2010 3rd Quarter News Releases

• College of Public Health Honored for Role in Fugitive Safe Surrender Kent State University’s College of Public Health was one of the partners recently honored by Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray with the Ohio Distinguished Law Enforcement Group Achievement Award for 2010. Kent State was recognized for its role in the Akron Fugitive Safe Surrender program in 2009. The award was presented Sept. 15 during the Ohio Attorney General’s Law Enforcement Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
  - Posted Sep. 29, 2010
• Former Apollo Flight Controller Sy Liebergot to Visit Kent State Oct. 4 As the lead flight controller for all the Apollo space missions, Sy Liebergot was a key player in the U.S. space program. Liebergot was at the focal point of the Apollo 13 crisis and played a prominent role in bringing the crew back to Earth safely.
  
  On Monday, Oct. 4, Kent State University will host three public events with Liebergot. He will offer insight into decision making in the U.S. space program, discuss his role in the aborted Apollo 13 moon mission and sign copies of his autobiography “Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime.- Posted Sep. 29, 2010
• Kent State Rated One of the World’s Top 200 Universities As Kent State University continues its centennial celebration, it received a special recognition that reinforces the impact and reputation the university has in the world. Times Higher Education, a London-based higher education magazine, has ranked Kent State as one of the top 200 universities in the world.
  - Posted Sep. 29, 2010
• Kent State’s African Community Theatre Holds Auditions for Fall Production The African Community Theatre at Kent State University will be holding auditions for its Fall 2010 production of “Stagolee: A Black Folktale.”
  - Posted Sep. 24, 2010
• Center for Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation Holds Open House at Hudson Library, Oct. 4 The Center for Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation (CEBI) at Kent State University invites local area alumni and friends to a casual open house to learn about exciting and innovative education and programs at Kent State that are having cross-campus impact.
  - Posted Sep. 24, 2010
• Read or View President's State of the University Address The university community is invited to join Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 4 p.m. for his fourth annual State of the University address. The speech will be given in the Kent Student Center Kiva.
  - Posted Sep. 21, 2010
• Katharine Hepburn: Dressed For Stage and Screen to Open Oct. 2 After a series of sold-out pre-opening events, the Kent State University Museum will open its highly anticipated exhibition Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen on Oct. 2, 2010, making its world premiere. The new exhibit, which closes Sept. 4, 2011, showcases the screen legend's performance clothes, which include stage and film costumes spanning Katharine Hepburn's career, as well as apparel she wore for publicity purposes.
  - Posted Sep. 21, 2010
• U.S. SBA Funding Supports Kent State-based Flexible Electronics Cluster Northeast Ohio’s emerging flexible electronics industry recently received a boost in the form of a $499,514 contract from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Innovative Economies initiative. The funding was awarded to NorTech, a regional nonprofit economic development organization, leading efforts to develop regional innovation clusters in Northeast Ohio. NorTech will use the funds to focus on small business growth and job creation in the region’s flexible electronics industry.
  - Posted Sep. 21, 2010
• Summary of Kent State University Board of Trustees Actions At its Sept. 15 meeting, the Kent State University Board of Trustees took action on the following items.
  - Posted Sep. 17, 2010
• Jewish Thought Leader David S. Ariel at Kent State, Sept. 27 The Jewish Studies Program at Kent State University will present a lecture by David S. Ariel, president of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, on Monday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva.
  - Posted Sep. 17, 2010
• Kent State’s College of EHHS Announces 2010 Hall of Fame Winners As part of Kent State University’s 2010 Homecoming festivities, the College of Education, Health, and Human Services (EHHS) will honor eight distinguished alumni at its inaugural EHHS Hall of Fame Award Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 8, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
  - Posted Sep. 16, 2010
• Kent State's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Debuts in Its New PlayhouseSquare Location Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) makes its debut in its new location in Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare District. A unique city-university partnership, Kent State’s CUDC is a community service organization committed to improving the quality of urban spaces by providing design services, research and advocacy for cities, neighborhoods and institutions in the region.
  - Posted Sep. 16, 2010
• Kent State Reports Highest Ever Enrollment in 100-Year History Kent State University continues its centennial celebration with news of its highest recorded enrollment in the university’s 100-year history. Kent State announced a 7.56 percent increase in enrollment for the fall 2010 semester across its eight campuses with the release of the university’s official 15th day census data.
  - Posted Sep. 16, 2010
• Kent State Closes Centennial Year with Launch of New TV Campaign Kent State University is launching a new television campaign featuring several of its successful alumni, including the co-founder of the rock band Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh.
  - Posted Sep. 15, 2010
• Architecture Students’ Work on Display in Baltimore City Offices Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been invited to display projects done by its architecture students in an exhibit at the Baltimore City Planning Department offices located at 417 East Fayette St. in Baltimore, Md.
