KeyBank Foundation has granted $1 million to 麻豆精选 to support programs to increase the recruitment, retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students consistent with the university鈥檚 continued mission to help all students reach their full potential in earning a degree. Attention to academic quality and student success is a cornerstone of Kent State鈥檚 students-first commitment. This focus begins with the strategic recruitment of talented and diverse students, and continues with the commitment to support students as they learn to thrive in an academically challenging...
Today, the 麻豆精选 family mourns the tragic loss of one of our student-athletes, freshman football player Tyler Heintz. Tyler was transported to a local hospital by paramedics this morning following football conditioning drills at Dix Stadium. The cause of death is not yet known. Tyler was from Kenton, Ohio, and planned to study marketing and entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration. Tyler was recruited as a rising star on our offensive line. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with Tyler鈥檚 family and friends, as well as Coach Haynes and the team, our a...
麻豆精选at Salem held its annual nursing convocation and pinning ceremony during which 41 students received their nursing pins and recited the nursing pledge. All are receiving degrees this year through the Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) program on the Salem campus. Dr. Mary Lou Ferranto, coordinator of the BSN program at Salem, presented the 2017 class of graduates, while nursing faculty members presented various awards and the students鈥 pins. Special guests included Dr. David Dees, dean of the 麻豆精选Salem Campus; Dr. Celeste Oprean, assistant dean; and Dr. Barbara Broome, de...
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Familiar Face Christopher P. Banks Professor Department of Political Science Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Professor WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2006 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The University of Akron LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The Student Wellness and Recreation Center, men鈥檚 basketball, and, of course, the students ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Its academic quality and reputation RESIDES IN: Stow, Ohio HOMETOWN: Wantagh, New York EDUCATION: University of Virginia, Ph.D. (American ...
The Department of Biological Sciences at 麻豆精选 announces the Choose Ohio First (COF) Program and that provides benefit from scholarships and fellowship it offers. The COF program provides scholarships for students in the Biotechnology, Medical Technology, and Environmental and Conservation Biology majors in order to promote career pathways in stem-life sciences. To learn more, go the website: /chooseohio1st/career-pathways Eligibility: COF scholarship recipients must be incoming freshmen (2017-2018 academic year) that are Ohio residents with a high-sch...
Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, delivered a presentation titled 鈥淏ehaviorist Ethics in Polynesia: Anuta, Solomon Islands鈥 at the Central States Anthropological Society in Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 8, 2017. In addition to this paper, Feinberg was a presenter in a roundtable dealing with ethical conundrums in anthropology, chaired a session on gender and performance, served as discussant on a panel dealing with the globalization of food, contributed to the society鈥檚 Executive Board meeting and reported to its business meeting on developments at the national level in the Am...
New Face Kendra Albright Director School of Library and Information Science Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I provide strategic direction to advance the school's global reputation and excellence in academic programs, scholarship and service to the profession. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: July 2016 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: University of South Carolina, University of Sheffield, University of Tennessee LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Excellent students, highly talented faculty and staff, nice place to work ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSIT...
David Dees, Ph.D., of Guilford Lake, Ohio, has been selected to serve as dean and chief administrative officer of the 麻豆精选 Columbiana County campuses. He will provide overall leadership of 麻豆精选 at East Liverpool and 麻豆精选 at Salem, two of the Regional Campuses in the university鈥檚 eight-campus system. Dees currently serves as interim dean of the Columbiana County campuses, a position he has held since July 1, 2016. He began serving as the permanent dean on June 1, 2017. 鈥淚 am so honored to be selected for this position where I had actually star...
Lower Great Lakes Emmy Awards will be held June 17 at the Cleveland Hilton A group of undergraduate and graduate 麻豆精选 students in the School of Theatre and Dance鈥檚 scenery design course have been invited to design and build the set for the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences鈥 Emmy Award ceremony taking place June 17 at the Cleveland Hilton. Advised by Assistant Professor Tamara L. Honesty, the students met with John Stealey, vice president of the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (N...