Kent State University has partnered with SPIN to provide shared eBikes and eScooters on campus and within the City of Kent for use by students, faculty, staff, and the community. Approximately 100 eBikes and 100 eScooters will be available starting Monday, March 7. As we gear up to start riding, complete a safety quiz on biking and scooting on campus and receive $5 promotional ride credit AND a free helmet! Also new riders can get a $10 Free Credit by using code KENTSTATE (valid until April 30, 2022). Download the SPIN app from the QR code to the right. Additional inf...
The Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Alliance (AAAPI FASA) is an Employee Resource Group (ERG) within the Division of Human Resources. Its mission is to build and foster a community that promotes AAAPI cultures and values. The organization is committed to supporting its members’ needs and voices. In collaboration with other initiatives of diversity, equity, and inclusion, AAAPI FASA hosts programs and events, and creates sites for empathetic and effective allies. For additional information, including a list of events, please vi...
Kent State University is committed to eliminating instances of sexual violence in our community. In conjunction with the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s Changing Campus Culture initiative, we are asking for your participation in this short survey to help guide our joint efforts to better respond to and prevent sexual and relationship violence. The results of this survey will be kept confidential and will help Kent State identify needs for improved training, education, and support. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete. For participating in the survey, you wi...
Dean Stocker Through the Years Photo Gallery “It has been an incredible privilege and honor to serve in this role and to represent the Ashtabula Campus," - Dr. Susan J. Stocker ASHTABULA, OHIO (MARCH 1, 2022) -- A historic tenure and an over 30-year educational career will be coming to an end as Kent State University at Ashtabula Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D., announced her retirement effective at the end of the academic year. Stocker, the longest serving dean at Kent State, will wrap up her 21st and final year as dean on June 30, 2022. “It has been an incred...
Junior nursing major Hannah Call is the recipient of the Kent State University Leadership Center’s February 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, Call earned the spotlight for her leadership skills as an Honors student and president of the Delta Gamma sorority. She also works at Mercy Health’s St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown as a student nurse and is ecstatic to begin her career. “Getting the award made me feel great,” Call said. “I now know I’m m...
For recent journalism graduates, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped their entry into the news industry. Three Kent State University graduates, Madison Tromler, ‘20, Erin Simonek, ’20 and Anna Huntsman, ’19, discuss their work. In both broadcast and radio media, these alumni have focused much of their reporting on the pandemic, mostly with a Northeast Ohio angle — not just on case numbers or other statistics, but also on the effects on the economy, businesses and the healthcare industry. “Especially in the beginning, there was almost always a tie between every story I would cover and the connec...
Public relations professionals are time and time again the backbone of communications and community building within their industries. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Kent State alumni in healthcare fields have been put to the test to deliver important and timely responses to their network through both internal and external communications. Deborah (Pritchard) Less, ‘09, Communications Manager for the Cleveland Clinic, finds her role as an internal communications professional is to keep all caregivers (the term used to identify all employees) “informed, motivated, and inspired.” “With so...
ASPIRE Entrepreneurial Workshop Series featuring Ambassador Edward F. Crawford
The ASPIRE Entrepreneurial Workshop Series will feature an interview-style format with a Q&A period at the end. It will feature Ambassador Edward F. Crawford, who will share his experience as an entrepreneur and discuss the importance of being able to overcome rejection.