KSU. Kent City Engineer Jim Bowling said the demolition includes every building that must be demolished for the projects except for the house behind the former newspaper office at 218 E. Erie St., which KSU recently purchased from Josephine Ricciardi.Akron-based Bertolinni Trucking will handle the demolitions, which the contractor bid at $543,430.Bowling said the city will pay the cost up front, and KSU will reimburse the city for the $105,000 cost to demolish the university-owned properties.He said the visual aspects of the demolition are expected to begin by the end of this month or early October.
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News Headline: Kent State commits $3 million to expansion project (Lefton) |
News Date: 09/17/2010
Outlet Full Name: WKSU-FM
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: Amanda Rabinowitz
Kent State commits $3 million to expansion project to connect university with downtown
Kent State University's board has committed $3 million to a massive expansion project to connect the university with downtown Kent. The board has approved the purchase of 10 downtown properties, two of which have not yet been appraised. They're key to the project that includes a new hotel, conference and transit center. Kent State University President Lester Lefton says specifics of the deal have not been reached, but the university is moving forward.
Earlier this year, the U.S. transportation department committed $20 million to a new transit station at the heart of the project.
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News Headline: Kent State University reaching out to high school students and alumni (Harvey, |
News Date: 09/16/2010
Outlet Full Name: Cleveland.com (Plain Dealer - Online)
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News OCR Text: KENT, Ohio -- Kent State University is launching a $1 million, one-year campaign to promote its new brand -- "Experience for Life."
Karen Farkas
(PHOTO) Kent State hopes a television and advertising campaign re-establishes ties with its about 200,000 graduates, more than half of whom live in the state.
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The university expects the campaign to help attract a more highly qualified and diverse student body, said Iris Harvey, vice president for university relations.
KSU also hopes the television and advertising campaign re-establishes ties with its about 200,000 graduates, more than half of whom live in the state.
Alumni will be asked to contribute comments and videos on how their KSU education affected their lives at a new website, kent.edu/experienceforlife, which goes live at noon Saturday.
That day was chosen to kick off the campaign because the KSU football team plays at Penn State in a nationally televised game on ESPN2. The university purchased a television ad for the game.
Three TV ads also will air over the next year in the Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Toledo and Youngstown markets, Harvey said. They will likely be during network morning news shows and prime time entertainment shows.
The advertisements focus on alumni who discuss their education, their careers and how proud they are to be KSU graduates.
One spot features Mark Mothersbaugh, co-founder of the band Devo and a film and television composer. He wrote the music for the KSU commercials.
Another ad includes Joan Stikes-Jenkins and her sister Gina Stikes-Shoehalter. Stikes-Jenkins is a nurse at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Administration Medical Center and Stikes-Shoehalter is director of public relations and marketing for msnbc.com in New York City.
The third ad includes Diaz McDaniel, an engineer at Kent Displays, Inc., a Kent-based technology firm that was the first spin-off company and licensee of KSU's Liquid Crystal Institute.
The university did in-house research to determine the focus of its campaign and hired Fahlgren Advertising in Columbus about a year ago to develop it and the brand, Harvey said.
Harvey said KSU, which wanted to make itself stand out to high school students, chose to showcase its graduates as prepared to succeed throughout their lives.
Of the university's more than 100,000 alumni living in Ohio, two-thirds of them are in Northeast Ohio, Harvey said. Graduates will be encouraged to post on KSU's Facebook page, shoot and upload videos to YouTube and write comments on the new website about their college experience.
"Experience for Life" will be paired with "Excellence in Action," the institutional slogan that replaced "Imagine" after President Lester Lefton arrived in 2006.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: kfarkas@plaind.com, 216-999-5079
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News Headline: KSU unveils its $1 million ad campaign (Lefton, Harvey, Neumann) |
News Date: 09/17/2010
Outlet Full Name: Record-Courier
Contact Name:
News OCR Text: By MATT FREDMONSKY | STAFF WRITER
(PHOTO) PHOTO COURTESY KSU
Devo band member and cofounder
Mark Mothersbaugh
stands near a Kent State University
sign on campus during the
filming of a television commercial
for his alma mater.
Kent State University is
rolling out a new, $1 million
advertising campaign this
fall that starts with a series
of TV ads to air during Saturday's
football game against
Penn State on ESPN.
The three commercial
spots feature success stories
from alumni with local
ties, including Devo founder
Mark Mothersbaugh,
Ravenna natives and sisters
Joan Stikes-Jenkins and
Gina Stikes-Shoehalter and
Diaz McDaniel, a process engineer
at Kent Displays Inc.
KSU President Lester Lefton
said he is hopeful the
ads will give future students
and their families a sense of
the “transformational experience”
students undergo
at KSU.
“The campaign shines the
spotlight on Kent State's
greatest reason for pride and
optimism about the future:
our accomplished alumni,”
Lefton said.
Mothersbaugh, who founded
Devo in the 1970s with
other KSU students, has
achieved national success as
a composer working in movies
and TV, including films
“The Royal Tenenbaums”
and “Cloudy with a Chance
of Meatballs.” He wrote the
scores for all three of the new
ads.
Iris Harvey, vice president
of university relations at
KSU, said the ads are meant
to highlight the university's
role as both an educator and
economic driver in Northeast
Ohio while also connecting
with prospective students
on an emotional level.
“We want to make sure all
our marketing ... is aligned
with our commitment to
demonstrating our leadership
role in Northeast Ohio,”
Harvey said. “We think we've
been a little quiet over the
past few decades. We're not
going to be so quiet anymore.”
The narrative ads feature
each alumni talking about
their career successes and
the role KSU played. Joan
Stikes-Jenkins and Gina
Stikes-Shoehalter talk about
their work, which includes
Stikes-Jenkins's position as
a nurse at the Louis Stokes
Cleveland Veterans Administration
Medical Center and
Stikes-Shoehalter's job as director
of public relations and
marketing for MSNBC.com
in New York City.
Mothersbaugh talks mostly
about his successes in music.
“If my music moved you,
thank the place that moved
me,” he said in the commercial.
“Because if you've seen
my work, you've seen their
work.”
The university commissioned
Columbus-based advertising
agency Fahlgren
Advertising to create the
ads.
Tom Neumann, associate
vice president for KSU communications
and marketing,
said the ad campaign officially
starts Monday with spots
airing on TV stations in the
Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh
and Toledo markets.
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