The President’s Award of Distinction was created as a recognition program to reward staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements, service, leadership and dedication to Kent State in advancing the university’s strategic priorities and core values.Full-time classified and unclassified employees at all campuses who have been employed by the university for a minimum of three years and are in good standing were eligible to be nominated. Staff members had to demonstrate exceptional performance in living the university’s core values and/or advancing one of the priorities of A Strategi...

Motorcycle Ohio, a program of the Ohio Traffic Safety Office, is celebrating the opening of its newest motorcycle rider training site at the Kent State Stark campus in North Canton. The new location was launched in partnership with the Stark County Sheriff's Office and will expand access to motorcycle safety education for residents in the region.The opening of the new Stark County site comes at an important time: May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, a great reminder for both riders and drivers to do their part to help reduce motorcycle-related crashes. Recent data underscores the importan...