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Haithem Zourrig, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at ������ at Stark, presented The Influence of Country Image and Consumer Animosity on Chinese and South Korean Consumers Responses to U.S. and Japanese Brands at the Society for Marketing Advances meeting in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 2, 2018.     ...

Beginning in mid-January, ������ will launch a new, semiweekly message to share the most impactful news and stories about our campus community. Kent State Today will highlight original and curated content about Kent State to faculty and staff in a dynamic way that includes an online newsroom where fresh stories will be posted every weekday.   “This is an exciting opportunity to tell the Kent State story in a whole new way,” says Eric Mansfield, executive director of university media relations. “Many of our best news stories currently appear across the university’s many...

������’s Giving Tuesday 2018 broke the million-dollar mark for the second year in a row. Just before midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 27, the campaign raised more than $1,030,000 to support multiple student study abroad scholarships, research opportunities, educational programs, athletic teams and more. There were more than 40 featured giving options across the Kent State system from which donors could choose.    Watch thank-you video from Kent State President Beverly J. Warren.   “Seeing our Golden Flash family come together in such an exceptional way to sup...

������ Libraries will host its sixth-annual fall semester Stress-Free Zone on Monday, Dec. 10, and Tuesday, Dec. 11. The event will be open to all Kent State students, faculty and staff from 3-5 p.m. in the Garden Room on the first floor of the University Library. Stress-Free Zone kicks off finals week as a way to get students to relax and take a break from studying and stress. Cynthia Williams, director of marketing, communications and public relations for University Libraries, says that it can be detrimental to students when they overstudy or continue to cram in information...

������’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is presenting the inaugural issue of a new peer-reviewed, academic online journal called Trends in Diversity.   Trends in Diversity is an open-access, online journal that provides a platform for intellectual dialogue and exploration of emerging and transformative issues of equity, inclusiveness and diversity in higher education.    Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., envisions the journal as a voice to what is taking place in higher education toward hist...

The ������ Alumni Association invites faculty and staff to nominate deserving alumni for the Kent State Alumni Awards. Sponsored by the alumni association, the awards recognize graduates in the areas of leadership, service, character and professional development.       One student award – the Golden Flash award – will also be given to a student who promotes Kent State spirit, pride and tradition.       Award recipients will be honored at the Alumni Awards Ceremony in the fall of 2019. To submit a nomination, visit www.ks...

������ Police Services is celebrating the five-year anniversary – or the 35 dog-year anniversary – of its first K-9 unit, which features 7-year-old German Shepherd Coco and her handler, Officer Anne Spahr. “She is very high spirited, very high energy and very smart,” Officer Spahr says. “She is a phenomenal work dog, very focused and thorough, but quick. I have to stay on my toes to keep up with her.” Coco was the first police dog at Kent State. She is now one of two police dogs at the university, later joined by a Belgian Malinois named Dexter. Dexter's handler...

John and Fonda Elliot, donors of the largest gift in ������ history, reflect on their transformational experiences at Kent State and offer advice to current students.          ...

Transfer student Gregory Joyce II is a great example of the wide variety of clients served by LaunchNET. While many students come to the office looking to start a venture of some type, Gregory came in with multiple businesses already going and ideas for more. His journey to successful college student and business person, like most, is not a simple, straightforward one. He grew up on the west side of Cleveland, and after completing a semester of college at the University of Akron, he was kicked out of school. In 2014 he moved to Atlanta, Georgia and attended Morehouse College, where he was e...