Familiar Face
Mike Farina
Senior Accountant
Controller's Office
Kent Campus
JOB DESCRIPTION:
My primary responsibility is accounting for the university’s fixed assets, but I also reconcile bank accounts, liability accounts and perform various other tasks within the accounting function.
WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:
June 2010
EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:
I worked as an accountant for Safeway Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona.
LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY:
After receiving two degrees and working full-time on campus for five years, Kent State feels like home! I also love walking through our campus — we have beautiful architecture and greenspaces!
ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER:
I was a student worker in multiple areas around campus as an undergraduate student and after a few years of working full-time off-campus, I wanted to pursue an MBA. My familiarity of the work environment and the location of the Kent Campus made Kent State a very attractive place to work.
RESIDES IN:
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
HOMETOWN:
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
EDUCATION:
B.B.A., Accounting, (December 2007), Kent State University; MBA from Kent State University (May 2013)
HOBBIES:
Traveling, going to concerts and playing guitar