Across the state of Ohio, there are thousands of outdoor sculptures, but previously there had been no organized way of finding them or searching for them. Either you learned about a sculpture when you were in the area, someone else mentioned one to you or you read about it in a guide. The Ohio Outdoor Sculpture (OOS) project seeks to change that.  Begun in the 1990s as part of a federally funded Heritage Preservation Program, OOS is maintained by The Sculpture Center, a Cleveland based nonprofit arts organization. With support from the Ohio Arts Council and The George Fund Foundation, O...

Following separate national searches, Kent State University has selected Versie Johnson-Mallard, Ph.D., for the position of dean of the College of Nursing and Diane H. Petrella, D.M.A., for the position of dean of the College of the Arts. Since 2018, Johnson-Mallard has been the associate dean at the University of Florida, College of Nursing. There she provided transformational leadership in academic support of areas of curriculum performance appraisals related to student success, budget and finance, facilities planning and management. “I am excited to be a part of the highest-ranking public...

The School of Peace and Conflict Studies along with the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Landon Edward Hancock of Kent State University has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Dr. Hancock will complete a project at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia that aims to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships benefiting participants, institutions, and communities both in the U.S. and overseas through a variety of educational and training activities within Peace and Conflict Resolution.  Recipients of Fulb...

The Trumbull Campus launched the Peace Officers’ Training Academy certificate credit program in Fall 2020 with 21 students graduating in Spring 2021.  Kent State University at Trumbull has operated the police academy as a non-credit training program for over 15 years and has graduated over 1,000 cadets since 2006.  In 2020, the program made a very significant stride forward by implementing an academic credit certificate program with students attaining 22 credit hours upon completion of the academy.   Students can use these 22 credit hours toward the Peace Officers’ Training A...

School of Peace and Conflict Studies faculty member Dr. Ashley Nickels was interviewed for the Democracy Works podcast with The McCourtney Institute for Democracy.  Her discussion entitled “The People vs. the Bureaucrats in Flint” explores issues of power and democracy related to the state takeover of the city of Flint, Michigan in 2011, the Flint water crisis in 2014, and the impact on the power of citizens to change the situation.  Check out the podcast at https://www.democracyworkspodcast.com/the-people-vs-the-bureaucrats-in-flint/     ...

The School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) is pleased to announce a new initiative on Race and Democracy in Northeast Ohio (RDNO). This initiative involves a collaborative partnership between the Growing Democracy Project, the Center for Pan-African Culture (CPAC) and SPCS. The RDNO initiative will include a 10-episode podcast series focused specifically on the intersections of race and democracy in northeast Ohio, community workshops on the topic of race and democracy, online curricular materials (activities, toolkit, concept pages), Blog posts, and a white paper.  Dr. Ashle...

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Dear Members of the Kent State University Community, I am writing to announce the retirement of Paul DiCorleto Ph.D., vice president for research and sponsored programs, effective May 31. For nearly six years, Dr. DiCorleto’s strategic and steady guidance has elevated Kent State’s standing as a national research university. Dr. DiCorleto has cultivated a culture of research and innovation among our faculty, students and staff. He has increased research opportunities for students – particularly undergraduate students – and has fostered significant growth in our research funding. Und...