Kent State University’s commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive campus has received acknowledgement from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for a fifth consecutive year. INSIGHT Into Diversity has selected Kent State as a recipient of the 2017 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award. The annual HEED Award is a national honor that recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. As a recipient of this award, Kent State will be featured in INSI...

Kent State alumnus Tyler Pina, ’14, recently teamed up with fellow alumni to create a film focusing on the stories of inmates’ lives, post-incarceration. Pina graduated from the digital media production major three years ago, and works in San Francisco as a video director of The Verge, a Vox Media company, and is founder and CEO of Neon Flamingo Films. This film, “88 Cents,” which has been submitted to the Sundance Film Festival, aims to draw awareness to the difficulty of reintegrating into society after leaving the prison system and the lack of resources provided for these people. Us...

The Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) presented Patrick G. Coy, Ph.D., professor and director of Kent State's new School of Peace and Conflict Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, with a career award: the Robin M. Williams Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching and Service in the areas of peace, war and social conflict. The career award was presented to Coy in Montreal, Canada, on Aug. 15 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. “Dr. Coy has been instrumental in the es...

Jennifer Walton-Fisette, Ed.D., College of Education, Health and Human Services, and Deborah A. Wuest authored Foundations of Physical Education, Exercise Science, and Sport, 19th edition, pp. 512. ...

Familiar Face Ellen P. Daniels Lecturer Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Sales program coordinator, sales faculty (teach four sales courses), faculty advisor for Pi Sigma Epsilon professional sales and marketing fraternity, coach for intercollegiate sales competition team WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1988 (initially as adjunct) EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: District sales manager, J. Walter Thompson Advertising LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Kent State provides a wonderful environment for ...