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Dr. Kenne was the featured speaker at Brain Health Summit held February 21, 2018.  The summit focused on how individuals can improve the health of their brain and the quality of their thinking, through lifestyle changes, including movement, nutrition and stress reduction. The summit was sponsored by Kent State of Wellness, Research and Sponsored Programs, and the Brain Health Research Institute.  Click HERE to view Dr. Kenne’s presentation and the presentations of the other featured speakers.   ...

Dr. Christa Porter, an assistant professor in Higher Education Administration, is a recipient of the 2018 American College Personnel Association (ACPA) College Student Educators International Emerging Professional award.  Each year, the ACPA honors five emerging professionals at a dinner fostering discussion of professional issues. The dinner is based on a tradition established by Professor Philip A. Trip and Ursula Delworth, creating an opportunity for junior colleagues to participate in an intellectual debate.  Porter won the award for her contributions to higher education. S...

You will find ºÚÁÏÍø driving the region’s economy in nearly every sector of industry. From FedEx to Medical Mutual to Sherwin-Williams and the Cleveland Indians, our graduates are making dynamic impact and shaping lasting contributions across Northeast Ohio.  Every day, Kent State and its graduates – including 109,000 alumni living in Ohio – are improving the quality of life for this region, and in the process, they are churning billions annually into the economy. Those are the findings of a newly released report by EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young), ...

Feb. 24: Valerie Kelly is interim associate VP of of the Office of Continuing and Distance Education. She is also an adjunct instructor in the User Experience Design degree program at ºÚÁÏÍø.   Learn more about the Office of Continuing and Distance Education Listen to the Elevations interview:       ...

As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS ’43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effort—and charted the course for today’s women mapmakers. By Jan Senn Bea (Shaheen) McPherson, BS ’43, remembers many things about her long, eventful life. Like where she was at Kent State on December 7, 1941. Just seven days before her 20th birthday, she was listening to the radio while sitting on the porch swing of the off-campus house she lived at on Lincoln St., when she heard of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.  The event that led...

What a fantastic time to be part of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) here at Kent State! We are uniquely positioned to be leaders in addressing some of the most challenging issues we are facing as a nation and as a people. Our rich history, our commitment to excellence, our passion for innovation, and our dedication to local and global communities, makes this College a place I am proud to call home. Our passionate students, industry partners, and dedicated faculty and staff transform lives – here and abroad. Who would not want to be a part of that? The challenges we are all ...

Kendra Snatchko is about to graduate from ºÚÁÏÍø and her eyes are focused on a bright future. Her vision of the future, however, started forming when she was only 12 years old. That’s when she set her sights on someday working in the fashion world. Snatchko will graduate in May with a degree in fashion merchandising and a minor in fashion media from Kent State. She began her collegiate pursuit on the East Liverpool Campus during the fall 2014 semester and transferred to Kent in the spring of 2016. She recently spent three months in New York City, as part of her program requir...