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Kent State remains committed to being a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. Participants are required to attend all five sessions and submit reflections for each session before receiving a $1,000 stipend. All sessions are synchronous and will be held virtually. All courses must be completed in the timeframe allotted. There will no make-up sessions.  If you would like to be considered for the upcoming fall Anti-bias workshops, please complete this form. All selected participants will automatically receive email notifications on how to access the Zoom link an...

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Stores and malls buy into ponds and rain gardens for flood control Extra bonus: These rainy-day ponds clean up dirty water Next time you go to a mall or a large chain store, such as Walmart, take a look around. Beside the parking lot you may find a pond. Its purpose is not to make the stores look nicer, although the water may indeed look pretty. These ponds are there to help manage water that flows off parking lots when it rains. Anne Jefferson works at ������ in Ohio. There she studies water as it moves through the environment. Of urban rain gardens, she notes, “Once y...

Kent State alumna Ericka Shoaff, ’11, has returned to ������ in a newly created position designed to further support students as a central hub for basic needs resources. She is the assistant dean of students and director of student advocacy and support in the newly created CARES Center. Q. How would you describe your position? In my role as an Assistant Dean of Students and the Director of the CARES Center, I have the opportunity to provide leadership to the center while working alongside a wonderful team of caring and dedicated individuals who make the work possible. I vi...

  For incoming freshman Gavin Whitman, participating in the Get Caught Up in a Flash Bootcamp was one of the smartest ways to start his journey at Kent State. After successfully completing the week-long program, Whitman received a 32-inch Samsung Smart Hub/HDTV. He is a student on the East Liverpool Campus. The bootcamp provides students with an immersive and intensive learning experience to focus on identified weaknesses in English and/or algebra before beginning their first semester. Students attend a weeklong, on-campus experience where they meet with professors, improve their kno...

 The ������ Museum is thrilled to announce the opening of its long-awaited exhibition “TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair.” Already gaining national and international attention, “TEXTURES” opens Sept. 10 and is a landmark exploration of Black hair and its important, complex place in the history of African American life and culture. The exhibition’s 180 paintings, sculptures, hair artifacts, photographs, advertisements, magazine covers and other media are organized into three themes: Community & Memory, Hair Politics and Black Joy. Black hair...

For the first time in school history, ������ has received the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Institutional Academic Achievement Award. The Golden Flashes earned a department-wide grade-point average (GPA) of 3.447 for the 2020-21 academic year. The Institutional Academic Achievement Award is presented annually to the MAC school with the highest GPA for student-athletes in league-sponsored sports for the academic year. "We strive for competitive excellence both within and outside of the classroom," Kent State Director of Athletics Randale L. Richmond said. "I could not be mo...

Independence, Ohio – August 26, 2021: On the warm evening of Saturday, August 21st, shielded from the sun by a beautiful tent in the College parking lot, the ������ College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) community reunited for its first in-person celebration in two years. The Hall of Fame & Alumni Awards Dinner is CPM’s signature tradition which serves to honor alumni for their service to the podiatric medical community and loyalty to their alma mater. Though this year’s celebration looked a bit different, it may have been the most significant gathering in the College’s recent ...

  The third Kent State Columbiana County Volleyball Classic took place Aug. 24, when the Salem Quakers hosted the East Liverpool Potters for a full night of volleyball action and helping kick off the volleyball season in this area. The night featured freshman, JV and varsity games between the cross-county rivals, In a hard-fought varsity match, East Liverpool High School defeated Salem High School for the second year in a row.  It took four games, but the Potters won the varsity match-up 25-23, 18-25, 25-12, 25-21. East Liverpool also won the freshman and JV contests.  As h...