Kent State University President Beverly Warren today announced the appointment of Stephen Sokany, an alumnus and longtime employee, to the position of vice president for institutional advancement, effective Aug. 8, 2016. Sokany has served the university since 1993 in a number of development and institutional advancement roles, most recently as executive associate vice president for institutional advancement. Sokany replaces Jeff McLain, who stepped down from the position Aug. 1, 2016. In this role, Sokany will lead Kent State’s Division of Institutional Advancement, which includes the offices...

Kent State University’s Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon today announced that Susan Stocker, Ph.D., has been appointed interim dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State University at Geauga, located in Burton, Ohio, and Kent State’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, effective Aug. 20, 2016. Stocker has led the Ashtabula Campus as dean and chief administrative officer since 2001 and will continue in this role. She also served as interim dean of the Regional College since 2015.  Stocker earned her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction at Kent ...

August 5, 2016 Kent State Provost Announces Regional Campus Leadership Appointments Kent State University's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon today announced that Susan Stocker, Ph.D., has been appointed interim dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State University at Geauga, located in Burton, Ohio, and Kent State's Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, effective Aug. 20, 2016. Stocker has led the Ashtabula Campus as dean and chief administrative officer since 2001 and will continue in this role. She also served as interim dean of&nb...

We are deeply saddened by news of the passing of former U.S. Rep. Steve LaTourette.  He was a champion of the communities he served, including the Kent State University campuses at Ashtabula and Geauga as well as our Twinsburg Academic Center. Congressman LaTourette was a frequent visitor to our campuses and academic center.  He believed that educational attainment leads to better jobs, and that better jobs make better citizens.  He was committed to our region beyond his 18 years as our Congressman, and his impact and influence continue to be felt. &n...

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, Cathleen Conboy Pyrek and Alexander Mawyer authored “Navigating Spatial Relationships in Oceania” in Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropology and Related Sciences, Vol. 9 (1). Dwight Read and Murray Leaf (Eds.) (2016), 1-7. This is the introduction to a special issue of Structure and Dynamics, an online, open-access journal hosted by the University of California.  The special issue deals with spatial cognition, culture and navigation in the Pacific Islands. Web link: http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3fw7j6dp ...

Richard Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, Cathleen Pyrek (a recent Kent State master’s graduate), and Alexander Mawyer (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) guest-edited a special issue of Structure and Dynamics, an online open-access journal hosted by the University of California. The title of the special issue is “Navigation and Spatial Orientation in the Pacific Islands.”  It deals with the relationship between spatial cognition, culture and navigation, both on land and at sea. Web link: http://escholarship.org/uc/imbs_socdyn_sdeas ...