Connor Lillis has always aspired to be a creative writer, but he thought that his writing would remain a part-time hobby. However, Connor’s Senior Honors Thesis has since helped Connor decide to pursue a career as a novelist after graduation. A senior Honors College student from Green, Ohio, Connor is graduating this spring with a major in English and a minor in creative writing. Before graduating, Connor will also have completed a novel as his honors thesis project. Currently in the last semester of his thesis project, Connor is making final revisions to his novel. Connor’s novel is in the f...
Dalyanne Hernández Sánchez is a fifth-year senior Honors College student graduating with a major in chemistry and a chemistry concentration. Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dalyanne spent the first two years of her undergraduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico, before enrolling in the National Student Exchange program and coming to Kent State as an exchange student. After her year as an exchange student, Dalyanne decided to fully transfer to Kent. Now, after her three years studying at Kent State, Dalyanne is graduating with not only a diversified college experience, but also w...
It is not often that you have the opportunity to photograph figures such as Oprah Winfrey or to meet former President Barack Obama, but Georgio Sabino III’s career has led him to do so. Owner of GS3 Innovations, LLC, he earned his B.A. in Fine Arts from Kent State University in 1999 and went on to earn his M.A. in Art Education from the Cleveland Institute of Art and Case Western Reserve University (2009). Originally from Columbus, Ohio, he currently lives in the Asiatown neighborhood near downtown Cleveland. Georgio has enjoyed a thrilling career as a photographer. In addition to operati...
Kent State University Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., announced the selection of Manfred van Dulmen, Ph.D., to serve as the university’s associate provost for academic affairs and dean of the Division of Graduate Studies, effective April 16. Van Dulmen has been serving as interim associate provost for academic affairs since 2019 and interim dean of the Division of Graduate Studies since 2020. As associate provost for academic affairs, van Dulmen will provide strategic leadership over all areas of academic curriculum, policies and procedures for Kent State. ...
Sarag Gogineni is a junior Honors College student from Roseville, California, majoring in biology pre-med and minoring in healthcare ethics. Sarag discovered his passion for ethics during his time at Kent State and has decided to complete a Senior Honors Thesis as a way to combine his interest in ethics and biological sciences. Currently in the thesis preparation semester, Sarag is performing extensive research with the goal of submitting a formal thesis proposal to the Honors College by the end of spring 2021. Though still in the early stages of his thesis, Sarag knows he wants to complete a...
Jessie Maisano graduated in 1994 from Kent State University’s Honors College with her bachelor’s degree in Geology. Maisano started her time at Kent State University as a Fashion Merchandising major, but once she met Honors College professor, Don Palmer, she was inspired to change her major to Geology and pursue a career path that was more impractical, but she was passionate about. She pursued her Masters and Ph.D. at Yale University in Vertebrate Paleontology, graduating in 2000. Maisano is now a research scientist at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas where s...
Charlie Malone, ’02 and ’04, has been announced as the 2021 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award Recipient. The announcement came during an April 3rd virtual celebration of the ‘2021 Senior Honors Recognition Ceremony’, which applauded the Honors College’s spring, summer and fall 2021 graduating seniors. The event, which, in years prior to COVID-19, was held in a luncheon format with a formal recognition ceremony, also recognized the recipients of the Distinguished Honors Faculty and Distinguished Honors Alumni awards for both 2020 and 2021. The ceremony was cancelled last spring soon aft...
The Leaders of Tomorrow Summit, typically held each spring at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, has transitioned to a virtual format for 2021. Leaders of Tomorrow, under the umbrella of Leadership Tuscarawas, is designed to bring together young people in their junior and senior years of high school or in college to help them become successful leaders in life, work, and play. Since 2014, area leaders have helped share their passion with our community’s young people through presentations, workshops, and networking. Whether it is a tip, a life lesson, or something they wish they had known w...
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, In the fall semester, we committed to making you aware of incidents of bias and racism, and that we would do so even if these incidents were not viewed by the public nor shared on social media. In keeping with our promise of being transparent and open, we are writing to make you aware of the racist defacing of a plaque on the Kent Campus and the steps we are taking to address it. Yesterday, we were made aware that the N-word was marked on a campus fixture. This act of vandalism comes from a place of hate, and Kent State will not tol...
Last month, our social accounts were filled with information about COVID-19 testing and vaccination opportunities, the announcement of an in-person commencement ceremony and a continued appreciation for the Kent State community! Here are some of our top-performing posts for the month of March: Instagram On Instagram, our top-performing post debuted the newest addition to our COVID-19 safety principles. That’s right, as vaccines became more readily available for our community, the Flashes Safe Seven became the Flashes Safe Eight! This video received more than 6,000 views and 1,11...