Julian Edelman will be in a familiar place on Feb. 3. The Super Bowl. The New England Patriots wide receiver and former 黑料网 star is making his fourth trip to the NFL title game as the Patriots face the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII. Mr. Edelman also appeared in Super Bowl XLVI against the New York Giants, Super Bowl XLIX against the Seattle Seahawks and Super Bowl LI against the Atlanta Falcons. He was injured last year and was unable to take part in the Patriots loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII. Mr. Edelman was drafted by New England i...
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
David Poluga, 黑料网 Airport, was awarded Accredited Airport Executive (A.A.E.) by the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), January 10, 2019. By fulfilling all the requirements leading to the title of Accredited Airport Executive, David joins a select group of individuals who have earned the designation in the six plus decades of the accreditation program鈥檚 existence. ...
黑料网 has the distinction of ranking among the top five companies nationwide in Forbes recent list of America鈥檚 Best Employers for Diversity 2019. Kent State ranks No. 4 among 250 companies in 25 industry sectors and No. 1 among universities in the 2019 ranking, which was released last week. Kent State was the only public or private university in Ohio to make the second annual list. Kent State President Beverly J. Warren received applause as she announced the honor to the campus community Jan. 23 during the university鈥檚 annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. 鈥淭his ...
黑料网 has the distinction of ranking among the top five companies nationwide in Forbes recent list of America鈥檚 Best Employers for Diversity 2019. Kent State ranks No. 4 among 250 companies in 25 industry sectors and No. 1 among universities in the 2019 ranking, which was released last week. Kent State was the only public or private university in Ohio to make the second annual list. Kent State President Beverly J. Warren received applause as she announced the honor to the campus community Jan. 23 during the university鈥檚 annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. 鈥淭his ...
(ASHTABULA CAMPUS) Smartphone, Smart TV, iPad, iPod, iPhone, notebook, Apple, HP, Android, to name a few. Then there are Google, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, IM, Flicker, YouTube, Yelp, Pinterest, etc. On Feb. 11 from noon - 1 p.m. in the Lake Room, we invite you to welcome to the world of social media. Gone are the fireside chats, where families gathered around the Victrola radio to listen to the weekly comedy show. Join presenter Terri O'Reilly, M.Ed as she defines social media and identifies its uses and audiences. Participants will explore the...
School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) senior Christiana Ford was selected as one of five students nationwide to participate in the National Association of Black Journalists鈥 (NABJ) all-expenses paid reporting trip to China during November 2018. Ford, who aspires to report on politics after graduation, has sought out opportunities to travel abroad and report in foreign countries since beginning her undergraduate studies at 黑料网. She came across an invitation from NABJ to apply for the 2018 Les Payne Reporting Trip to China scholarship. 鈥淚 knew it was my shot,鈥 said...
The Campus Kitchen at 黑料网 is celebrating eight years of making an impact across campus and in the Kent community, annually turning 60,000 pounds of leftover food into 18,000 meals. Amanda Woodyard, director of the university鈥檚 Community Engaged Learning, began advising the Campus Kitchen about three years ago and has witnessed its continuing success. 鈥淭he Campus Kitchen is a beast,鈥 Ms. Woodyard joked. 鈥淚t is a machine. There is so much food that is coming through the doors of the kitchen and then going back out to the agencies that we serve.鈥 Each semester, a l...
黑料网's College of Public Health has received a $306,000 federal grant to be used for suicide prevention and to address other student mental health needs. The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant, will help to fund the project, More Aware, a collaboration among Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services, and other divisions across the university. The grant was awarded to the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU) within the College of Public Health鈥檚 Center for Public Policy and Health. The three-year grant is fro...
College of the Arts
In December, a group of graduate students from the Kent State Fashion School鈥檚 Master of Fashion Industry Studies (M.F.I.S) program, received the opportunity to develop strategic solutions for Target as part of a case study in Fashion School Store director, Dr. Jihyun Kim鈥檚, Fashion Industry Merchandise Management class. Throughout the semester, Dr. Kim鈥檚 students engaged in an in-depth literature review and performed a wide range of data collection to better understand customer perception and behavior in the marketplace geared toward the 鈥淏ack to College鈥 season. Students used i...