Michael Bice served as a senior executive of academic medical centers and large healthcare systems for over 25 years. During that time, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Florida College of Public Health where the Dean of the College was Robert Frank, later appointed Provost at Kent State University. Frank hoped to establish a master’s degree in health administration at Kent and tapped Bice for the job of creating it. After much research and discussions with major health employers in Northeast Ohio, it was determined that the area was already well supplied with M.H.A. programs. B...

Kent State University on Friday renewed and expanded its relationship with Dewey International University in Battambang, Cambodia, opening a pathway for Dewey students to obtain a Kent State degree.  Kent State first formed a partnership with Dewey in 2018. That agreement was up for renewal, and the new version includes an expanded relationship, which spells out a 2+2 pathway for Dewey students to obtain a Kent State degree.  Under the new agreement, Dewey students who complete two years of their coursework at Dewey will then be eligible to transfer to Kent State to comple...

Ilianna Velez, AA ’16, BA ’16, MED ’19, CER6 ’19, Akron, Ohio, is featured in Cleveland.com's Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight. A graduate of the College of Communications and Information and the College of Education, Health and Human Services, Velez explains how she works to eliminate barriers.--Photo courtesy Cleveland.com...