Kent Campus
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new guidelines regarding COVID-19. After a review of these guidelines and consultation with our public health experts, we are modifying our mask requirement across all campus locations. Effective today, masks are required only in these areas: In classrooms while courses are in session. In laboratories and studios during required academic sessions. At the DeWeese Health Center including Counseling and Psychological Services on the Kent Campu...
The Kent State University at Tuscarawas Golden Eagles men’s basketball team will make their first appearance in the United States College Athletic Association (USCAA) National Championship Tournaments on Monday, March 7, at 8 p.m., at Virginia University in Richmond. The Golden Eagles have secured the No. 9 overall seed in the USCAA Coaches Poll and will face Southwestern Adventist University of Dallas in tournament action. Kent State Tuscarawas is one of seven teams to receive an at-large bid and join three automatic qualifiers from the Penn State University Athletic Conference, the Hud...
Five elite KSU students, from diverse backgrounds, are competing at the Biodesign Challenge international summit with their cutting-edge product.
College of the Arts
Visual arts teacher Stephen Tornero and choir director Mary Meese and are among the finalists for the 2022 Stark County Art and Music Educator Awards. Both are alumni of Kent State’s College of the Arts. Presented jointly by the Canton Symphony, the Massillon Museum, and the Canton Museum of Art, the awards recognize public, private, and parochial art and music educators via nominations through the Stark County Educational Service Center and the Canton Symphony Orchestra. The awards seek to uphold educators who have positively impacted their students and communities and who have shown great...
College of Communication & Information
Every so often an obligatory “whither journalism education?” think piece appears in a widely read media outlet. Cue the wringing of hands and rending of garments. With the continued declining fortunes of legacy media organizations, the argument goes, journalism education, too, must be doomed. Surely this means there are no longer opportunities journalism grads. A recent piece by South African journalist Franz Kruger in The Conversation argues just that, asserting “The demand for journalism graduates is shrinking, while non-professionals play an increasing role in supplying society with infor...
Kent State University at Ashtabula has announced its Dean’s List and President’s List for the Fall 2021 semester. Requirements for the Dean’s List include a 3.40 grade point average or above for the semester and at least 12 letter-graded (A, B, etc.) credit hours completed by the end of the semester. President’s List criteria are a 4.00 grade point and at least 15 letter-graded credit hours completed by the end of the semester. President's List Jonathan Gampo Leslie Armstrong David Hand Brandon Pierce-Ruhland Alexander Benson Michael Schupska Naccima States Herrera...
College of the Arts
The School of Fashion welcomes internationally recognized designers Paul Carroll, Laura Laurens and Juan Jose Saenz-Ferreyros as external reviewers for our annual senior critiques on Tuesday, March 8, and Wednesday, March 9, 2022, from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. During the critiques, graduating senior fashion design students will present their collections virtually to the panel of critics and receive feedback. The critiques can be viewed online or on screen in the first floor atrium of Rockwell Hall. About Our 2022 Critics Laura Laurens Laura Laurens is a self-trained Bogotá ba...
College of the Arts
Congratulations to assistant professor of dance Catherine Meredith and adjunct dance faculty member Alice Blumenfeld on receiving Individual Excellence Awards in the choreography category from the Ohio Arts Council. Meredith and Blumenfeld's grants are part of $375,000 in grant funding dispersed by the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) for Individual Excellence Awards in 2022. Individual Excellence Awards are given in the categories of choreography, criticism, fiction and non-fiction, music composition, playwriting/screenplays, and poetry. Individual Excellence Awards are peer ...
Office of the President
Kent State University alumnus Earl K. Miller, Ph.D., and his wife, Marlene M. Wicherski, have pledged $2 million to support research programs and students in Kent State’s Brain Health Research Institute. The Brain Health Research Institute is a recently established, cross-disciplinary institute that focuses on research and education to understand the influences that impact brain health across the lifespan and uses this knowledge as a window into the prevention and treatment of brain disease. “On behalf of the Kent State community, I would like to express deep gratitude to Dr. Earl Miller an...