Lillian Kuri has been unanimously elected as the Cleveland Foundation’s 10th president and CEO. The Kent State University alumna, who grew up in Freedom Township in Portage County, will lead the 109-year-old foundation starting Aug. 1, 2023, succeeding retiring Ronn Richard. Currently serving as the Cleveland Foundation’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, Kuri will be the first woman to hold the president and CEO position on a full-time basis. Kuri received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 1993 and a Bachelor of Architecture (BARC) in 1994, both from Kent State. ...
College of Communication & Information
Serving as the Chair of the May 4 Task Force has been something communication studies major Avery Hall, ’23, describes as one of the most impactful and rewarding experiences she’s had at Kent State University. “May 4, 1970, is a living legacy at Kent State with relevant implications for students today. Continuing the legacy of May 4th quickly became of great importance to me,” she said. The May 4 Task Force is a student-led organization that focuses on year-round efforts to honor the memory of May 4 through activism, education and working to understand what the ev...
On Tuesday morning, a fire was reported at the University Inn, 540 S. Water St. in Kent. University officials sent out a text message warning residents to stay away from the area. The fire is believed to have broken out on the seventh floor, with two people transported to a local hospital for smoke inhalation. Residents were permitted back into the building, except for the unit where the fire originated. ...
Aliyah C. Tipton, MA ’20, serves as assistant director of communications in Kent State's Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement. An alumna of both Jackson State University and Kent State University, she was invited to join University College’s Community Engaged Learning (CEL) division as a trip leader for an Alternative Winter Break, “May 1970, Student-Led Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement,” in Jackson, Mississippi, from Dec. 19-22, 2022. We asked her to share her experiences. In May 1970, both Kent State University and Jackson State University experienced a campus s...
Next Steps
Phase V – Summer 2023 (June – August)
- Design and launch Advisor Listening Tour.
- Use subcommittees recommendations to begin research on infrastructure and implementation.
- Develop strategy to conduct Student Listening Tours.
- Complete data analysis of Academic Unit Listening Tour, NSSE data (2014, 2017, 2020) and Advisor data (2018).
- Launch Alumni Phone Campaign.
Phase VI – Fall 2023 (September – December)
Budgetary Reform Subcommittee
Four areas of initial focus:
- Costs associated with offering different courses;
- Identifying the pedagogical best practices in offering Core courses;
- Decisions in Core offerings and role of budgetary model
- Budgetary Model and Gen Ed at other universities
Initial take-away and future work:
Distinctiveness Subcommittee
Identified four broad themes that encompass distinctiveness:
- Culture of Care, Access, and Community
- Civic responsibility builds from the past toward a future vision
- Local to international partnerships lead to cross- cultural learning
- Innovations to improve the world
Embedded in these four themes developed initial list of items that are distinct to Kent State University.
Distinctiveness Subcommittee Membership:
Design Subcommittee
Initial focus on six areas of student outcomes:
- Effective Communication
- Information Literacy
- Ethical, Equitable, Socially Responsible Decision-Making Skills
- Effective Collaboration Skills
- Self-Discovery and Personal Development
- Creative, Critical and Integrative Thinking Skills
Current work:
- Use Q-Sort to inform prioritization of strategies (educational experiences) supporting student outcomes
Design Subcommittee Membership:
Key Areas
During the fall and spring semesters our work focused on:
- Completion of Faculty Listening Tours
- Formation and work of three subcommittees:
- Design
- Distinctiveness
- Budgetary Reform