Kent State University professionals and students came home from this year’s Akron ADDY Awards decorated in gold and silver. The Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation held its annual recognition for the region’s best creative work at the American Advertising Awards. Kent State’s University Communications and Marketing took home three awards: One gold and two silver. The gold ADDY was for the Kent State Football Rebrand. The credits for this project go to Bob Louis, executive director of creative services; Jason Zehner and Larry Langston, senior designers; Paul Silla, photograph...

Managers and supervisors should have received information from the Controller's Office regarding the cut-off dates for financial transactions for the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30. View the deadlines for receipt of information and other year-end announcements online. The Controller's Office appreciates timely submissions of documents to ensure that a timely year-end cut-off has occurred. Fiscal Year 2018 is scheduled to close the evening of July 13, 2018, and the final June FlashLine reports should be available to departments the morning of July 16, 2018. Expense Reimburseme...

The Kent State University Women’s Center, known for its support, advocacy and education efforts, has launched a student mentorship program aimed to equip female students with the tools they need to pursue their passions, excel in their careers and reach their academic goals. Summer Wigley, a graduate assistant at the Women’s Center, says the program is open to all women-identifying students who are committed to mentorship and reaching their personal, professional and academic goals. “We have an opportunity to reach students in various spaces of campus with the hope that they will benefit f...

Kent State University’s Office of Continuing and Distance Education has begun hosting a one-stop shop for summer programming at the university, called Summer Source, at www.kent.edu/cde/summer-source.   The office plans to market this portal to its different audiences of students, teachers, youth, adults and the local community to show them the breadth of summer programs that Kent State hosts each year. For each listing, the office includes information on cost, description and contact information, as well as a link back to the program’s landing page for registration and additional i...

On Monday, April 23, LaunchNET Kent State celebrated its 5th annual Entrepreneur Awards and Expo event at Ray’s Place. In addition to celebrating the accomplishments of LaunchNET Kent State clients over the course of the year, the staff awarded university partners, alumni clients, Launch Fund recipients and the winners of the inaugural Paul L. Pfeiffer Endowed Scholarship fund.   LaunchNET Kent State is thrilled to be the new partner for the prestigious Paul L. Pfeiffer Student Start-Up Scholarship and the Faculty Mentorship Award, which were conceived more than 20 years ago. Retire...

Michael Keaton will be multitasking during his upcoming return to Kent State University.   Not only will the Oscar-nominated actor be imparting wisdom as the university’s commencement speaker, but he will also join more than 3,000 graduates on May 12 at Dix Stadium in wearing their caps and gowns as Mr. Keaton receives an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters for his extraordinary contributions to film performance.   The ceremony brings full circle the journey he began at Kent State 47 years ago when he enrolled as a student before leaving to chase his dreams as an actor....

Matheus Priosti came a long way to find his purpose. Five thousand miles, in fact.   The São Paulo, Brazil, native made the long journey from South America across the equator to arrive at Kent State University in August 2016, and he has never looked back.    “Kent State has had a huge role on me finding my identity and passion,” says Mr. Priosti, a sophomore biology student concentrating in pre-medicine. “What has most helped me identify my passion is trying – trying every opportunity and learning from your mistakes. And I feel that Kent State University is excellent...

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Great things happen when purposeful organizations collaborate. Officials from Kent State University and New Castle Schools of Trades recently signed an articulation agreement that provides opportunities for graduates of the trade school to earn degrees from the university. According to the agreement, a student who earns a diploma from New Castle Schools of Trades (with at least 1,000 clock hours in a specific program) can enroll at Kent State and receive 30 credit hours toward an Associate of Technical Study degree. The Associate of Technical Study degree requires 60 credit hours and is ...