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President Diacon to Incoming Students: We Are All One Community

With a backdrop of strobe lights, rock music and excitement, Kent State President Todd Diacon kicked off the start of the 2022 Fall Semester by encouraging new students to lean on one another during the university's traditional convocation ceremony. 

Media and Journalism Welcomes Two New Faculty Members

The School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) at Kent State is pleased to welcome Tara Conley, Ed.D., and Kathryn Cooper, Ph.D., as full-time faculty members.

Kent State Student Escapes Dating Abuse, Helps Others Know Their Worth 

After experiencing dating violence in high school, Rhylee Shepherd turned her pain into a teaching opportunity for her peers through the Know Your Worth project.

Kent State Nursing Student Honored for Lifesaving Effort

A Kent State College of Nursing student who graduated Aug. 20 recently was honored by the city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, along with her sister, for working to save the life of a woman who fell ill while playing volleyball.

Kent State Students Study Sustainable Gardening for Poverty Reduction in Mexico

Kent State University partnered with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City for an international, cross-cultural exchange for students to study how sustainable gardening projects aid immigrant populations. 

Kent State University receives an NSF grant for quantum computing training

Co-PIs Dr. Michael Strickland (Professor and Chair, Physics), Dr. Qiang Guan (Assistant Professor, Computer Science), and Dr. Barry Dunietz (Associate Professor, Chemistry) have received a $500k grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a quantum computing (QC) training program at Kent State University. 

Culinary services introduces new plans and programs

Culinary Services boasts a new meal plan for faculty and staff, as well as a variety of new initiatives and locations. 

"Kent" wait to see you at the A&E Expo

This family event has been a fixture in the Stow/Kent community for more than two decades, and we are thrilled to bring this event back and showcase our Airport and FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center to the community.

Undergraduate Student Government Wins 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from National Student Government Group

Kent State's Undergraduate Student Government, the student organization responsible for being the direct line of communication to the administration to make students’ voices heard, was honored with the 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from the Conference on Student Government Associations.

David Rush

Familiar Face 

David Rush

Assistant Athletic Director - Facilities and Operations
Intercollegiate Athletics
Kent Campus

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

February 2017

Where on the Web? Explore Kent, Go! Kent State’s Golden Location Showcase

Kent State University's Explore Kent, Go! web pages give the Kent State community the ability to explore Kent State’s campus, downtown Kent and surrounding cities. Next in the “Where on the Web?” series, the focal point is the Explore Kent, Go! web pages at www.kent.edu/go. The Explore Kent, Go! web pages are an introduction to the diverse opportunities offered by the university’s niche area in the Midwest, according to Lin Danes, director of Web Services and Interactive Media at Kent State.

Kent State Celebrates Its Newest Graduates With Summer Commencement Ceremonies

The Kent State University alumni family will grow by more than 1,200 new graduates as the university holds its summer commencement ceremonies. The accomplishments of the Summer Class of 2022 will be recognized with in-person, outdoor commencement ceremonies and a virtual commencement ceremony on Aug. 20.

Aliyah C. Tipton

New Face

Aliyah Tipton

Asst. Director, Communications
Division of Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement
Kent Campus

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

April  2022

Bruno Beidack

New Face

Bruno Beidacki

Global Programs Advisor
Office of Global Education
Kent Campus

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

April  2022

Lolita Winning

New Face

Lolita Winning 

Administrative Assistant
Brain Health Research Institute
Kent Campus

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

April  2022

Kent State Prepares for Safe and Healthy Semester

Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,

STEM Professors Receive NSF ADVANCE Grant to Explore Impact of Gender and Other Factors on Workload of STEM Faculty

“Who is Counted and What Counts: Tracking Women’s Engagement in Low-Prestige/High-Workload Service Activities at Kent State University” will examine whether faculty members with underrepresented and/or historically excluded intersecting gender and racial/ethnic identities (IGREs) perform more high-workload, low-prestige service work than their faculty peers.

KSU Museum Announces New Exhibition ‘As the World Weds: Global Wedding Traditions’

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100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Distance Learning Comes to Kent State Normal College

In 1922, Kent State’s first president, John McGilvrey, introduced what could be considered the great-grandmother of our current distance-learning programs at Kent State: correspondence courses. 

