Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, As this semester progresses, the health and well-being of our university community continue to drive the decisions we make about safety practices on our campuses. As the delta variant accelerates its spread throughout Northeast Ohio, exponentially increasing the number of new cases of COVID-19, we are moving to amend our Aug. 4 directive requiring face coverings for everyone in indoor settings on all Kent State campuses. Today, we are expanding that requirement to recreation centers on all campuses as well as all i...
Join the Growing Democracy Project for the first event of the new Race and Democracy in Northeast Ohio Series! A program on "Race, Place and Political Boundaries" will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2022, from 2 - 6 pm in Oscar Ritchie Hall, room 250. The event will also be live-streamed for those who are unable to attend in person.The Race and Democracy in Northeast Ohio Series is a collaboration with the School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) and the Center for Pan-African Culture (CPAC).The program will explore the relationship between race and place, focusing on the sig...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees recently welcomed four new trustees to serve the university including Haley Crews, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Sociology. She was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to a two-year term as the graduate student trustee. Crews is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in sociology at Kent State and her research interests include social psychology, neurosociology, and higher education. She earned her B.S. in Neuroscience and Sociology from the University of Mount Union. To learn more about Haley’s research,...
The two-day Leadership Essentials course will be held October 21 and 22, 2021, at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, and is designed primarily for managers, supervisors and group leaders who want to take themselves and their leadership skills to their next level. The course is also recommended as groundwork for those expecting to assume supervisory responsibilities in the future or who are being groomed for advancement in the organization. This competency-based course focuses on essentials core skills, such as the role of leaders, self-management, communication skills and leadership re...
In partnership with the Embassy of Colombia, the College of the Arts will present a virtual conversation with Colombian fashion designer Laura Laurens on Wed., Sept. 29, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. ET. En colaboración con la Embajada de Colombia en Estados Unidos, la Facultad de Artes presentará un conversatorio virtual con la diseñadora de modas Colombiana Laura Laurens el Miércoles 29 de Septiembre de 2021 a las 11:00 a.m. hora del este. The event, "Impossible Dialogues" Fashion, Diversity, Inclusion, and Sustainability: A Conversation with Colombian Fashion Designer Laura Laurens, is the first in ...
Kent State selected a national leader as the new Dean of the College of Nursing. Dr. Versie Johnson-Mallard is a researcher, academician, clinician, and executive leader in nursing and higher education and most recently served as Associate Dean at the College of Nursing in the Health Science Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. The largest public multi-campus system in Northeast Ohio with campuses serving nine local communities, Kent State University and the College of Nursing are primed for growth in academic and research endeavors. “I am grateful and excited to join Kent S...