Each year, the Honors College recognizes one faculty member for their hard work and dedication to the Honors College and its students. With so many faculty that do so much for the students, it can be difficult to choose one winner. William “Bill” Morris was selected as this year’s winner of the Distinguished Honors Faculty Award, which is voted on by current Honors College students and presented during the Annual Senior Honors Luncheon. Since joining the Golden Flash family in 2011 to pursue a Doctoral degree, Morris has made a lasting impact on students and their experiences. In his four year...
Senior Human Development and Family Studies major Taryn Phillips-Smith is the recipient of Kent State University Leadership Center’s March Student Leader of the Month. The Student Leader of the Month program seeks to recognize students for excellence in leadership through campus and community involvement. This month Phillips-Smith is being awarded for her leadership within the community and for her participation in multiple programs at Kent State. “It was very great to receive this award,” Phillips-Smith said. “ I wasn’t expecting to receive it, but I am definitely very appreciative of...
Kent State’s messengers, the staff at University Communications and Marketing (UCM), have helped the university be recognized regionally, nationally and internationally for its work throughout 2020 and 2021. The last two years were filled with major events across campus and around the world. UCM was tasked with continuously updating students, faculty and staff on the constantly evolving landscape. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, UCM was challenged to create a campaign to help the Kent State community manage these tough times together. The university’s response ...
Hundreds of students graduate from Kent State University’s Honors College and continue their legacy doing exceptional work in their field. During Kent State’s annual Senior Honors Luncheon, an alum of the Honors College is recognized for their impact each year. This year, Lisa Dunick has been recognized as the Distinguished Honors Alumni recipient for 2022. Graduating in 2000 from Kent State, Dunick received a degree in English. After graduating from the Honors College, she earned a Masters in English at Penn State and then a Ph.D. in English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Fr...
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The Kent State University Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of the Burton D. Morgan Foundation Entrepreneurship Suite, a space that includes the LaunchNET offices, the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab and surrounding areas within the Design Innovation (DI) Hub. Over the past five years, Burton D. Morgan Foundation has given more than $1 million in support of LaunchNET Kent State and entrepreneurship activities at the university. An additional gift from the foundation of $500,000 will provide support for venture activities within LaunchNET Kent State and the Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab, a new...
Emotional eating is a pattern of consuming food to deal with stress, boredom, or other feelings unrelated to hunger. When emotional eating happens frequently or becomes the primary means of dealing with emotions, health and happiness can be negatively affected. One way to combat emotional eating is by switching to a mindful, or intuitive, eating perspective, a process of honoring health by listening and responding to the direct messages of the body in order to meet your physical and psychological needs. To learn more about eating and emotions, join Employee Wellness for webinars in May...
Kent State University is participating in the “Best Employers in Ohio” program created by Crain's Cleveland Business and Best Companies Group. The program is designed to recognize outstanding places of employment in Ohio. As a part of the program’s process, a random sample of university employees will receive an online survey on April 29. Please take 10 - 15 minutes to complete the survey, which will come from Surveys@BestCompaniesGroup.com with the subject line: “Best Employers in Ohio - Employee Survey.” Please do not forward your invitati...
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Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, Finals week is fast approaching, and we all need to stay healthy to do our best. However, we are seeing week-over-week increases in the number of positive COVID-19 test results reported to the university. In addition, our monitoring of wastewater on our Kent Campus is showing the COVID-19 virus coming from university residence halls. While the COVID-19 rates remain low in the counties where we have campuses and locations, nearly all have seen an increase in cases over the past few weeks. It is important that everyone monito...