Success Story

Larissa Lurken, 2017 Player of the Year,  drives past a Buffalo defender during the season finale and a Kent State 80-71 win in the MAC Center.

Kent State’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced its women’s basketball postseason awards on March 7, with senior guard Larissa Lurken being named Player of the Year and head coach Todd Starkey being named Coach of the Year. Jordan Korinek also was honored as she was named to the…

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Awards and Honors , Student Success , Success Story

Kent Campus

Kent State students work out in the university’s new Tri-Rec fitness facility located in the Tri-Towers Rotunda.

Tri-Rec Offers Convenient Workout Location for Students in Residence Halls

’s Recreational Services and University Housing (formerly Residence Services) departments have collaborated to open a new fitness facility in the Tri-Towers Rotunda, exclusively for on-campus residents. The facility opened this spring semester.The 7,000-square-foot Tri-Rec inclu…

Tags: Department of Recreation and Wellness Services , Success Story , Center for Student Involvement , Department of Residence Services

Kent Campus

A Kent State student walks through a colorful patch of trees and foliage near the Beyer-Murin Gardens, next to the Risman Plaza, on a warm spring day.

University Is Rooted in Its Commitment to Tree Care

Sixty-eight years ago, the Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City. This year marks the ninth year is being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA program. Created in 2008, the Tree Campus USA program honors colleges and univers…

Tags: Grounds , University Facilities Management , Division of Finance and Administration , Success Story

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 students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

New Podiatric Product Developed by Kent State Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine. Rao, a fourth-year podiatric stud…

Tags: Exercise Science , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Podiatric Medicine , Success Story

Office of Student Research

Kent State student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA celebrate their academic achievement with Kent State President Beverly Warren (front row, ninth from left) at a breakfast held in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.

59 Student-Athletes Achieved Perfect GPAs in Fall and Spring 2016

’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakfast on Feb. 2 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony. “We are tremendously proud of and inspired by the success of our student-athletes who demonstrate time and time again that…

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Student Success , Success Story

Kent Campus

 students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

New Podiatric Product Developed by Kent State Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine. Rao, a fourth-year podiatric stud…

Tags: Exercise Science , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Podiatric Medicine , Success Story

Kent Campus

Aeronautics and Engineering Building

More Kent State Buildings Receive LEED Certification

Several new and renovated buildings received Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) recognition in 2016, bringing to 11 the total number of certified buildings on Kent State’s campuses. LEED is a rating system that comes from the U.S. Green Building Council. There …

Tags: sustainability , Office of the University Architect , Division of Finance and Administration , Success Story

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A Kent State student listens to a speaker during the university’s 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

David Anderson, Founder and President of the BridgeLeader Network, Served as Keynote Speaker at University’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year’s theme was “Testament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.” The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is…

Tags: Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration , Events , Success Story

Division of People, Culture and Belonging

Melissa Zullo (left), associate professor of epidemiology in Kent State’s College of Public Health, works with a Ph.D. student.

Kent State Epidemiologist Studies Best Practices for Helping Cardiac and Respiratory Patients Heal

scholar Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., is all heart, an academic who lives and breathes research, almost literally. Zullo, an associate professor of epidemiology in Kent State’s College of Public Health, has spent a significant portion of her professional and academic career studying th…

Tags: College of Public Health , Success Story , Research & Science

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Jacob Barkley (left), associate professor of exercise science in Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, oversees research activities with several students in a classroom in the MAC Center Annex.

Scholar Gets Students, Kent State on the Move

’s Scholar of the Month for December would prefer that you read this standing up, or even doing some calisthenics. Go on, get moving. Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise science in Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services. During hi…

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Success Story , Research & Science

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