Congratulations to professors Jacob Barkley, Derek Kingsley, William Bintz, Tim Rasinski, and Jennifer Walton-Fisette, who were named Most Valuable Professors who have made the largest impact on the academic success of several Kent State athletes. The group was recognized during recent competitions held at the MAC Center.Pictured left to right: Bill Bintz, Kevin Eckert, Lang Kennedy (former Kent State Athletics Director), John Nemec (Kent State Adjunct Professor), Tim Rasinski, Jennifer Walton-Fissette, and Theresa Walton-Fissette. (Not pictured Jacob Barkley and Derek Kingsley.)...

Ten years ago, the New York Times featured Kent City Manager Dave Ruller and Kent State University’s then-President Lester A. Lefton in an article touting their college town-gown success. Kent State Today is following up on that article, looking at the different ways the town-gown relationship is still flourishing. Read more about the background of the relationship here.  As a Kent State University student in the early 1990s, Heather Rohwedder Malarcik '96 could never have imagined that she would one day find her dream job in downtown Kent, Ohio.  ...

“Out, out brief candle! / Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, / That struts and frets his hour upon the stage.” – Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5 Scene 5, Lines 23-25. Some people delight in reading Shakespeare. But some people may find it difficult, confusing or incomprehensible. Xavier Heipp, senior theatre studies major with a double minor in pre-law and philosophy, has been working to create an open resource book to make Shakespeare’s writing more readable and relatable. Heipp, from Avon, Ohio, has recently been featured on The Research Review podcast and in two articles posted b...