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Flashes Safe Seven Video: Watch Flash Teach President Diacon How to Wash His Hands
Kent State is just seven weeks away from move in. To count down the return of students, faculty and staff for the start of the fall semester, the university will review one Flashes Safe Seven principle each week. This week, we focus on Wash Your Hands Frequently.
Our Two Campus Locations
Today I want to talk a little bit about our two campus locations: Kent State Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center.
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Kent State Softball Player Has Short, but Distinguished Senior Season
Not every day will be the best day and things might not always go exactly as planned, but it really is about the journey and the people standing next to you through it all, Maria Cegledy said.
Respiratory Therapy Program Earns Distinguished Credentialing Award for Third Straight Year
The Kent State University at Ashtabula Respiratory Therapy program is among elite company as it was recently awarded the Distinguished Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Credentialing Success Award by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) for the third straight year.
University Leaders Answer Questions, Discuss Returning to Campus This Fall During Facebook Live
Kent State Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Vice President for Enrollment Management Mary Parker, Ed.D., recently shared updates about academics and enrollment, respectively, while engaging with the university community.
Introducing Alexis Harris
Hi, my name is Alexis Harris! My major is Communication Studies with a concentration in Relational and Workplace Communication.
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2019-2020 Seed Grant Recipients Announced
The Healthy Communities Research Initiative (HCRI) is excited to announce the recipients of the 2019-2020 HCRI Seed Grant Awards!
University Libraries Begins Curbside Pickup Service on Monday, July 6
Curbside Pickup is Kent State University Libraries’ new contactless service that allows users to check out materials from its collection while libraries on the Kent and Regional campuses remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kent State Announces Recipients of the 2020 Alumni Awards
The Kent State University Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2020 Alumni Award recipients.
NSF Funds Kent State Research Team’s Interdisciplinary Study of Plant Biodiversity
Scientists have long recognized that biodiverse ecosystems are more stable and productive.
Campus Kitchen Pivots Operations From Hot Meals to Food Pantry to Help Increasing Numbers of Food Insecure Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
The Campus Kitchen at Kent State University, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the Kent area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry.
Opinion: Being an Ally Is More Than Just Friendship
Eric Mansfield examines what it means to be an ally in the fight against racism. Mansfield is executive director of university media relations in Kent State's University Communications and Marketing department and an adjunct public relations instructor with the College of Communication and Information.
Students Adjust to Living on a Closed Campus
When Kent State University closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, not all students living on the Kent Campus were able to leave.
Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative Cultivates Creative Partnerships to Battle COVID-19
Members of Kent State University’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
BioBlack Team Brings Home Award From Biodesign Challenge
A team of Kent State students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.
Opinion: Black People Simply Want Justice and Equality
Jhariah Wadkins, a senior communications studies major in Kent State University's College of Communication and Information, encourages young people to keep this fight against racism going and to not let up.
Opinion: I Hope We Can Move to Action. I Hope I Can Move to Action.
I wonder, how do I decide how to act in recognition of that disturbing dynamic? Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in Kent State University’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.
Cleveland Foundation Grant Provides Opportune Funding for Kent State Geauga
Kent State University at Geauga is pleased to announce a $20,000 award from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation toward a student emergency fund and technology advances. The $20,000 grant will be split evenly between the two initiatives.
Kent State Mathematicians Win NSF Grant to Study Complex But Important Geometry Problems
The National Science Foundation believes Kent State University mathematicians Artem Zvavitch, Ph.D., and Dmitry Ryabogin, Ph.D., are having worthwhile conversations about some age-old unsolved problems, and it has provided support to keep the discussion going for another three years.
Leaders Must Set Aside the Standard DEI or HR Playbook During This Unprecedented Time
When black Americans watched George Floyd being killed by a white police officer, they saw themselves and their family members. The unrelenting series of events that black Americans have witnessed before and after Floyd’s killing is racial trauma, which at its core is racism, says Kent State Psychological Sciences Professor Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D.
Opinion: In the Midst of a National Nightmare There Is a Glimmer of Hope
George Floyd's death focused light on what had been America’s ugly secret, the killing of black men by law enforcement officers at a rate far greater than any other race. Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and Kent State University alumnus, offers his take on what's at stake for America.
Ohio Space Grant Award Helps Kent Robotics Team Prepare for Long-term Success
For the second stra
Kent Nursing Researcher Receives $50,000 Grant to Explore Use of Cognitive Behavioral App Among Family Caregivers
Kent State College of Nursing Assistant Professor, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, recently received a $5
Kent State Professionals and Students Recognized at 2020 Akron ADDY Awards
Kent State University brought home the gold after this year’s Akron ADDY Awards, with both professionals and students being recognized for their work. The ADDYs, put on by the Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, celebrate the area’s best creative work in advertising.
Building Resiliency During Serious Illness Crisis
Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, and Tracey Motter, DNP, RN, researchers from Ke
Town Hall Opens Campus Discussion, Efforts Toward Shaping a Better Future
About 300 people attended the first in a series of virtual town halls as the Kent State community addresses systemic racism by learning, listening and taking action as a collective.
Opinion: Will America Finally Get It?
Mwatabu S. Okantah, associate professor in Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies, shares his perspective as someone who first arrived at Kent State in September 1970 as a student. Nearly 50 years later, he is an associate professor at the university.
Opinion: Entertaining the Humanity of America
Is this America? Where popular culture is largely represented by Black culture? Where musicians, artists, and athletes can be praised and celebrated for their talents, but criminalized for their skin color? Mike Daniels shares his insight.
Kent State Becomes a Founding Member of New Esports Collegiate Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced Wednesday a historic esports venture with a newly created independent esports conference – Esports Collegiate Conference – to facilitate and foster high-quality gaming competition among collegiate esports teams. Kent State University is among the 12 founding members of the new esports conference.
Kent State Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports
Kent State University has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.
University, Student Leaders Reflect on Whether George Floyd Protests Will Spur Sustained Change
University and student leaders share their personal insights into America's current unrest and whether protests will lead to lasting change.
Opinion: Now Is the Time to Speak Up, Use Your Platform and Enact Change
Tayjua Hines, president of Black United Students at Kent State, shares this student perspective about racism in our country and says now is the time to enact change.
Opinion: Diversity of Protests Offers Renewed Commitment to Social Justice Advocacy
Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., Kent State's interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and chair and associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, offers her insights in current unrest in America.
Opinion: Addressing Racial Injustice Is in the Interest of All Americans, Says Neil Cooper, Ph.D., Director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, says civil disturbances of the kind witnessed since the death of George Floyd represent moments of opportunity for societies.
Journalism Student's Photograph Gaining National Attention
A Kent State University student is gaining recognition for a photo she took that captures an African American Cleveland police officer shedding a tear as he came face to face with demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Police custody.