Thanks to Tim Novotny’s, ’14, master’s degree in public relations, which he earned online, he is now the Communications Manager for the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission. The commission’s mission is to enhance the Dungeness crab industry’s image and offer profitable opportunities through promotions, education and research.  Tim manages its social media platforms, creates a newsletter, oversees the website and works on marketing campaigns.  Tim’s journey could not be possible without his education from Kent State University. He had always thought about transitioning into a PR pos...

They were there from the beginning of the program, as middle school students. They were directed to the Rural Scholars program because their teachers detected something special in each of them. Now, six years later, they are each ready to move onto the next phase of their lives: college, trade school, the workplace. Each is a graduate of the Kent State Columbiana County Rural Scholars Program. A ceremony was held to recognize the 15 members of the Rural Scholars program who are each graduating from their respective high schools this spring. Each scholar completed six full years of compre...

  Kent State University Police Academy Cadets volunteered April 26 & 27 2019 for the Athletic Auction and the Fashion School’s 2019 Annual Fashion Show.  The academy cadets were honored to be asked to participate in these momentous events.  They worked hard in the adverse weather conditions and were happy to help in any way they could.  The cadets performed flawlessly to make each guest feel welcome and honored.  The academy is very proud of the effort and time they spent helping make these events unique. ...

Flash’s Food Pantry officially opened in April, serving as a resource for students on the East Liverpool Campus who may need an occasional boost with putting food on their tables. Located on the basement floor of Purinton Hall, directly across the hall from the elevator, Flash’s Food Pantry is stocked with non-perishable food items, as well as personal hygiene products. The food pantry is open each Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students are welcome to stop in during those hours and select needed items. There is no need for referral, nor do students need to show personal income in...

Ronda McCaskey and Caitlyn Horvath are best friends who went through the nursing program together and graduated one year apart with Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees from Kent State University’s Geauga Campus. Now they are both intensive care nurses. But they also happen to be mother and daughter. For mom Ronda, nursing was a life calling that got deferred by early marriage and raising a family; for daughter Caitlyn, nursing was an unexpected discovery made along the way. “For me, I had never considered being a nurse until I was donating plasma down at Ohio University,” Caitly...

The Kent State University Board of Trustees has appointed Todd Diacon, Ph.D., Kent State’s executive vice president and provost, as its next university president at a special Board meeting held Monday, April 29. President-elect Diacon will begin his term as Kent State’s 13th president on July 1. He succeeds President Beverly J. Warren, who is stepping down as president after five years of exemplary service to the university. The Kent State Board of Trustees appointed a 16-member search committee, chaired by Trustee Shawn Riley, and launched a national search for President Warren’s successor. ...

Each year, the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) — the authoritative body for typography worldwide — assesses and evaluates visual communicators’ work. For the past three years, Kent State’s School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) has hosted the North American assessment.   The assessments are part of the organization’s mission to promote and raise standards for typography internationally. Each year, ISTD’s education team releases a set of briefs for educators around the world to use in their classes throughout the academic year. Then, at the assessments...

Freshman and sophomore construction management students from Kent State University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) attended the University of Cincinnati (UC) New Builders Competition and took first place for the second year in a row.  The project for this year challenged students to create an all-encompassing plan for the Mercy Health Hospital's Free Standing Emergency Department. Students were asked to create a project management plan, estimate, schedule, safety plan, logistics plan and quality control plan. After creating the proposal, the team prese...

Kent State Receives Ohio EPA Environmental Excellence Awards The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency presented its Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Awards recently at the Ohio EPA’s second Sustainability Conference in Columbus. Doug Pearson, associate vice president of Facilities Planning and Operations (middle) and Melanie Knowles (right), Manager of Sustainability for Facilities Planning & Operations, accepted the award on behalf of Kent State University. Also pictured is Laurie A. Stevenson, director of the Ohio EPA. Kent State was evaluated based on 19 environmental ...