A Celebration of Life for Richard D. Worthing (1943-2020) will be held on Saturday, October 16, at 1 p.m. in Ludwig Recital Hall in The Glauser School of Music on the Kent Campus. University COVID protocols will be followed. Richard was born in Castalia, Ohio, and received degrees from Kent State University and Michigan State University. He came to Kent State in 1971, teaching music theory, analysis and orchestration, and serving as the Coordinator of Kent/Blossom Music Festival. In 1979, he became the assistant dean of the College of Fine and Professional ...
The Outstanding Teaching Award Committee announces the 2020 and 2021 Outstanding Teaching Award Finalists! Each year, Kent State University honors full-time, nontenure-track and part-time faculty members who are nominated by their students for being among the most dedicated, highly effective, and motivated professors at Kent State University. The Outstanding Teaching Award is presented by the University Teaching Council. The committee received many excellent nominations for 2020 and 2021. It is wonderful to see how our faculty make an impact on the education and future of our students and comm...
Week four winners of the Kent State University employee vaccination drawing have been announced. Congratulations to the lucky winners! Name Title Prize John DiAlesandro Associate Lecturer $100 Thomas Schindler Sr Mgr, IT $100 Lauren Whitten Lab Assistant-INR $100 Lynn Berk Senior Lecturer $100 Laurie Wagner Associate Professor $100 Kristen DeBois Project Coord-NE $100 Jennifer Abate Research & Eval Proj Mgr $100 Sheil...
Today, for the first time, the United States commemorates national Indigenous Peoples' Day simultaneously with Columbus Day, October 11, 2021. Since the 1990s, Indigenous Peoples' Day has been on the rise as an alternative to Columbus Day, which Native Americans have protested for honoring a man who enabled their colonization and forced assimilation. Over the years, a growing number of cities and states have adopted Indigenous Peoples' Day. This year, President Joe Biden has proclaimed October 11 as a day to honor “our diverse history and the Indigenous peoples who contribute to shapin...
From the South to the Midwest, climate change has affected the United States in various ways, with partisan politics and social media increasing its awareness to new levels. During the summer of 2021, student journalists from Kent State joined peers from three different regions of the U.S. to report on this issue. They did this through Project Citizen, a collaborative project organized by Kent State alumna and former CNN anchor Carol Costello. Project Citizen first launched in 2019 and started with two colleges, Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and Kent State. Since then, two more...
As part of the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read community reading program, Kent State University at Ashtabula Library will partner with Kent State University Library, local area libraries and other collaborators for programs and events related to and focusing on Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s “An American Sunrise” through May 2022. Kent State was one of 61 organizations nationwide to be awarded a 2021-22 NEA Big Read grant. The $20,000 grant supports the programs, events and activities being offered by the partner institutions in Northeast Ohio. “An American Sunrise” is a book of poetry i...
Warren, OH (Oct. 8, 2021) On Oct. 2, Kent State Trumbull's bowling team debuted in the Ohio Bowling Conference's (OBC) first tournament at the Bowling Palace in Columbus. Bowlers competed as a mixed men's and women's team in the Men's Division. Brett Zeigler led the team finishing 52nd with a 171 average, followed by Nathan Zook (54th)(169.3), Susan Decker (60th)(162.8), Willis Howell (67th)(156.5), and Ryleigh Gough (93rd)(129.5). "It was great to get out there and see what they can do," Coach Dale Johnson said. "I think we turned some heads being a first-year program and finishing w...