Faculty Awards

FACULTY AWARDS

2019-20

• John-Michael Warner Awarded Fellowship for U.S.-Mexico Border Research (Art)
• Taryn McMahon Wins Knight Arts Challenge Support for Printmaking Conference (Art)
• Adam Roberts Receives Farris Family Innovation Award (Music)
• Professor Janice Lessman-Moss Wins Lifetime Achievement Award from Cleveland Arts Prize
• Dr. Joseph Underwood Selected as Tyson Scholar (Art)

2018-19

• Spring 2019 Fashion School Faculty Achievements
• Fashion Professor Receives Grant from Cotton Inc. (Gargi Bhaduri)
• Fashion Professor Awarded Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2019 (Chanjuan Chen)
• Fashion ProfessorWins IFFTI Initiate Award (Noël Palomo-Lovinski)
• Fashion Professor Awarded 2018 ITAA Mid Career Excellence Award (Jihyun Kim)
• KSU Fashion School Shines in Spotlight during 2018 ITAA Conference in Cleveland
• 2018 College of the Arts Faculty Award to Two Fashion School Recipients
• Two Kent State Fashion School Professors Win Best Show at AAFCS Conference
• Shana Klein Receives Farris Family Innovation Award (Art)
• Kent State Faculty and Alumni Receive Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards
• Dr. Robin VandeZande Placed on Fulbright Specialist Roster (Art)
• Juli Dorff Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from NAEA
• Janice Lessman-Moss Awarded U.S. Artists Fellowship
• Professor Jack McWhorter Awarded OAEA Distinguished Organization in Art Education
• Linda Hoeptner Poling Named Ohio Art Educator of the Year and Distinguished Fellow
• Art Professor Robin Vande Zande Received President's Faculty Excellence Award
   

2017

• Dr. Robin VandeZande (Art) Receives Three NAEA Awards

• School of Art Professor Robin VandeZande Earns Distinguished Teaching Award

• Theodore Albrecht Awarded Prestigious Beethoven Medal

• Juliann Dorff Inducted as OAEA Distinguished Fellow

• Six School of Art Faculty Awarded Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards for 2017

• School of Theatre and Dance Faculty Bring a Wealth of Knowledge to KSU

• Kent State's School of Music is a Top 10 "Hidden Gem" 

• Davin Ebanks Receives Silver Heritage Cross

• Janice Lessman-Moss to Receive 2016 Governor’s Award for the Arts

• ​Kent State School of Art Professor to Receive Cleveland Arts Prize

• Kent State Fashion School Boasts Commanding Presence At International Textile Conference