Five Kent State Experimental Archaeology Graduates Earn Full Rides to Grad Schools

Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you. For Anna Mika of Parma, Ohio, who started as a geology major her freshman year at Kent State University and switched to anthropology the following year, that spark came in 2017 while taking an anthropology course called North America’s Ice Aged Hunters, taught by Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She said that course changed her perspective on everything.  

Kent State Helps Students Who Left College Without a Degree to Settle Their Debt and Continue Their Education

Kent State University is excited to be a part of the Ohio College Comeback Compact, an innovative program to help students who left college with debt but without a degree to continue their education. Kent State is collaborating with seven public colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio to reach out to these students and provide a path back to higher education while reducing or eliminating their debt.

Soldier-Turned-Police Officer Draws on his Past for Debut Novel Featuring Crime-Solving Veteran

When he’s not working to keep the Kent Campus safe, police officer Vance Voyles can be found in the classroom where he works as an adjunct professor teaching Story for Film for the digital media production major in the School of Media and Journalism within the College of Communication and Information. 

Engineering Professor Wins Farris Family Award for Pursuing Research Into Clean Energy Fuels

Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award. His research focuses on hydrogen fuel because its only byproduct is water, which is harmless to the environment, unlike other fuels that result in carbon dioxide emissions that pose a great environmental threat.

"Dear Vaccine" Features Poetry, Presidents and Passion

Kent State University President Todd Diacon and others shared poems written for the recent publication “,” at the book’s release party this spring. His poem is part of a much larger, global community poem that highlights different viewpoints on the worldwide pandemic.  

100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Jazz Age Brings Changes to Student Culture at Kent State

"Roaring 20's" Bring New Styles and Social Rules. Women, in keeping with the fashions of the time, were wearing shorter skirts, bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, along with other sweeping changes.

Former NBA Player Inspires Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Students

Even those who perform at the highest levels of talent struggle with challenges that change the way they live. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, a former NBA player, spoke to a Kent State Speech Pathology class via Zoom to address the difficulties living with stuttering as an adult and professional athlete. 

Five Kent State Experimental Archaeology Graduates Earn Full-Rides to Grad Schools

Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you.

Kent State’s College of Nursing Redesignated a Center of Excellence by National League for Nursing

For the third consecutive term, the National League for Nursing (NLN) has designated Kent State University’s College of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in the category of Advancing the Science of Nursing Education. This new cycle of designation will extend from 2022-2026.

Darice Polo - Seeds of Colonialism: Ohio Forces in Puerto Rico

Kent State Researcher Develops Hybrid Fuel Cell Battery/Capacitor

Yanhai Du, Ph.D., College of Aeronautics and Engineering professor, has been working with

Alexander Evans, BBA ’14, BS ’14, MBA ’15, M.GISc ’19

After more than two years of a global pandemic, most everyone knows what an epidemiologist does. Alexander (Alex) Evans, BBA ’14, BS ’14, MBA ’15, M.GISc ’19, an epidemiologist at Franklin County Public Health, spent the first 18 months of the pandemic on call, working seven-day, 60-hour weeks on its COVID-19 response. This experience was shared by many epidemiologists, and with tireless work, came burnout.
 

Kent State’s Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement Wins 19 Marketing and Communications Awards

Kent State’s Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement launched the university’s most ambitious fundraising campaign, called Forever Brighter, last October, creating communications and fundraising materials that share the remarkable impact of alumni engagement and donor philanthropy on the university. The division has earned 19 marketing and communications awards from multiple competitions. 

Sandra Janashak Cadena Selected to be Inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing

The Academy is pleased to announce that Sandra Janashak Cadena, PhD, APRN, PMHCSN, CNE, has been selected to be a Fellow of the Am

Kent State Receives $1.5 Million in Choose Ohio First Scholarships for STEM Students

Kent State University has been awarded $1.5 million from the state of Ohio for the Choose Ohio First program that supports students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

Kent State Freshman Receives Gold Medal Recognition at The National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships

First-year advertising major and marketing minor, Isabelle Collyer, recently won a gold medal at the 2022 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (NCTA).

Kent State Partnership with Portage County Agency Saves More than Half a Million Pounds of Residence Hall Castoffs from Landfill

Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization recently arrived at Kent State University’s Kent Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles.