Dear Kent State University Faculty, On Sept. 30, the two bargaining units of the Kent State Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-KSU) and the university signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) through which faculty agreed to comply with the university’s vaccine requirement. The MOUs apply to all tenured and tenure-track and full-time non-tenure-track faculty regardless of teaching methodology.  We are grateful for your cooperation in helping to keep our community safe and healthy as we continue to fight the COVID-19 virus.&nb...

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Kent State University a nearly $1.2 million, five-year TRIO Educational Opportunity Centers program grant. The program is designed to provide support services to qualified adults, including veterans, who want to enter or continue a program of postsecondary education.  The Educational Opportunity Centers program specifically targets low-income adults and veterans by offering a wide range of services, including counseling and assistance with financial aid, testing and college admissions applications.  Kent State, a national leader in a...

The Business Leadership Training (BLT) is a partnership between Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center and the Twinsburg and Nordonia Hills Chambers of Commerce. The BLT bi-monthly programming is free and open to the public. The final program of 2021 is "Change is Hard: Leading It Doesn’t Have To Be" and is scheduled via Zoom on Thursday, November 18, from noon – 1 PM. Dr. Susan Emens, Assistant Dean for Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center is the featured presenter. To stay competitive, businesses must adapt quickly to their ever-changing environments. However, managers often face resistance...

Week 7 Vaccination Winners Week seven winners of the Kent State University employee vaccination drawing have been announced. Look below for the list of the lucky winners! Catherine M. Zapytowski Mgr, IT Budgeting & Bus Svs $100 Tatjana Hrubik-Vulanovic Associate Professor $100 Robert A. Chester Custodial Worker $100 Kevin F. Hilger  Lead IT User Support Analyst $100 Thorsten-Lars Schmidt Assistant Professor $100 Robert W. Eckman Chief Info Security Officer...

Twenty-nine current Kent State faculty members have been named to be in the top 2% of scientists in the world based on a recent study published by Stanford University scholars, proving why Kent State is a top-tier research university.  Top 2 % in the World The report, published in the PLOS Biology journal, evaluated more than six million scientists across 22 different fields and 176 subfields from 1996 until 2019. The top 2% list is made up of more than 100,000 most-cited scientists who have authored at least five scientific papers. The ranking method is based on standardized citati...