As part of its partnership with ITEN Industries for their work in collaborating toward developing solutions to workforce challenges, Kent State University at Ashtabula was a recipient of Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County’s 2022 Workforce Innovation Award at the organization’s annual Best of the County event Sept. 20, 2022. ITEN and Ashtabula County Technical & Career Campus (A-Tech) shared the award with Kent State Ashtabula.

Flash Medical Center, a one-day hands-on experience for high school students interested in a healthcare-related field, returns to Kent State University at Ashtabula for the fourth year on Friday, October 14, 2022.

Kent State will feature over 25 free hands-on demonstrations and experiments for scientists of all ages at “Fabulous Fibers: The Chemistry of Fabrics”, a free community event for National Chemistry Week, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Robert S. Morrison Hall (3300 Lake Road West).

Kent State University, in response to a request from Intel^®, will lead a network that includes 13 other Ohio higher education institutions now poised to prepare the workforce to make the small electronic devices that play a large role in our everyday lives.

Kent State Ashtabula Associate Professor of History Bradley Keefer, Ph.D., was recently named one of ten finalists for the University’s most prestigious teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award.  The award is sponsored annually by the Kent State Alumni Association and is presented to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and the devotion to touching the lives of students.

The Kent State University at Ashtabula Radiologic Technology program recently presented its annual student awards to a pair of new graduates.  Each year the program awards two deserving students in the graduating class with the Outstanding Student Award and the Outstanding Clinical Excellence award.

Former Kent State University Dean and Chief Administrative Officer and Emeritus Professor of Nursing Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D., has been selected for induction into the Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) Academy of Associate Degree Nursing.