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Debt continues to plague students

Debt continues to plague students

Last week a national study rated Ohio as the 11th largest state for student debt in the U.S., with Kent State grads playing a large role in that dubious distinction. So what, if anything, is being done to stop this troubling trend? TV2’s Tyler Carey has more. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S7_CAREY_DEBT[/bbrvideo] Ohio has the 11th most student debt in the United States, according to the Project on Student Debt’s annual report. According to the report, 68 percent of the state’s 2013 college graduates…

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Kent State interacts with students on social media

Kent State interacts with students on social media

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S2_Blue_Twitter[/bbrvideo] Kent State’s newest president Beverly Warren is using twitter. She started her account when she became president on July 1rst. Today she interacts with students by tweeting, using hashtags and taking photos with students. Lester Lefton, the university’s previous president, did not use social media. Instead he communicated with students through weekly emails and kept a website showcasing his photography. Warren’s use of social media offers students a new channel of communication. Stefanie Moore, a Kent State public…

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Beverly Warren manages her schedule

Beverly Warren manages her schedule

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S1_Blue_Time[/bbrvideo] It’s easy to find Kent State University’s newest President Beverly Warren meeting with students and faculty members on campus, but keeping up with her is no easy task. Warren’s listening tour has 50 events alone, and it seems like there are’t enough hours in her day, so how does she manage her time? “She does very, very well. What weights in her favor is that she’s an early riser, she’s up at 3:30 every morning, and she gets…

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Beverly Warren packs her schedule

Beverly Warren packs her schedule

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_P5_Blue_Schedule[/bbrvideo] It’s easy to see Beverly Warren meeting with students and faculty members at Kent State, but keeping up with her is no easy task. It seems like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done. Her listening tour alone has 50 events where she hears students, faculty, and alumni speak. So how does she manage her time? “So she does very, very well. What weights in her favor is that she’s an early riser. She’s…

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Beverly Warren speaks to alumni

Beverly Warren speaks to alumni

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_P4_Blue_ListeningTour[/bbrvideo] Kent State’s new president, Beverly Warren, is currently focused on her listening tour. I spoke with Eric Mansfield to find out what events were in the tour. The listening tour has 50 events total. During the summer she visited all 7 regional campuses to learn how each one operates in their community. She wants to focus on making all 8 campuses feel like one cohesive university with her one campus initiative . Now that the semester has started…

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Beverly Warren’s first semester

Beverly Warren’s first semester

[bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_P3_Blue_BeverlyWarren[/bbrvideo] It’s a new era for Kent State. Beverly J. Warren, Kent State University’s 12th president, is three weeks into her first semester. I spoke with Eric Mansfield, the director of University media Relations to find out what our new president is doing this semester. She is currently focused on her semester long listening tour. The tour gives her the opportunity to visit Kent State’s facilities and meet with university leaders. It is intended to for the community to…

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Beverly Warren listens and learns at Kent State

Beverly Warren listens and learns at Kent State

My beat is Beverly Warren’s first semester at Kent State. I interviewed Eric Mansfield, who is the Executive Director of University Media Relations at Kent State. I was also lucky enough to interview Beverly Warren at a press conference for student media. I met Emily Vincent, the Director of Media Relations, at the press conference. This beat has provided me with a lot of ideas and directions. President Warren will be doing what is being called a listening tour of…

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