Online final grading for Spring 2023 Full Term (POT 1), Third 5 Weeks (F3), Second 7 Weeks (W2) began on Monday, May 1, 2023, via FlashFAST and grading is also available for any Spring 2023 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Sunday, May 14. Any final grades for Spring 2023 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These Spring 2023 courses will be available in the Workflow on Tuesday, May 16. Submit Final grades using Final Grades Roster To subm...

Former Golden Eagles basketball standout, Zach Camporese, has just been voted high school Coach of the Year in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association, 6A, District 9 and Overall Coach of the Year for all classifications of District 9 by his peers. ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, Kent State Today will be looking at the accomplishments of Kent State women who have advanced the cause of women, broken glass ceilings and left a lasting impact on women’s history.   Judy Devine has been called the matriarch of Kent State University athletics.   She arrived at Kent State in 1969 as a graduate assistant, coming from Colorado State University, where she played five varsity sports, earned 18 letters and graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. She earned her master’s degree in heal...

 While a student at Kent State University, U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-OH-13) dreamed of taking the stage as a dancer in New York City, not as a congresswoman in Washington, D.C. But today she’s a star in the eyes of many, with her federal legislative debut drawing attention beyond Northeast Ohio. This Akron native comes by her position naturally, as the daughter of former state representatives Barbara and Vernon Sykes, who is now an Ohio state senator. Although the junior Sykes has a love for the arts, this civically minded woman said she’s always felt a strong call to help people, to...

For some students, Kent State residence halls are merely a place to sleep at night. For others, like Caleb Strack, his dedication to housing has opened the door to many opportunities. Strack, a senior majoring in accounting and finance, originally volunteered to serve as NRHH’s Director of Business Operations in Spring 2021. Currently serving as Kent’s National Residence Hall Honorary President and the Executive Director of Kent Interhall Council, Strack has jumped headfirst into residence hall leadership, making great progress is a short amount of time. According to the advisor of t...

Melanie Kirin, a lecturer in Career-Technical Teacher Education in the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, has received the bronze Teaching Recognition Award in teaching development from Kent State's Center for Teaching and Learning. The teaching development awards program recognizes actions that enhance teaching and learning at Kent State University. The program allows instructors to earn tiered awards (bronze, silver, gold & platinum) for their efforts to learn about, implement, evaluate and investigate evidence-based instructional practices. All instructors at K...

According to the National Cancer Institute, there are 623,405 people living with metastatic breast, prostate, lung, colorectal or bladder cancer or metastatic melanoma in the United States, and that number is expected to increase to 693,452 by the year 2025. With the estimated number of cases on the rise, now is the time to stop this disease in its tracks. Professors at Kent State University are trying to do just that.   Hanbin Mao, Ph.D., professor, and Yaorong Zheng, Ph.D., associate professor, both of chemistry and biochemistry, and Yuki Suzuki, Ph.D., at Mie University in ...

Ohio higher education leaders heard firsthand how Kent State brings a major return on investment as a students-first university at the university’s Board of Trustees quarterly meeting held March 9 in Columbus.  President Todd Diacon took the opportunity to make the presentation “Kent State Works” at the Board of Trustees meeting, which was held at Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph. The presentation illustrated how Kent State prepares its students for job readiness and gives an economic boost to the communities it serves. Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education Randy Gar...

KENT, Ohio – The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host the 47th Annual Meonske Professional Development Conference April 27-28 at the Kent State University Student Center Kiva. The annual conference provides attendees with an opportunity to learn and network with other accounting and finance professionals. The conference is named for Kent State University Professor Emeritus Norman Meonske, the conference founder. This year’s event will feature engaging sessions on a variety of timely topics for accounting and finance professionals. It provides two days of...