Familiar Face Chitra Rajagopal Associate Professor Engineering Technology Tuscarawas Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Teaches Electrical/Engineering Technology program courses and leads faculty for the program; conducts Women in Engineering workshops for area high school girls and serve as advisor for IEEE student club WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1993 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Assistant professor of engineering technology at technology institute in Bangalore, India  LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Good relationship among colleagu...

New Face Joseph L. Underwood Assistant Professor of Art History School of Art Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I’m responsible for teaching the visual art made by Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora. My research also looks at how African artists have helped shaped modern and contemporary art between the 1960s and the present. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Stonybrook University and Skidmore College LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The warmth of my colleagues and the updated facilities.  ATT...

The Kent State University Museum is a world-class destination for the study and presentation of historic and contemporary fashion, textiles and related art forms. The textiles and clothing in the museum collection, especially the historic, are quite fragile and require specialized storage to preserve them. Proper storage will slow deterioration by preventing hazards such as exposure to light, dust and changes in temperature and humidity. Help us save the past for the future by providing safe, state-of-the-art storage and allow easy access for research and study of the museum’s renowned coll...

Most children get inspiration from their parents. But, in 1994, when Sharon Barber, ’94, graduated from Kent State University at Ashtabula with a degree in nursing, she had no idea that her education and career choice would have such an impact on her own children. But it did, and it is leading to a family legacy of helping others. Growing up, siblings Matt Barber, ’18, and Molly Barber watched their mother do what she loved every day, and they wanted to follow in that tradition. The obvious choice to them was Kent State Ashtabula’s Nursing Program. As each child got involved at Kent State As...

Throughout the month of November, alumni, employees and friends of Kent State University have the opportunity to make a tremendous impact on the lives of students and on the university.   On Nov. 1, the university launched the 2018 Giving Tuesday campaign. Like last year, Giving Tuesday 2018 is a monthlong event, providing an expanded timeframe for giving, additional giving options and more occasions to have gifts matched.   “During our 2017 Giving Tuesday efforts throughout the month of November, we received more than 3,000 gifts totaling over $1 million in support of mo...

Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren delivers the 2018 State of the University Address.         ...

Though Mendi Sample was born blind, she still cares about fashion. And she knows that finding an accessible place for professional clothing gives her an edge come graduation day.  She will be looking for a job this spring after she graduates from Kent State University at Stark with her bachelor’s degree in psychology.  “Just because I am blind doesn't mean that I do not care about my clothing, or how I look,” says Ms. Sample, while at Flash’s Professional Closet preparing for a photo shoot to publicize the service. Located in the lower level of the Campus Center, the profe...

Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a recent paper published by David Ward, Ph.D., the Art and Margaret Herrick Endowed Professor of Plant Biology in Kent State University's Department of Biological Sciences, and international colleagues and graduate students in the journal Scientific Reports. Although climate change is often viewed as the overriding global challenge, grasslands around the world are actually often directly threatened by a simple neighboring plant...

For Diamond Lauderdale, Kent State University is not only her chosen college, it is her home. While growing up in Akron, Ohio, Ms. Lauderdale’s home life was challenging. She lived with her disabled father and worked two jobs to help make ends meet. Ms. Lauderdale’s father had been unable to walk for many years, and as she got older, her father’s condition worsened. Through it all, Ms. Lauderdale held onto a dream. She wanted to get a college education. Ms. Lauderdale’s father did not graduate from high school, so she understood that the hope of a college degree was an ambitious one. But...

Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a recent paper published by David Ward, Ph.D., the Art and Margaret Herrick Endowed Professor of Plant Biology in Kent State University's Department of Biological Sciences, and international colleagues and graduate students in the journal Scientific Reports. Although climate change is often viewed as the overriding global challenge, grasslands around the world are actually often directly threatened by a simple neighboring ...