The two-day Leadership Essentials course will be held October 21 and 22, 2021, at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, and is designed primarily for managers, supervisors and group leaders who want to take themselves and their leadership skills to their next level. The course is also recommended as groundwork for those expecting to assume supervisory responsibilities in the future or who are being groomed for advancement in the organization.  This competency-based course focuses on essentials core skills, such as the role of leaders, self-management, communication skills and leadership re...

In partnership with the Embassy of Colombia, the College of the Arts will present a virtual conversation with Colombian fashion designer Laura Laurens on Wed., Sept. 29, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. ET. En colaboración con la Embajada de Colombia en Estados Unidos, la Facultad de Artes presentará un conversatorio virtual con la diseñadora de modas Colombiana Laura Laurens el Miércoles 29 de Septiembre de 2021 a las 11:00 a.m. hora del este. The event, "Impossible Dialogues" Fashion, Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability: A Conversation with Colombian Fashion Designer Laura Laurens, is the first in ...

Kent State selected a national leader as the new Dean of the College of Nursing. Dr. Versie Johnson-Mallard is a researcher, academician, clinician, and executive leader in nursing and higher education and most recently served as Associate Dean at the College of Nursing in the Health Science Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. The largest public multi-campus system in Northeast Ohio with campuses serving nine local communities, Kent State University and the College of Nursing are primed for growth in academic and research endeavors. “I am grateful and excited to join Kent S...

With the start of the Fall semester, three new full-time faculty members are contributing their knowledge and expertise to College of Nursing research endeavors. Dr. Versie Johnson-Mallard, Ph.D., RN, APRN, FAANP, FAAN, joins the College of Nursing as Dean, Professor, and Henderson Endowed Chair, succeeding retired Dean Barbara Broome and Interim Dean Denice Sheehan. Dr. Loretta Aller, Ph.D., RN, comes to the Kent campus after serving at Kent State University at Stark, and Dr. Stacy Miner, Ph.D., RN, CCRP, joins College of Nursing faculty from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. Wor...

The National Collegiate Honors Council has announced Kent State University Honors College graduate Sarah Hagglund as a 2021 Portz Scholar. Hagglund is the 10th honors student from Kent State to be named a Portz Scholar since the national competition began in 1990.  "Each year, the NCHC awards four Portz Prizes, one to a student in each of the four broad academic areas, in a competition for most excellent undergraduate thesis," Honors College Dean Alison J. Smith, Ph.D., notes. "Sarah receives this year’s Portz Prize in the Humanities, becoming our 10th Portz scholar. We are so proud of...

The Podiatry Foundation, located in Independence, Ohio, is laying the groundwork to help secure the financial and academic future of Ohio’s only podiatry college – Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine. The Kent State Board of Trustees voted during its Sept. 15 meeting to accept naming recognition for its Foot and Ankle Clinic in acknowledgement of the $10 million gift.  The Podiatry Foundation’s gift – the largest single gift commitment in the history of Kent State – will fund scholarships, research and continuing medical education programs within the College of Podiatri...