The university’s first Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) plan kicked off in Fall 2020. The objective of the SEM plan was to develop an enrollment management culture across all eight campuses with Kent State University becoming a national leader in generating the highest level of student access and completion. Under the leadership of the SEM Governance Committee, Action Steering Committees were formed around six themes: Academic Affairs Data & Technology Enrollment, Access & Completion External Visibility & Brand Awareness Fiscal Sustainability Student Support Services...

  Kent State at Salem held its inaugural White Coat Ceremony for students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, signifying a rite of passage as they transition into the nursing field. The 20 sophomore BSN students each received a white coat that will help establish their “professional identity” and coincides with the beginning of their clinical training.  The White Coat Ceremony was established in 1993 at Columbia University by the Gold Foundation as a way to highlight the importance of humanism in the caring of patients and is intended for those training to bec...