A Message from the Provost

April 1, 2024

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to you today to ask for your input on identifying a new framework for our Kent Core.

Since its inception in 1983, the Kent Core has been critical to the mission of Kent State University. The Kent Core general education curricular requirements touch each of our students as they navigate through their undergraduate experience. For the last several semesters, working groups across the campus system have dedicated efforts to re-envision our Kent Core in a way that creates more meaningful experiences for our learners.

After much hard work, the committees developed three distinct frameworks in alignment with our Kent State mission for the university community to review.

Beginning in April, we will host several virtual forums where each framework will be presented. I encourage you to participate by attending a forum and providing feedback to ensure the best framework is chosen for our students. These virtual events will highlight the history of our re-envisioning process, the guidelines used to create the frameworks, and a variety of interactive ways for you to contribute to the ongoing development as we work together to create a distinct general education program for Kent State.  

We are confident that your input and our continued dedication to the process will build a Kent Core curriculum that is distinctive, innovative, exciting to our students, and forward-looking in our disciplines while also aligning with the core values and mission of Kent State.

Visit our webpage to find a full list of dates and times for the Re-envisioning the Kent Core Community Forum sessions. No registration is required.

Your voice is critical to the process, and I hope that you will find time to join us at a session!

My best, 
Melody Tankersley, Ph.D. 
Senior Vice President and Provost
 

RE-EVISIONING THE KENT CORE COMMUNITY FORUM SCHEDULE

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m. 
Wednesday, April  3, 2024, 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. 
Thursday, April 4, 2024, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 
Thursday, April 4, 2024, 2:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. 
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, noon – 1:30 p.m. 
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 
Wednesday, April 10, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 
Thursday, April 11, 2024, 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. 
Thursday, April 11, 2024, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. 
Monday, April 15, 2024, 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. 
Monday, April 15, 2024, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 
Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. 
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 10:30 a.m. – noon 
Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. 
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 
Thursday, April 18, 2024, 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. 
Friday, April 19, 2024, 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.