In advance of Monday’s observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday, we asked members of the Kent State University community to reflect on the federal holiday and share their thoughts on what they hope it means for the university. "Growing up in Texas, I can envision what it might have been like more than a century ago when Union army soldiers first arrived in Galveston to inform some of the country's last remaining enslaved Black Americans that the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed. They were free! What a jubilant day that must have been. More than 150 years later, we celebrate Jun...
Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., Kent State University’s senior vice president for student affairs, has announced Richantae Johnson, J.D., as the interim director of gender equity and Title IX coordinator, effective July 1. Johnson currently serves as the compliance investigator and deputy Title IX coordinator in Kent State’s Office of Gender Equity and Title IX. She is responsible for ensuring the university’s compliance with state and federal law relating to Title IX, Title VII, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and the Clery Act by conducting investigations, spearheading training and pr...
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On June 2, 2022 Colombian musicians from the Glauser School of Music proudly represented Kent State University when they performed alongside The American Pops Orchestra at the Kennedy Center’s Opera House for a concert celebrating the 200 year bilateral partnership between the two countries. Ricardo Sepúlveda, assistant professor in charge of leading the Kent Blossom Music Festival, has been involved with various collaborations with the Colombian Embassy in the United States. It is through these collaborations that Sepúlveda was approached by the Embassy to recruit Colombian music...
Learn more and apply to the program Starting in Fall Semester 2022, students entering the medical field may take courses in the newly developed medical assistant certificate program at Kent State University’s Ashtabula Campus. Kent State Geauga will begin offering this program the following calendar year with students having the option to start Spring or Summer Semester 2023. Students must complete the required prerequisite courses prior to beginning the medical assistant certificate program. This new program is a good fit for students seeking an entry-level health care pos...
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Associate professor of voice Kishna Davis Fowler returns to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House in Washington, D.C. to perform in Reframing the Narrative: Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ballethnic Dance Company, and Collage Dance Collective, June 17-19. Reframing the Narrative is a weeklong celebration recognizing the incredible work of Black ballet dancers in the field of dance and acknowledging the importance of Black dancers in the shaping of ballet worldwide. Curated by Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet founder Theresa Ruth Howard and president and CEO of The ...
The Kent State University at Ashtabula associate degree in nursing (ADN) program recently announced Connie Bowler ’80, RN, DNP, as the second recipient of the Distinguished Nursing Alumni Award. Bowler was presented the award on campus at an event celebrating National Nurses Month and the Kent State Ashtabula program’s history in late May. “I am humbled and honored to be recognized with this award,” Bowler said. “I am grateful for the education I received at Kent State Ashtabula and I am grateful for the support and guidance of all the nursing colleagues I have encountered along...
As we look back at the close of the academic year and the challenges we faced, it is important to reflect on our achievements, celebrate our successes, and renew our shared commitment to Kent State Trumbull's mission—to transform lives through the power of education.Our Spring Commencement Ceremony honored our graduates and their families and welcomed them into our family of more than 270,000 living alumni worldwide. It is a testament to their relentless determination and resilience in the face of challenges and adversity. Many of our students balance the demands of full-time o...
Dr. David Dees, dean of Kent State University at East Liverpool, announced those students named to the Spring 2022 President’s or Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 or more credit hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the East Liverpool Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List East Liverpool: Katerina Wright Wellsville...
Kent State University’s School of Information, working in partnership with nationally recognized public broadcaster GBH of Boston, Massachusetts, and local public radio station WKSU (which serves 20 counties in Ohio and parts of Western Pennsylvania), has named MLIS student Amanda Gedeon as its recipient for the 2022-2023 GBH/IMLS Public Broadcasting Preservation Fellowship. This fellowship, generously funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services, provides a library and information science student with the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in audiovisual archivin...