Four Kent State University alumni were honored on Friday, Sept. 22, at the School of Communication Studies Alumni Awards & Reception in Taylor Hall. The event was part of the College of Communication and Information's celebration of Taylor Hall's reopening, Sept. 21 - 23, 2017. Three distinct awards are given at the annual celebration: Centennial Award, a recognition given to individuals of great stature and service to the university who have gained national or international recognition for their work in communication studies. This was awarded to Carol Wilder, Ph.D., ’74, an ...

Kent State University at East Liverpool is hosting Paige Bosich, a doctoral student in Kent State’s sociology department, 2-3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, in the Quiet Study Lounge in Purinton Hall. Her presentation, “Navigating the Master’s Thesis” is free and open to the public. The talk will be especially helpful to anyone considering a master’s degree or for students working on an honor’s thesis. This event is sponsored by the Social Science Research Lab at Kent State East Liverpool and students in Dr. Lydia Rose’s researching society class. Bosich completed her undergraduate degree at Sai...

Kent State University has been ranked one of the safest campuses in the country by the Council for Home Safety and Security, a national trade association. Kent State was named to the council’s 2017 top 100 list of Safest Colleges in America. Nationwide, Kent State ranks 11th on the list. Among Ohio institutions, Kent State ranks the safest. The ranking was determined by the most recent data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting and the National Center for Education Statistics. More than 2,000 four-year colleges and universities were assessed. Dean Tondiglia, Kent State’s police chief...

Promoting awareness of the environment and its importance has long been a global challenge, but a new degree offered at Kent State University is designed to ensure that graduates take their place in the world as well-rounded, well-educated environmental stewards. Offered for the first time in fall 2017, the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary degree that provides an understanding of not only the environment, but also how graduates can use their education to influence and protect the world around us. The environmental studies degree has been offered at other univ...

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The Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) presented Patrick G. Coy, Ph.D., professor and director of new the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching and Service in the areas of peace, war, and social conflict. The career award was presented to Coy in Montreal, Canada on August 15 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. “Dr. Coy has been instrumenta...

Congratulations to the following faculty members who are receiving tenure: Arnold, Hayley, Kent, Health Sciences, College of Education, Health and Human Services Barness, Jessica, Kent, Visual Communication Design, College of Communication and Information Cho, Ji Young, Kent, Architecture, College of Architecture and Environmental Design Chung, Wilson C.J., Kent, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences Coifman, Karin, Kent, Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences Courtney, Scott, Kent, Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, College of Education, Hea...

Paul Creed III, Office of Continuing and Distance Education, presented “Blue @ Kent State University: The Story of Flash Survey” at the Blue Americas 2017 Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on Aug. 3, 2017. The presentation focused on the use of eXplorance's Blue course evaluation software to administer Flash Survey, the marketing term for the online administration of the student survey of instruction at Kent State. ...

Familiar Face Franchesca Purkey Data Quality Assurance Analyst, Advancement Services Division of Institutional Advancement Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I am a core member of the Salesforce CRM (Constituent Relationship Management) implementation team for Institutional Advancement functioning as a system administrator. I develop and facilitate technical training for the CRM as well as other training related to advancement. Also, I compile the program review survey lists for each academic program and assist with maintaining record data quality for alumni and friends of the institut...