KENT, Ohio – Thanks to a long-standing conference for accounting professionals, $30,000 was donated this spring to support Kent State accounting students.Kent State Professor Emeritus Norm Meonske, who joined the Kent State accounting faculty in 1972, founded the prestigious Accounting Leadership Conference (now the Meonske Professional Development Conference), in 1974. The annual conference provides attendees with an opportunity to learn and network with other accounting and finance professionals.In 2007, former students of Meonske founded the Norman R. Meonske endowed scholarship ...

Kent State University is building on the legacy of May 4, 1970, and the mission of its School of Peace and Conflict Studies, when it joins forces with the University of Rwanda in July to help advance peace education across the globe.  The universities, along with the nonprofit organization the Aegis Trust, are sponsoring Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a peace education academic conference and interactive skills workshop for educators and practitioners taking place July 11-13 in Kigali, Rwanda.    “The worldwide demand for peace education has risen exponentia...