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A Salute to Service

Kent State University’s annual Veterans Day observance will be held this Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m. on Risman Plaza. This year’s theme is A Salute to Service. Eric Mansfield, a Kent State employee and former Cleveland journalist, will give brief remarks.…

Reflecting on Veterans Day

Eric Mansfield, executive director for media relations at Kent State and a retired major with the Ohio Army National Guard, reflects on Veterans Day in his post on the Kent State Connects blog. “I like to think of Veterans Day as a time for honoring service and…

African Community Theatre Presents Fall 2012 Production of “Broke-ology”

The African Community Theatre will present its fall 2012 production of “Broke-ology” by Nathan Louis Jackson and directed by Fran Dorsey, Ph.D., associate professor with Kent State’s Department of Pan-African Studies.

WKSU Hosts Tunisian Journalist Covering the Presidential Election

WKSU is hosting Tunisian Journalist Tarek M’Rad for 10 days while he covers the 2012 presidential election. M’Rad comes to WKSU through the International Center for Journalists.

Kent State Researchers Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Triple Crown of Giving – United Way Progress Report

Kent State University’s goal for the 2013 United Way Campaign is to triple the number of faculty and staff giving.  Last year, our contribution percentage was only 15 percent. Our goal this year is to triple that to 45 percent. As of the end of October, we are only at 30…

Kent State Hockey Club Inaugural Fundraiser Event

Join the Kent State Hockey Club on Saturday, Nov. 17, as Mike Fornes, class of 1975, and former NHL broadcaster, returns to Kent as the lead singer of Whispers of the North. The evening will be dedicated to Kent State’s first hockey coach, Don Lumley, and his wife, Elaine.

Kent State Honors Six Educators at 19th Annual Celebrating College Teaching Conference

Six Kent State educators were honored for their achievements in the classroom during the 19th annual Celebrating College Teaching Conference on Oct. 26. Three faculty members received the Kent State University Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA), for…

Kent State's College of Nursing Honored for Innovations in Education

Kent State University’s College of Nursing has been selected as a recipient of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Innovations in Professional Nursing Education Award. The awards program recognizes the outstanding work of AACN member schools to re-envision…

Allerton Apartments Provides One Last Service

The Allerton Apartment complex at Kent State provided one last service to the Kent community prior to demolition of the retired buildings. On Oct. 10, the Kent Fire Department started conducting field-training exercises, known as “live burns,” in the cleared-out buildings.
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