Kent State Stark and University of Rwanda Partner to bring Global Experiences to Student and Faculty Sam Zern, a reporter at the Canton Repository, recently wrote about a new partnership between Kent State University and the University of Rwanda that administrators say is connecting students, faculty and research across oceans. Leaders from the University of Rwanda spent last week in Northeast Ohio for a series of in-person meetings with leaders from Kent State's Stark campus to finalize details on a new partnership that will eventually bring joint classes, international ex...
Kent State fell short to Northern Illinois in the Golden Flashes' bid for a Mid-American Conference Championship, which would have been their first conference title since 1972. The Huskies led 17-0 early in the second quarter and 24-10 at the end of the third quarter. Senior Quarterback Dustin Crum led an inspired second-half comeback, but Northern Illinois prevailed 41-23 in the Rocket Mortgage MAC Championship game played at Ford Field in Detroit. The Golden Flashes wore gold helmets with the logo of the 1972 team on Saturday. The 1972 squad had been the lone Mid-Ameri...
When America was attacked by terrorists twenty years ago, and planes were flown into the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and into that Pennsylvania field, men and women from every corner of our great nation raised their hand to serve and fight in our United States military. Hi, my name is Mark Stillion, and I am one of those people.
For any college student, navigating the first semester of the academic year can prove to be challenging, but for incoming freshmen, the experience of their first semester of college courses may be even more difficult. Adding in the idea of adjusting to a new atmosphere, higher level academic requirements and new social interactions, it can make the entire process overwhelming for incoming freshmen. Freshman Honors Colloquium (FHC) course is one of the foundational courses for the Honors College experience. This course helps honors freshmen start to develop the long-term understanding of the...
With smiles and a bit of a swagger, the Kent State Golden Flashes arrived Friday at Ford Field, which is exactly where they expected to be when the season began. Kent State (7-5, 6-2) is set to play Saturday at noon in the Rocket Mortgage Mid-American Conference Championship game. A victory would give the Golden Flashes their first conference championship since 1972. Following a send-off from Kent that included a police escort, the Golden Flashes made the three-hour bus ride, which ended at the stadium that will host the big game. Players were given an opportunity to w...
The interruption to Kent State University at Ashtabula associate lecturer Joan Steidl’s Intro to Human Services class recently was for a good reason, as Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D. and many of her colleagues were there to make the surprise announcement of Steidl being a recipient of the Kent State Outstanding Teaching Award (OTA) for 2020. Steidl is one of three recipients across the Kent State system for the 2020 year. The award presentations were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented by the University Teaching Council since 1996, th...
UPDATED 12/9/21: The following advisory has been updated to include specific information about the Dec. 15 Board of Trustees meeting. The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 15, at noon in Room 218 of the Kent Student Center to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8:30 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” The roll call vote for this session will occur in public in the Alumni Sui...
This first holiday season as the dean of Kent State University College of Nursing, I want to extend my heartfelt season’s greetings to all. It is especially important this time of the year for us to pause, reflect and express our gratitude. I am grateful for the warm reception I have received at Kent State and the wonderful people I have met thus far. As a long-time Floridian, I look forward to enjoying the beauty and wonder of Ohio’s snowy weather this winter. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to our faculty and staff as it is their incredible work and commit...
Kent State University at Trumbull Professor and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Coordinator Gina Severino DNP, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, recently earned the Ohio Nurses Association’s (ONA) Excellence in Political Action Award. Dr. Severino has been an ONA member for the past 36 years and joined ONA's Health Policy Council (HPC) as an alternate in 2016 before becoming a full committee member in 2019. In her role, she represents ONA District Three at numerous state and local political events. She also attends the yearly Nurses Day at the State House NDASH events. As a Professor of Nursi...
