UPDATED 1/16/19: Please note that registration for the Jan. 23 keynote address is now closed. The registration limit has been met. View the full list of celebratory events at www.kent.edu/diversity/mlk-celebration-calendar-events. Angela Rye, principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, lawyer, political strategist and former executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, to serve as keynote speaker A prominent political strategist, lawyer and advocate for positive change in the political process will serve as the keynote speaker at Kent State University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr...
KENT, Ohio – The Kent State College of Business Administration announces Bill Priemer, president and CEO of Hyland, as the next speaker for the Global Management Speaker Series presented by Citizens Bank. Priemer will present, “How we built a thriving technology company in Cleveland” at noon on Monday, January 28 at the City Club in Cleveland. Lunch will be provided. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required at http://bit.ly/2019GMC. “Citizens Bank is committed to educating future business leaders and strengthening the economic development of the ...
According to a recent Career Builder survey, 70 percent of employers use social networking sites, such as LinkedIn and Facebook, to screen and assess candidates during the hiring process. Hiring managers infer applicants’ characteristics based on their social media profiles and make hiring decisions based on these inferences. However, there is little academic research that could be used to justify such inferences. Research conducted by Julia Levashina, Ph.D., associate professor of management at Kent State University, along with her colleague Nicolas Roulin, associate profess...
The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including Kent State University Assistant Professor Dave Costello, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has revealed new findings on the effect of climatic factors on river-based ecosystems. The findings are published in the latest issue of the journal Science Advances. “This is the largest such study, with respect to spatial coverage, and allows us to study carbon cycling in streams at unprecedented global scales,” said Dr. Costello, who serves as second author on this pape...
Angel Cuevas is getting his college career back on track after an unfortunate event derailed it early in his college career. The 21-year-old freshman who is majoring in aeronautical engineering suffered a rugby injury during his first semester in the fall of 2017, at which time he abruptly stopped his studies to recuperate. As a way to jump-start his college career, Mr. Cuevas enrolled in Summer Advantage during the summer of 2018. The program is an educational journey based on career exploration, success coaching and academic coursework. Summer Advantage is designed to assist under...
For the second time in five years, the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) student group at Kent State Ashtabula has been recognized by the national professional organization as its “Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year.” The award was presented at the CompTIA All Member Meeting in St. Louis, Mo., on Tuesday, Dec. 18. The Kent State Ashtabula chapter previously won the award in 2014 and prior to 2017 was a nearly yearly recipient of the “Outstanding Regional Chapter” award. CompTIA, a leading voice globally in the information technology ecosy...