Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
The following new members have been appointed to the Kent State Alumni Association National Board of Directors for a three-year term, which began July 1: Jeff Guritza, of Brecksville, Ohio, is the vice president of marketing at SOPREMA USA. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from Kent State in 1994. Eli Kalil III, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, is a 2022 Presidential Management Fellow who serves as a health system specialist at the Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies in 2019 and a Master of Public Administration...
After two days of heavy rains and intense winds across Northeast Ohio, the skies cleared, creating perfect weather for this year’s Akron Pride Festival, which took place on Saturday, Aug. 26, in downtown Akron. Roughly 30,000 people were expected to attend this year’s event.“It seems like every year it grows and grows. It continues to amaze me,” said Ken M. Ditlevson, a Kent State University alumnus who serves as the director of Kent State's LGBTQ+ Center. The Kent State LGBTQ+ Center provides shuttle busses to the Akron Pride Festival each year. About 35 Kent ...
Several areas on Kent State University's Kent Campus show damage from high winds that accompanied storms that swept across northeast Ohio on Thursday. There were tornado warnings in the area as wind gusts in Kent were measured at 80 mph. This tree fell on The Commons, near the Victory Bell. Trees fell on Front Campus and on the May 4 National Historic Landmark site and there was extensive damage to the granite May 4 Memorial. A drone's-eye view shows some of the damage to the May 4 Memorial. University Facilities Management crews worked all night to clear ...
College of Education, Health and Human Services
Lecturer Melanie Kirin received the Silver Teaching Recognition Award for Gamification/brackets in CTTE. The teaching development awards program recognizes actions that enhance teaching and learning at Kent State University. The program allows instructors to earn tiered awards (bronze, silver, gold & platinum) for their efforts to learn about, implement, evaluate and investigate evidence-based instructional practices. All instructors at Kent State, including graduate students and faculty of all appointment types (TT, NTT, adjunct) are eligible to participate. The&...