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Held annually in March, National Nutrition Month® focuses on the importance of making informed food choices, developing healthy eating habits, and being physically active. Explore the resources below, which are available to support Kent State employees and their families during National Nutrition Month and beyond. Nutrition counseling with registered dietitians is available to full-time, benefits-eligible Kent State employees through Be Well Solutions, as well as their household and family members through Impact Solutions. Schedule a complimentary session through the&nbs...

The ASPIRE Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is an interview-style talk featuring Ambassador Edward F. Crawford who will share his experience as an entrepreneur and discuss the importance of being able to overcome rejection. Ambassador Crawford will be interviewed by radio personality Thomas Kelly, an award-winning journalist, best-selling author, screenwriter and talk show host on the Salem Radio Network in Cleveland, Ohio.  This event follows the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship groundbreaking ceremony for the new Crawford Hall earlier in the da...

A lecture series has been created to honor the legacy of Kent State University Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., and advance the scholarship of May 4, 1970, and the Vietnam War era.   A current resident of Hudson, Ohio, Lewis taught at Kent State from 1966 until 2013, becoming Professor Emeritus in 1996. Serving as a faculty marshal in 1970, he witnessed the May 4, 1970, shootings firsthand and has since devoted time to researching, memorializing and lecturing on the events of May 4. In 1971 with the help of students, Lewis e...

Now in its 15th year, the “Great Colleges to Work For” program is a national survey that recognizes institutions that get top ratings from faculty and staff for building great workplace practices and policies. For 10 years Kent State has landed on the prestigious list, but in 2021 Kent State University was one of just 15 four-year public universities in the nation, and the only public university in Ohio, to receive the 2021 designation. Furthermore, Kent State was recognized in seven categories: Compensation and Benefits; Confidence in Senior Leadership; Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging; ...

Kent, Ohio — Four members of the Kent Wind Ensemble, led by Wendy K. Matthews, Ph.D., will be part of the 2022 College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Intercollegiate Band for the North Central Division Conference. They’ll rehearse and perform as part of the ensemble during the three-day conference running April 7-9 held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rebecca Phillips, D.M.A., director of bands at Colorado State University, leads this year’s group. The students include: Jake McQuaid, flute Emily Butz, clarinet Tylor Davis, tenor sax Brett Graves, clarinet ...

The Kent State University at Tuscarawas Golden Eagles men’s basketball team will make their first appearance in the United States College Athletic Association (USCAA) National Championship Tournaments on Monday, March 7, at 8 p.m., at Virginia University in Richmond. The Golden Eagles have secured the No. 9 overall seed in the USCAA Coaches Poll and will face Southwestern Adventist University of Dallas in tournament action. Kent State Tuscarawas is one of seven teams to receive an at-large bid and join three automatic qualifiers from the Penn State University Athletic Conference, the Hud...

Visual arts teacher Stephen Tornero and choir director Mary Meese and are among the finalists for the 2022 Stark County Art and Music Educator Awards. Both are alumni of Kent State’s College of the Arts. Presented jointly by the Canton Symphony, the Massillon Museum, and the Canton Museum of Art, the awards recognize public, private, and parochial art and music educators via nominations through the Stark County Educational Service Center and the Canton Symphony Orchestra. The awards seek to uphold educators who have positively impacted their students and communities and who have shown great...

Every so often an obligatory “whither journalism education?” think piece appears in a widely read media outlet. Cue the wringing of hands and rending of garments. With the continued declining fortunes of legacy media organizations, the argument goes, journalism education, too, must be doomed. Surely this means there are no longer opportunities journalism grads. A recent piece by South African journalist Franz Kruger in The Conversation argues just that, asserting “The demand for journalism graduates is shrinking, while non-professionals play an increasing role in supplying society with infor...