  - Posted Sep. 10, 2010
• Crooked River Adventures Hosts "Clean Up the Cuyahoga" Sept. 25 and Seeks Volunteers Kent's newest business will host the second annual “Clean Up the Cuyahoga” on Saturday, Sept. 25.
  - Posted Sep. 10, 2010
• ADVISORY: Board of Trustees Meeting, Sept. 15 The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Sept. 15. The meeting will be held at Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) at its new location at 1309 Euclid Ave., Suite 200, in Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare District.
  - Posted Sep. 10, 2010
• Visiting Classic Film Celebrities to Meet Fans at Museum on Sept. 25 Robert Osborne, the host of Turner Classic Movies and Ann Rutherford, of classic movie fame, will meet fans and sign autographs on Saturday, Sept. 25, to support the museum.
  - Posted Sep. 9, 2010
• Kent State's College of EHHS Offers 11-Day Group Trip to Morocco Kent State University reunites with six former international scholars during an escorted group vacation to Morocco from Oct. 30 to Nov. 9, 2010.
  - Posted Sep. 8, 2010
• Kent State Professor Receives Grant to Address Nursing Shortage Dr. Susan Taft, associate professor and director of graduate management programs in Kent State University’s College of Nursing, has been awarded a two-year, $410,000 grant from the Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future (PIN) program, led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Northwest Health Foundations (NWHF).
  - Posted Sep. 7, 2010
• Anthony Rapp to Present "Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Musical Rent"
  - Posted Sep. 7, 2010
• Kent State Signs Second Tenant for Centennial Research Park Universities are increasingly playing key roles in driving technology-based economic development across the country. Kent State University recently took an important step in this area with the signing of Pathogen Systems Inc. as the second tenant in Centennial Research Park, the business accelerator located at the intersection of state Routes 59 and 261 in Kent, Ohio, near Kent State’s campus.
  - Posted Sep. 7, 2010
• Participate in Kent State University’s 2010 Homecoming Parade Kent State University and the city of Kent invite organizations to participate in the university’s 2010 Homecoming Parade. The parade is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 9.
  - Posted Sep. 3, 2010
• Kent State Announces Plans for New Recreation Fields Kent State University’s Department of Recreational Services announced the construction of its new multipurpose recreation fields that will be located across from the university's Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Summit Street. Construction of the fields will begin this November and will be available for use by fall 2011.
  - Posted Sep. 3, 2010
• Comedy Central Star Demetri Martin to Perform at Kent State, Sept. 9 Demetri Martin will perform at Kent State University on Thursday, Sept. 9, at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MACC) as the first performer to visit Kent State this year.
  - Posted Sep. 2, 2010
• Bowman Breakfast Spotlights Intercollegiate Athletics On Thursday, Sept. 23, at 7:30 a.m., Kent State University's fall Bowman Breakfast will feature keynote speaker Joel Nielsen, Kent State's director of intercollegiate athletics.
  - Posted Sep. 2, 2010
• International Scholar to Address Domestic Violence Kent State University's Center for the Study of Information and Religion (CSIR) presents Dr. Nason-Clark and "Shattering the Holy Hush: Harnessing Information and Technology to Enable Pastors and Churches to Respond to Domestic Violence in their Communities" on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center, Room 317.
  - Posted Sep. 2, 2010
• Kent State Awards Full Scholarships to Five Future Librarians Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) recently awarded full-tuition scholarships to five graduate students to work toward a master’s degree.
  - Posted Sep. 1, 2010
• World-Class Art Auction Will Raise Funds for School of Art Kent State University's School of Art will auction world-class art to raise funds for the Thomas D. Little Prize for Excellence in Printmaking. Prominent Chicago auction firm Leslie Hindman, hired by School of Art, will auction prints donated by notable artists in memory of Kent State art student Thomas D. Little '79 with proceeds benefiting the prize in Little's name.
  - Posted Aug. 30, 2010
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training Offered at Kent State Kent State University has announced the fall 2010 schedule for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training and Certification programs.
  - Posted Aug. 30, 2010
• Arianna Huffington to Speak at Poynter Media Ethics Workshop "Digital Doers" from legacy media, new media and newsgathering organizations in between will dig deep into ethics issues relating to innovation at the annual Poynter Kent State Media Ethics Workshop titled, "Next Ethics?" This sixth annual conference will feature speakers Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post; Adrian Holovaty, founder and editor of Everyblock.com; Paul Steiger, editor of ProPublica; and Michael Cherenson, immediate past president and CEO of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
  - Posted Aug. 30, 2010
• Kent State Professor Named to Health Planning Post The Kent State University College of Public Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Willie Oglesby III, assistant professor of health policy and management, to the position of William C. and Elizabeth M. Treuhaft Chair in Health Planning for the Center for Community Solutions.
