Kudos to Dr. Francoise Massardier-Kinney and the Institute for Applied Linguistics for being awarded the Alexander Gode Medal from the American Translation Association in November 2019. This prestigious award is given in recognition of organizations and individuals for outstanding service to translation and interpretation professions. Kent State University is one of only four institutions to have received this award since 1981. The Kent State University program is recognized globally, and is unique in offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in translation. ...
KENT, Ohio – The Kent State University College of Business Administration announces Shampa Banerjee, Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer, PlutoTV at ViacomCBS, as the 2020 Spirit of Women in Business award winner. Banerjee is a senior executive and global technology leader with success in driving innovation and growth in companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 Companies. Her extensive background includes experience in digital media, consumer products, large-scale SaaS platforms, strategy and execution. In her former role as the Chief Product Officer of ...
KENT, Ohio – In an effort to enhance career readiness and share faculty expertise more broadly, the Kent State College of Business Administration recently launched two new podcast series. “Survey data shows that an increasing number of people are listening to podcasts regularly,” said Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business Administration. “In an effort to better serve our students and the business community, our communication strategy now includes offering helpful and timely information via podcast.” In August, the College’s Career Servi...
Dr. James A. Tyner, professor of Geography and Dr. Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, collaborated to write, Cambodia and Kent State: In the Aftermath of Nixon’s Expansion of the Vietnam War. Described as an introduction to the issues and international context of the Kent State shootings, this book provides background on the activism that proceeded the events at Kent, as well as providing a deeper understanding of Cambodia’s history, the developments and the decisions made by the US government that lead to US involvement, and the aftermath. Published by the Kent State Univers...
Commencement is an exciting event that often can be both a bittersweet end and an exciting new beginning. This weekend the next group of Golden Flashes will walk across the stage into the next chapter of their lives. Just because your educational journey is over (at least for now), it doesn’t mean you can’t keep up with your alma mater. After all, you are #FlashesForever! The Kent State Alumni Association has a chapter for everyone. There are eight chapters across the country along with three special interest chapters -- band members, black alumni and LGBTQ -- to stay connected to ...
Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to be recognized by the Cleveland Critics Circle for achievements during the 2019 season. Fabio Polanco, Best Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha Martín Céspedes, Best Choreographer for Man of La Mancha Terri Kent, Honorable Mention for her direction of Man of La Mancha Jonathan Swoboda, Honorable Mention for his Musical Direction of Man of La Mancha Cynthia R. Stillings, Honorable Mention for her lighting design of Man of La Mancha The Ensemble of ...
This winter at Kent State, an art show and featured speaker on mental health will honor the life and legacy of assistant professor and artist Christopher Darling, who died June 2018. The events will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, hosted by the School of Visual Communication Design, in which Darling taught: The opening of “Christopher Darling,” a retrospective of the artist and professor’s work, from 4-7 p.m. in Taylor Hall’s gallery. The show will run through March 19. A presentation by national mental health expert Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison at 7 p.m. in 306 Cartwright Hall ...
The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), home to Kent State’s urban design graduate program, as well as public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, was recently featured on News 5 Cleveland. The city of Cleveland’s transformation into a modern, booming city has had its issues, but thanks to innovative ideas and a successful partnership with Kent State University, the city is moving towards an even brighter future. Kent State Urban Design Collaborative Director Terry Schwarz was featured in two segments on News 5 Cleveland about the project. ...
On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on Jan. 1, 2020. The American Physical Society is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities. APS has over 55,000 members, including physicists in academia, n...
Congratulations to the finalists and winners of the 2nd annual FlashLab Innovation Pitch Contest. The competition came to a close Dec. 3 where seven students pitched their ideas and the judges crowned four winners. Each winning idea will share up to $10,000 from the Student Media Innovation Fund in order to launch, test and maintain their ideas in the coming months. 1st Place – Tyshaia Earnest and Kylah Carter (Fashion Merchandising majors, Fashion Media minors) for their idea to have training for non-JMC students who want to participate in Student Media but hesitate because ...