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The ������ Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.   Kent State President Beverly J. Warren announced in October that she will leave the role at the end of her term on July 1, 2019, after five years of exemplary service. President Warren has led the university to many major milestones and spearheaded the creation of A Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State and the $1 billion Gateway Master Plan, which set the stage for the university’s future success. The Board holds the statutor...

As children, we are shaped by our environment. Positive and negative experiences can have lasting impacts on our lives. For ������ student Ryann Doherty, her childhood adversity fueled her passion for justice and hope and led her to the criminology and justice studies major. Doherty did not follow the typical high-school-to-college-to-career route. Instead, she worked as a bartender and waited for the opportunity to return to school. But a passion was burning inside her, sparked by her early years. In her thirties, Doherty’s financial situation changed for the better and pave...

The Kent State East Liverpool Campus held its seventh annual Culture Fair to showcase students’ research about Native American cultures through posters, papers and videos. The fair included a display of arrowheads and flint tools; several books and publications; food; dreamcatchers; and music. According to Dr. Lydia Rose, associate professor of sociology, the Indigenous people in North and South America come from many different tribes and clans. “Each group has different traditions, religions and languages,” she noted. “Many of the tribes within the United States experienced historical tra...

More Extremes In A Changing Climate: An Interview With Cameron Lee Ph.D. Cameron Lee, Ph.D., discusses with local NPR station, WKSU, the effects of a changing climate. In the ten minute interview Dr. Lee explains how we should expect to see greater extremes in light of a globally changing climate.  You can access the article and interview at the following link: http://www.wksu.org/post/more-extremes-changing-climate-interview-cameron-lee-phd?fbclid=IwAR1GT_2SdODcdFIS9piC1e9rKLLWZ8TDBSTnLPWZy1uzzMYI_PnDGJMSE4U#stream/0  WKSU is ������’s award-winning ...

A ������ fashion student used her passion for design to turn an Akron woman’s collection of 1,500 Netflix envelopes into a dress masterpiece. Akron resident Joanna Wilson had collected the iconic red Netflix DVD sleeves for 13 years and wanted to transform her collection into a dress. “I imagine it would be great with this water-resistant paper to make something wearable,” Ms. Wilson said in a WKYC-TV interview. In May, Ms. Wilson shared her vision and collection with WKYC in hopes to connect with someone who was up for the challenge of transforming the envelopes. Enter Alys...

Thanks to a collaborative effort between Spectrum; the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; the Division of Human Resources; and the Division of Information Services, the first phase of the Preferred Name system is now active for faculty and staff at ������!   Phase one will allow faculty and staff to update their preferred name in the following systems: 1.    Banner SSB – This includes HR web directory, phone directory, shared table integration, text changes. 2.    OIM email display, windows computer login, contact card displa...

Lorene Martin, MSN, RN, CRNP, was named the ������ College of Nursing 2018 DAISY Faculty Award recipient. She is a senior lecturer of nursing on the Kent State Salem Campus. Krista Hawkins, MSN, RN, nursing lecturer at Kent State Salem, was one of two honorable mention awardees. This is the fifth year the college has accepted nominations for the DAISY award and this year, more than 50 nominations were submitted. The DAISY Faculty Award was established to provide colleges and schools of nursing a national recognition program that can be used to show appreciation to faculty f...