  
  - Posted Aug. 27, 2010
• Alumni Association Appoints National Board of Directors The Kent State University Alumni Association Inc. has announced new members for its National Alumni Board of Directors.
  - Posted Aug. 26, 2010
• New Bike-Sharing Program Ready to Roll This Fall Semester Kent State University’s Department of Recreational Services, in collaboration with the university’s Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, the Office of the Provost and Undergraduate Student Government, is pleased to announce the creation of a new bike-sharing initiative called Flashfleet. The program will provide Kent State students, faculty and staff with a new form of transportation and recreation throughout the campus.
  - Posted Aug. 25, 2010
• New Kent State Museum Exhibit Focuses on Collecting The Kent State University Museum is currently featuring the exhibit Collectors and Collecting in the museum's Tarter/Miller, Mull and Palmer Galleries.
  - Posted Aug. 23, 2010
• Aviation Heritage Fair Takes to the Skies for Its 15th Year The 15th Annual Aviation Heritage Fair will be held Saturday, Sept. 11, from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Kent State University Airport, located at 4020 Kent Road in Stow. The fair is hosted by Kent State University’s Aeronautics Program and the Stow-Munroe Falls Kiwanis Club.
  - Posted Aug. 19, 2010
• Kent State to Provide Poverty Awareness Training on Aug. 20 Kent State University is partnering with Empower Portage to present “Bridges Out of Poverty” training to more than 300 residence services staff on Friday, Aug. 20, in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
  
  - Posted Aug. 19, 2010
• Kent State Professor Helps Solve Rubik’s Cube Problem A long-standing problem behind one of the world’s most popular and addicting puzzles has been solved. A team of researchers, including Dr. Morley Davidson, an associate professor of mathematical sciences at Kent State University, has unveiled new research that finds that every position of the Rubik's Cube™ can be solved in 20 moves or less.
  - Posted Aug. 18, 2010
• Museum Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Gala, Sept. 25 Kent State University Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 25, with a gala event called 25 Years of Dazzle.
  - Posted Aug. 18, 2010
• Kent State Ranks Among the Best National Universities Kent State University earned a place in the Best National Universities category in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News Media Group.
  - Posted Aug. 17, 2010
• Kent State Named to Military Friendly Schools List Kent State University has been recognized for its service and outreach to veterans by being named a Military Friendly School for 2011 by G.I. Jobs magazine.
  - Posted Aug. 16, 2010
• Downtown Art Gallery Debuts Vietnamese Children's Artwork Kent State University's Downtown Art Gallery and Wick Poetry Center, in collaboration with Soldier's Heart, the veterans' support organization based in Albany, N.Y., proudly present a soon-to-be internationally acclaimed exhibit. Speak Peace: American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children's Paintings, the Vietnamese Children's Art Exhibit, in partnership with Vietnam's War Remnants Museum, will debut in the U.S. at Kent State University's Downtown Gallery on Sept. 1, 2010.
  - Posted Aug. 13, 2010
• Kent State Downtown Art Gallery Announces 2010 Fall Exhibits The Kent State University School of Art's Downtown Gallery announces its fall schedule of exhibits. They include Speak Peace: American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children's Paintings, Sept. 1; Jewelry/Metals/Enameling Alumni Exhibition, Oct. 2; Lesley Sickle M.F.A. Exhibition, Nov. 3; and Small Works Competition and Holiday Sale, Nov. 26. The Downtown Gallery is located at 141 E. Main Street in Kent. Exhibitions and the opening and closing receptions are free and open to the public. For more information call 330-676-1549.
  - Posted Aug. 13, 2010
• Summer 2010 Commencement Ceremonies - Watch On Demand Summer 2010 Commencement Ceremonies at Kent State University were scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 19, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 21, at 10 a.m.
  - Posted Aug. 12, 2010
• Public Hearing for Kent State Police Department, Aug. 16 The Kent State University Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations, and support services.
  - Posted Aug. 10, 2010
• Summa Health System to Provide Team Physicians to Kent State Summa Health System and Kent State University are pleased to announce their new partnership to provide Kent State student-athletes with the best in sports health medicine. Beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year, physicians from the Summa Center for Sports Health will provide medical care to Kent State student-athletes in all varsity sports.
  - Posted Aug. 9, 2010
• Kent State’s Esplanade Path Features New Sculpture Walk Four works of art will soon appear along Kent State University’s Esplanade, the pedestrian walkway through campus, as part of the Ohio Percent for Art Program. A 13-member committee that included staff members from Kent State’s Office of the University Architect, university employees, two members from the local art community and a regional member from the Cleveland area, along with the Ohio Arts Council, chose the artists from a pool of applicants, all of whom are artists from Ohio. The finalists were chosen after presenting their sculpture concept proposals.
