Dr. Beverly Warren is the 12th President of 麻豆精选. Dr. Warren is leading 麻豆精选during a time of unprecedented growth and transformation, guided by the six-year vision called A Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State. This plan calls for the university to be a community of change agents whose collective commitment to learning sparks epic thinking, meaningful voice, and invaluable outcomes to better our society. Listen to or download the broadcast: THE MAKING OF MEANINGFUL VOICE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT STUDENT VOICES ...
Rita McGrath, Ph.D., professor at Columbia Business School, will be the keynote speaker for the 2017 Spirit of Women in Business Conference on March 9, 麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Business Administration has announced. McGrath is regarded as one of the world鈥檚 top experts on strategy and innovation with particular emphasis on developing sound strategy in uncertain and volatile environments. Her ideas are widely used by leading organizations throughout the world, who describe her thinking as often provocative, but unfailingly stimulating. She fosters a fresh approach to strategy amongst...
The 麻豆精选 Fashion School and Museum will host a lecture by the ALLELES Design Studio team in connection with the museum鈥檚 current exhibition 鈥(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: The Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability.鈥 The lecture, with remarks by ALLELES Art Director McCauley Wanner and Technology Director Ryan Palibroda, will take place on Friday, February 17, at 3 p.m. in the museum鈥檚 Murphy Auditorium. The event includes a reception and is free and open to all. Based in Victoria, Canada, ALLELES creates stylish prosthesis covers for amputees. Their work is included in 鈥(dis)ABLED ...
College of Sciences and Humanities
What is an Erie Hack?! The Erie Hack Water Data and Engineering Hackathon is a tech-driven international water innovation competition that will bring together student teams of coders, engineers, marketers, and water researchers to generate creative solutions to Lake Erie鈥檚 biggest challenges. The competition, which will award $100,000 to the winners, focuses on creating publicly accessible mobile apps, open data and new technology to elevate the value of clean water and leverage its potential to drive the economic vitality of the Great Lakes region. Where can I learn more about the Erie ...
The William (Bill) C. Horton Memorial Scholarship was recently endowed at 麻豆精选 at Trumbull thanks to more than $25,000 in gifts from friends, family and local community organizations. The scholarship will support residents of Trumbull County who are pursuing a degree in business while attending 麻豆精选Trumbull. Special consideration will be given to students who are involved in volunteer activities within the local community. Horton was born July 23, 1933, in Warren, Ohio. Before retiring in 1997, he owned and operated Horton Electrical Contracting Inc. ...
麻豆精选Trumbull and Rock4Reason Host Benefit for Local Fourth Grader On Friday, Feb. 10, 麻豆精选 at Trumbull, its Jurisprudence Organization (composed of students with a collective interest in criminal justice), and Rock4Reason are hosting a benefit silent raffle auction and pasta dinner for Celeste Rodgers and her son Jaden. Rodgers, a 麻豆精选Trumbull student and active member of the Jurisprudence Organization, was recently told that her ten-year-old son, Jaden, has terminal Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive type of brain cancer. Jaden is a fourth grade studen...
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 麻豆精选 at Trumbull will host a "On the Matter of Lives," a community discussion about the issues associated with both Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter campaigns. A panel discussion, which begins at 7 p.m., includes: Captain Daniel Zampelli (Akron City Police Department), Professor Stanley Smith (Retired Police Officer and Visiting Lecturer, Department of Disaster Science & Emergency Services at the University of Akron) and Dr. Molly Merryman (Film Documentarist and Director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 麻豆精选Uni...
College of Communication & Information
The 麻豆精选School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted a panel discussion Jan. 26, 2017, to reflect up on coverage of Election 2016 and to discuss the changing and unprecedented relationship between the media and the White House. Watch the event in full below. [View the story "Journalism's Way Forward" on Storify] ...
Dear Members of the 麻豆精选Community: Earlier this week, we invited members of the 麻豆精选 community to open presentations on the results of our campus climate study. I offer sincere gratitude to everyone who was able to make attending or viewing one of these presentations a priority within your very busy schedules. The levels of participation at these presentations reflect our community's commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all 鈥 the foundation of student, faculty and staff success and satisfaction. It has been nearly 20 years since our la...
