The dynamic leadership of Amanda Johnson, Ph.D., as director of the Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, has been a driving force for the center’s success in the three years she has been in the role. She is passionate about the advancement of international and intercultural education through the center and its programs, saying “At the end of the day, I love the kind of work that we do here, and I love that I get to do it.”  Johnson, a first-generation college student, earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from Hollins College and Master of Arts in Teach...

Associate Professor Sonya E. Irving, Ph.D., received the Bronze Teaching Recognition award for Fostering Perseverance in Mathematics.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 Kent State, including graduate students and faculty of all appointment types (TT, NTT, adjunct) are eligible to ...

The following new members have been appointed to the Kent State Alumni Association National Board of Directors for a three-year term, which began July 1: Jeff Guritza, of Brecksville, Ohio, is the vice president of marketing at SOPREMA USA. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from Kent State in 1994. Eli Kalil III, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, is a 2022 Presidential Management Fellow who serves as a health system specialist at the Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies in 2019 and a Master of Public Administration...