The School of Art at Kent State University is pleased to announce the hire of Dadisi Curtis Jr., M.F.A., as a visiting assistant professor of studio art for the 2024-25 academic year. Professor Curtis will be teaching in the print media and photography program.Dadisi Curtis is an alum of Kent State University where he received a B.F.A. He then went on to earn the M.F.A. in printmaking from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa in May 2022. During his time at the University of Iowa, he taught courses such as printmaking and the politics of protest, and elements of printm...

Rising Scholars Summer Institute at Kent State Stark provides opportunities to experience campus. This summer, high school students from across the region gathered at the Kent State University at Stark to participate in the Rising Scholars Program’s Summer Institute. Among them was Aireanna Tyson, a senior from Canton City School District’s Early College Academy, who plans to major in pre-med.“This program really shaped me as an incoming college student. It taught me college tips and tricks and gave me something to feel confident about!” Tyson said.The Rising Scholars Program is an initia...

Kent State University welcomed more than 1,000 new graduates to its alumni family during the summer commencement ceremony Saturday. The university conferred 1,046 degrees, including 122 associate, 558 bachelor's, 304 master's, 61 doctoral and one educational specialist degree. Over 500 graduates participated in the in-person ceremony at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.Kent State President Todd Diacon and Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley addressed the graduates.  The ceremony included individual name recognition, conferral of degrees and the t...