Faculty Awards
2022-23
- Two College of the Arts Faculty Members Receive 2022-2023 President's Faculty Excellence Award
- Dr. J. Kim Vick Receives 2022 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
- Kent State University Associate Professor Receives 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award
- School of Art Professor Robin Vande Zande Receives the 2023 Lowenfeld Award
- Carly Sherman Receives 2023 Western Region Preservice Art Educator Award
- School of Art Faculty Receives 2023 SGCI Emerging Printmaker Award
- J. Leigh Garcia Receives New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
- Assistant Professor of Costume Design/Technology, Grace Cochran Keenan, has received the Platinum Teaching Recognition Award
2021-22
- Dr. Yuko Kurahashi Receives 2021-2022 President's Faculty Excellence Award
- Catherine Meredith and Alice Blumenfeld Receive Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards
- Dedicated and Talented Piano Professor Wins Distinguished Teaching Award
- Shana Klein Receives 2021 SECAC Award
- Faculty Betsy Carr and William Perrine Named University Teaching Council Outstanding Teaching Awards Finalists
- Davin Ebanks Awarded Top Prize in 2nd Cayman Islands Biennial
- Catherine Meredith awarded a See Chicago Dance Critical Writing Fellowship
- Dr. Shana Klein Receives New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
2020-21
- Six Faculty, Four Alumni Receive Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards
- Dr. Linda Hoeptner Poling Receives NAEA Women's Caucus Service Award
- Professor Yuko Kurahashi Receives 2020 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
- College of the Arts Presents Our 2020 Distinguished Alumni and Faculty Awards
- Taryn McMahon Receives New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
- Theatre and Dance Faculty Samuel McIntosh and Cindy Stillings, Alumna Kristine Haag Honored at Annual Awards Ceremony
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)
- Assistant Professor Tamara Honesty and Scenic Design Students Nominated for Emmy Award
- Gianna Commito Selected for President’s Faculty Excellence Award
- Fashion Merchandising Faculty Awarded Distinguished Honors in Teaching and Service
- Fashion Merchandising and Design Faculty Receive Honors at 2019 ITAA Awards
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 Professor Wins 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
2017-18
- 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