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Cheryle J. Chiaramonte, a longtime advocate of education throughout Ashtabula County, was honored as the 2024 recipient of the Ashtabula Area College Committee Inc.’s Community Service Award at Kent State University at Ashtabula's spring commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Susan J. Stocker Hall.A proud sixth-generation native of Ashtabula County, Chiaramonte has committed decades to working with local nonprofits to help enhance the lives of those who live here."I am most humbled and honored to receive this award. With the loving support of family, friends and coworkers I've spent...

Kent State University’s Division of Student Life hosted its annual employee celebration recently at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center, where Jason Miller, director of The Counseling Center in the School of Lifespan, Development and Educational Sciences, received The Greg Jarvie Students First Award. Student Life implemented The Greg Jarvie Students First Award to honor employees outside the division who are collaborative partners and keep students first.The award was named in honor of Greg Jarvie, a Kent State University alumnus who served the university for 29 years as a re...

Kent State students and Student Media won multiple awards and scholarships this spring across a range of different awarding bodies. Winners and finalists were selected from a wide range of formats, media types and genres of writing. Students were honored by media associations, professional associations and press clubs.Society of Professional Journalists Region 4 Mark of Excellence CompetitionThe Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism every year with their Mark of Excellence awards. Region 4 consists of Michigan, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virgini...

Working in interdisciplinary teams with real-world clients is a learning experience many students value. Students in the School of Emerging Media and Technology’s (EMAT) Interdisciplinary Projects course are having a helping hand in making a local community safer.During the Fall 2023 Interdisciplinary Projects course, students worked closely with the City of Hudson to develop a tool that could gather the various needs of all community members to prepare emergency responders before arriving at the scene. Students decided to title this tool “SAFER,” which stands for Safety Awareness for Emergenc...