  - Posted Aug. 9, 2010
• Kent State to Bury Centennial Time Capsule, Aug. 10 As part of Kent State University’s Centennial celebration this year, the university will hold a dedication ceremony to bury the Centennial Time Capsule on Tuesday, Aug. 10, at 11:30 a.m. at Risman Plaza (the plaza in front of the Kent Student Center). Kent State President Lester A. Lefton will read a proclamation and share a few remarks about the 2010 time capsule. The sealed capsule will then be buried under Risman Plaza, near the Kent Student Center Kiva.
  - Posted Aug. 6, 2010
• Final Faculty Concert of Kent/Blossom Music Season on Aug. 4 The Cleveland Orchestra Trio performs in the final Kent/Blossom Music concert of the season on Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall at the Kent State University Hugh A. Glauser School of Music. 
  - Posted Jul. 29, 2010
• Kent State University Museum's Movie Date With Kate Aug. 7 On Saturday, Aug. 7, Kent State University Museum’s Movie Date With Kate regional film series joins with PlayhouseSquare’s Cinema at the Square at the Palace Theatre in co-presenting a 2 p.m. screening of the classic Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn comedy Adam’s Rib (1949).
  - Posted Jul. 22, 2010
• Schwarz Named Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Director Kent State University has appointed Terry Schwarz as the director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC). Schwarz previously served as interim director of the CUDC. Her work at the CUDC includes neighborhood and campus planning, commercial and residential design guidelines, and green infrastructure design strategies.
  - Posted Jul. 21, 2010
• Financial Engineering Program Reaches Internship Agreement Kent State University’s Master of Science in Financial Engineering Program reaches an internship agreement with Hangzhou Xingli Investment Co. of China.
  - Posted Jul. 19, 2010
• Kent State Reports 9 Percent Increase in Summer Enrollment Kent State University announced today that enrollment for summer 2010 is up 9.26 percent across its eight-campus system. The university reports 13,575 students were enrolled in its two summer sessions, compared to 12,424 for summer 2009, for a net increase of 1,151 students.
  - Posted Jul. 19, 2010
• ALERT: July 15 Communiversity Band Concert Moved to Ludwig Due to the elevated temperatures, the July 15 performance by the School of Music’s Communiversity Band Concert has been changed from the outdoor field behind the Ice Arena to The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music’s Ludwig Recital Hall, which is located in the Music and Speech Center at 1325 Theatre Drive.
  - Posted Jul. 15, 2010
• Andre Thornton Becomes Kent State's First President's Ambassador Kent State University has appointed Cleveland baseball legend and businessman Andre Thornton as its first President's Ambassador.
  - Posted Jul. 12, 2010
• Kent State Has Second Record-Breaking Fundraising Year For the second year in a row, supporters of Kent State University have contributed a record-breaking sum to the institution. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, private contributions to the public research institution reached $39.9 million, beating last year’s record by nearly $3 million.
  - Posted Jul. 12, 2010
• Piano Institute Presents Series of Concerts, July 18-27 The 2010 Piano Institute, in association with the Piano Division of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University, will present a series of concerts and master classes from July 18 through July 27 at various locations on the campus of the university. The five-year-old program is a highly intensive festival for talented piano students in grades 7 – 12. The 14 students from all over the United States and several from China will experience a unique combination of lessons, master classes and performance opportunities.
  - Posted Jul. 8, 2010
• Nominations Sought for First College of EHHS Hall of Fame It has been many years since Kent State University’s College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS) gave alumni and service awards. Therefore, the college takes great pleasure in announcing that it is reinstituting service awards to recognize the accomplishments of distinguished alumni and the commitments of dedicated volunteers who have so admirably embodied the values and mission of the college. Those who win the awards this year also will be the first class in the new College of Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame.
  - Posted Jul. 6, 2010
• Kent State’s College of Nursing Receives Scholarship Funding Kent State University’s College of Nursing has received funding to award 10 $10,000 scholarships from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) through the RWJF New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program. This is the third consecutive year that Kent State has received the RWJF scholarship assistance, bringing the total amount of funding in three years to $400,000. 
  - Posted Jul. 6, 2010
• Minority Business Accelerator Program Alumni Give Back Former clients of the Partnership for the Minority Business Accelerator (PMBA) are helping the mentoring program that made a difference for their businesses. The PMBA is a consortium of the Akron Urban League, Akron SCORE and Kent State University that provides intensive support to African-American and Hispanic business owners in Medina, Portage and Summit counties.
  - Posted Jul. 2, 2010