Each year colleges and universities across the country recognize the importance of the student work experience during National Student Employment Week. Established by the National Student Employment Association, this week is meant to bring awareness to the importance of student employees in higher education. Here at Kent State University, we celebrate Student Employee Appreciation Week and dedicate this week to celebrating and recognizing on-campus student employees. With so many qualified and outstanding student employees, this is the perfect opportunity to recognize their efforts. All ...
Kent State University alumna Roe Green, MA ’80, admits she’s counting down the days to May 12. That’s the day she’ll both deliver the spring commencement address and receive a special honor after the Kent State Board of Trustees approved awarding her a Doctor of Humane Letters, an honorary degree recognizing her contributions to the university and her advocacy for the arts not only in Northeast Ohio, but also across the nation and around the world. As a long-standing philanthropic partner to many, Kent State has been fortunate to be a beneficiary of her support for more than 20 yea...
More than 200 Kent State University employees were honored with numerous distinctions as awards and recognitions were presented to staff and faculty members for their excellence and dedication at the University Honors Banquet, April 12, 2023. Opening remarks were made by Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley and President Todd Diacon. Awards were presented by Douglas Delahanty, vice president of research and sponsored programs; Tiffany Murray, interim vice president of human resources; and Tankersley. Diacon presented closing remarks. “Flashes continue to take care of o...
Meet Sabrina Badali, a University Fellowship recipient. Sabrina is a Ph.D. student studying Psychological Sciences. Please give a short overview of your research. My research is centered around encouraging students to use effective learning strategies when studying for classes. I use a mix of laboratory and classroom research to investigate the learning choices that students make, the effectiveness of those choices, and how to improve the effectiveness of students' choices in the future. What made you choose to pursue your graduate degree here at Kent State? My amazin...
Meet Caroline West, a David B. Smith Scholarship recipient. Caroline is a Psychological Sciences Ph.D. student majoring in Clinical Psychology. Please give a short overview of your research. My program of research has examined socioenvironmental and psychosocial factors related to disordered eating among adolescents, with a specific emphasis on youth from backgrounds historically under-represented within eating pathology research. To build upon my previous research, my dissertation project aims to examine food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors among adolescents. ...