School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration

For the second year, several Kent Students will be awarded scholarships from The Olympia Companies – the organization that manages the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. The Hospitality Programs at Kent State The scholarships support students in Kent State’s Hospitality and Event Management program, which is part of t...

Schwebel Lecture Series celebrates 20th anniversary The Hospitality Management Program at Kent State University is pleased to announce that Karim Khalifa, senior vice president of Marriott Global Design Strategies, will be the 20th Anniversary Schwebel Lecture Series speaker. The Schwebel Lecture will take place on Thursday, April 20, a...

Kevin J. Spence, a Kent State University higher education administration doctoral student, visited Cienfuegos, Cuba, to help bridge Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services’ past to the present. In October, Spence discussed the Visiting Scholar program at Kent State’s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Inter...

In this digital age, with phones at our finger tips, you would think that access to constant communication would make us feel closer to one another. But a new study by researchers at Kent State University shows that may not be the case. In fact, cell phone use might actually lead to feeling less socially connected, depending on your gender...

In this digital age, with phones at our finger tips, you would think that access to constant communication would make us feel closer to one another. But a new study by researchers at Kent State University shows that may not be the case. In fact, cell phone use might actually lead to feeling less socially connected, depending on your gender...

The Hospitality Management program at Kent State University is pleased to announce its 2016 Schwebel Lecture Series speaker, Rick Doody, chairman and founder of the Bravo | Brio Restaurant Group. The lecture will take place on Thursday, April 14, from 4-5 p.m. in Ritchie Hall, Room 214. Ritchie Hall is located at 225 Terrace Drive in Kent,...

Kent State University researcher Michele K. Donnelly, Ph.D., and University of Toronto researchers Peter Donnelly, Ph.D., and Mark Norman found that the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics failed to bring more women into the competition. Only 40 percent of competitors were women, making this the first time since 1988 that the percentage of women at...