������

The Kent City Health Department has notified 57 residents of Fletcher Hall, fourth floor, on ������’s Kent Campus that they must quarantine until Oct. 20 due to possible exposure to the communicable disease COVID-19. Only students who live in Fletcher Hall will be permitted to enter during this quarantine period. The 57 students will remain in a separate section of Fletcher Hall. Meals will be provided along with other university resources through the quarantine period. Anyone testing positive has been moved to isolation. The university will work with the students and thei...

The Kent City Health Department has notified 53 residents of Fletcher Hall, third floor, on ������’s Kent Campus that they must quarantine until Oct. 19 due to possible exposure to the communicable disease COVID-19. Only students who live in Fletcher Hall will be permitted to enter during this quarantine period. The 53 students will remain in a separate section of Fletcher Hall. Meals will be provided along with other university resources through the quarantine period. Anyone testing positive has been moved to isolation. The university will work with the students and their...

������ is proud to announce its 2020 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Kent State. Sponsored by the alumni association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s most prestigious honors given to alumni. “We were once again delighted with the overwhelming number of outstanding nominations we received for this year’s awards,” said Meg May, president of Kent State’s National Alumni Board of Directors. “These nominations remind us of the diversity and success of our graduate...

The ������ Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 11:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, which will be conducted electronically as permitted under Amended Substitute House Bill 197. The sole purpose of the special board meeting is to consider a proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between Kent State and ������ Employees Local 153, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The Board will retire into executive session during the meeting to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” No committee meetings will ...

������’s David Costello, Ph.D., is passionate about identifying what trace metals lie within Northeast Ohio’s streams and what the effects of these metals are on the surrounding environment. Costello, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, received a $718,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study these important trace metals. The grant is awarded as part of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. The program supports early career development for researchers who have integrated education with t...

The Black Lives Matter movement has illustrated what a modern protest looks like in the world of technology and social media. Sara Koopman, Ph.D., assistant professor of Kent State’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, spoke on WKYC's We the People about how modern technology has changed how protests are organized compared to how they were in the 50’s and 60’s civil rights movements.   “People don’t need big charismatic leaders in the same way, organizing pops up all over the place,” Koopman said. “Anyone can start their own Black Lives Matter protest...It’s more horizontal and ne...

As we look back through years of students who pursued various degrees and went on to lead inspiring lives with fulfilling careers- we know that many of those students went on to become educators. Since the inception of Kent State’s Normal School in 1910, thousands of students have been trained in pedagogy and curriculum to become future teachers. Upon graduation, these educators have been sent into schools with the mission to educate and support the future generations of learners.  Integrated Language Arts Education major, Bailey Verona McKarns, decided to pursue her dream of becomi...

KENT, Ohio – Jens Molbak, CEO and founder of NewImpact, is the featured speaker for the Kent State College of Business Administration’s Fall 2020 Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Speaker Series. Molbak will present “Tri-Sector Innovation: A Transformative Strategy for Collaborative Entrepreneurship,” virtually at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct.21. Molbak has extensive experience as a successful entrepreneur. In 1990, he founded Coinstar, a company that specializes in kiosk-based coin-to-cash exchanges, and served as its CEO for 11 years. Coinstar has since gone public and expanded int...

Dear ������ Students, Faculty and Staff, As part of our ongoing COVID-19 mitigation strategy, Kent State has partnered with CVS Health to provide free testing for all students, faculty and staff starting Oct. 12 and continuing through the spring semester. This testing is for both those who have symptoms and those who do not show symptoms (asymptomatic). This testing also does not require previous authorization from a physician. By Oct. 12, representatives from CVS will be on the Kent Campus weekdays until Nov. 20 — and again during the spring semester — to provide sample t...