Sonia Karkare, program coordinator of Kent State University's Women's Center, stands in the foreground smiling with enthusiasm. She is engaging with Cassandra Pegg-Kirby, director of the Women's Center, who is standing behind a podium. The background shows an audience of seated attendees, some clapping and smiling. The event is the 2024 G.E.A.R. Awards at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center.

The Kent State University Women’s Center is excited to host the second annual Gender, Equity, Advocacy and Representation (G.E.A.R.) Awards. The event welcomes everyone to recognize and celebrate Kent State faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members who are “turning the gears” toward gender equity. The Women’s Center advances gender equity within the Kent State community through education, advocacy and action. Through the G.E.A.R. Awards, the Women’s Center and the university community come together to celebrate the pioneers and influential figures advancing gender equity and ...

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Maghan Magee, Kevin Eckert and Christine Balan

Congratulations to EHHS professors Christine Balan (Special Education), Associate Lecturer Kevin Eckert (Physical Education and Sport Performance) and Assistant Professor Meghan Magee (Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology) for being selected by Kent State women’s basketball senior student-athletes as their Most Valuable Professors.Balan was selected by Bridget Dunn, Eckert was chosen by Bianca Juzzo, and Magee was picked by Jenna Batsch.The announcement was made during a recent women's basketball game at the MACC vs. Northing Illinois University. Senior members of of the women's basketball...

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