Division of University Communications and Marketing

Sunset view by the Integrated Sciences Building

Our content during the month of June featured scenic sunrises and sunsets, news of our new scholarship programs and announcements about the Fall 2021 semester. Let’s see what posts were most popular with the Golden Flashes this month!    Instagram Our top-performing post this past month featured the partial annular eclipse on an early morning! With the Moon traveling between the Earth and the Sun, viewers got to witness what is called the “ring of fire.” This phenomenon created a beautiful sunrise and led the post to a total of 1,619 likes!     ...

Please see the following announcement on behalf of Melody Tankersly, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Provost. I am pleased to announce that Dr. Zhiqiang Molly Wang will join the Office of the Provost in August to serve as the 2021-2022 Provost's Fellow. The Provost's fellowship provides faculty members who have an interest in academic administration the chance to develop knowledge, skills, and experience as an administrator; to increase the understanding of the faculty about practices and procedures in academic administration; to extend and strengthen the administrative resources of the u...

Grace Irvin-Dillard created Touched By Grace (TBG) Body Care as an entrepreneurship student at Kent State University. (Photo provided by Grace Irvin-Dillard)

Grace Irvin-Dillard of Bedford, Ohio, who graduated from Kent State University in May 2021 with a degree in entrepreneurship, has already built a successful business from the ground up while still a student. During her time in the College of Business Administration at Kent State, Irvin-Dillard created Touched By Grace (TBG) Body Care, which she continues to grow after graduation.  Irvin-Dillard and her business were recently featured by Spectrum News. Watch the story. TBG Body Care offers all-natural, clean beauty and skincare products with an emphasis on sustainability. “When you get ...

Business Leadership Training

The Business Leadership Training (BLT) is a partnership between Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center and the Twinsburg and Nordonia Hills Chambers of Commerce. The BLT bi-monthly programming is free and open to the public. The fourth program of 2021 is titled “Selling for Connectedness - The New Sales Reality for High Performance” and is scheduled via Zoom on Thursday, July 22, from noon – 1 PM. Andy (Drew) Carlton, an experienced sales expert with 25 years in the field, will cover the mindset shifts and power skills you’ll need to transform from old sales thinking to the new realities of s...

Virtual Career Fair

The Career Exploration Fair is a virtual career fair on Wednesday, September 22 from 2- 6 p.m. in Handshake. With Handshake’s virtual fair features, participants will be able to have a virtual career fair experience and meet with recruiters through 1-on-1 and group video sessions to learn about and apply to available positions. This fair is open to all KSU students and alumni who are seeking full-time, part-time, co-ops, internships and on-campus student employment opportunities. 

Division of People, Culture and Belonging

Richard Feinberg, Anthropology, presented "Shared Governance, Political Posturing, and Structural Contradictions" at the AAUP Conference on Shared Governance during a virtual meeting on June 16, 2021.  ...

Division of People, Culture and Belonging

Richard Feinberg, Anthropology, presented "Why Does Anthropology Study Others?" at the Central States Anthropological Society during a virtual meeting on April 25, 2021.        ...

Mindful Mondays

Join one of the most skillful and down-to-earth mindfulness coaches, Daron Larson, for Mindful Monday on July 12. Daron shares doable, challenging and liberating ways to practice mindfulness during these sessions. Develop attentional skills that lead to feeling more at home in the messiness of real life, and learn to savor pleasant moments more and fight less with the unpleasant ones.   The July 12 Mindful Mondays session will take place from 8:30 - 9 a.m. and is open to all full- and part-time employees. For those participati...

Quilters

Porthouse Theatre is offering buy one, get one free tickets to Kent State faculty and staff for the remaining performances of "Quilters," through July 3.  Tickets can be purchased online, or by phone using the discount code: QUILTERS. ...

Anti-Bias stock photo

Kent State remains committed to being a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. The staffers listed below have been selected to participate in the Anti-Bias workshops in support of this commitment. Participants are required to attend all five sessions and submit reflections for each session before receiving a $1,000 stipend. All sessions are synchronous and will be held virtually. All courses must be completed in the timeframe allotted. There will no make-up sessions. James Andrassy Intercollegiate Athletics Brenda Augusta Acade...

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