From the classroom to the art studio, Clare Murray Adams, B.S., '72; M.A., '76; and BFA, '93, has been exploring herself and her surroundings since 1977 when she made the switch from education to creation. As an artist, Murray Adams primarily works with materials such as paper, fabric, paint and wax. She selects each material intentionally to feature in her pieces for their ability to communicate her ideas or to create a narrative. She uses these secondhand materials to ensure minimal waste. Murray Adams recently displayed her new art exhibition titled, “Quilts, Threads and Collage” ...
Kent State University at Trumbull proudly announces students named to either the Fall 2022 President's or Dean's lists.
In recognition of an extremely high level of academic excellence, a President's List is compiled each academic semester. To qualify, students must have a grade point average of 4.00 and must have completed 15 or more letter-graded credit hours (A, B, etc.) by the end of that semester.
In early 2021, during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, masses of employees across the country began resigning their jobs in record numbers, marking what is known as the “Great Resignation.” As this ongoing economic trend continues in 2023, the hospitality industry has taken the largest hit from it, accounting for a grand total of 18,848,000 resignations since January 2021, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, turnover is nothing new to the hospitality industry. Kent State University’s Hospitality and Event Management (HEM) program has accounted for turnover for ye...
Ten years ago, the New York Times featured Kent City Manager Dave Ruller and Kent State University’s then-President Lester A. Lefton in an article touting their college town-gown success. Kent State Today is following up on that article, looking at the different ways the town-gown relationship is still flourishing. Read more about the background of the relationship here. From her perch in Rockwell Hall, where she takes classes as a fashion merchandising major, Kent State University student Lucia Perry has a perfect view of the Lefton Esplanade leading to downtown Kent.&...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Thursday, March 9, at 9:30 a.m. in the Robinson Room on the second floor of the Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph, 620 N. High St., in Columbus, Ohio, to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8:30 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” The roll call vote for this session will occur in public in the Robinson Room on the hotel’s second floor. On March 9, the me...
