Diane Petrella, Dean of the College of the Arts, is pleased to announce that Dr. Wendy K. Matthews has been appointed as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Assessment in the College of the Arts.  Dr. Matthews holds degrees from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland-College Park, and George Mason University. Prior to joining the Kent State faculty, she led the music department at Northern Virginia Community College as Assistant Dean, developing new programs and growing student enrollment, served as Associate Professor ...

Logan and Stacey Eisenhart have been married for six years, and throughout almost their entire marriage, one or both of them have been studying nursing at Kent State University Twinsburg Academic Center. “It is stressful and requires good communication and prioritization. We have supported each other by being flexible and understanding with each other,” Logan Eisenhart said. “We make time for regular date nights. We keep our life goals discussions ongoing as motivation. We also give each other the time and space required for each of us to be successful in school.”  Logan Eisenhart sta...

Kent State University has again been recognized as one of America’s Best-in-State Employers for 2022 by Forbes and market research company Statista. In Ohio, Kent State ranks No. 3 among the top 100 employers in Ohio, landing above such notable employers as Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic, both located in Cleveland. This is the third consecutive year that Kent State has been named to the list that highlights America’s best employers. The 2022 ranking also marks Kent State’s highest placement to date on th...

Kent State journalism Professor Jacqueline Marino spent her fall 2021 sabbatical learning the techniques of audio storytelling. While developing new skills, she reported on the rural doctor shortage in America for WKSU. The piece she produced, “The Rural Doctor Is In,” is now the winner of two national journalism awards: The Edward R. Murrow Award for Best News Documentary (small market division) First place in the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA) Short Documentary category, Division B Read and Listen to the Story         ...

With the close of another fiscal year comes the announcement of another cohort of 20-Year Club inductees. Determined on a fiscal-year basis, these employees hit their twentieth anniversary with the university between Jul. 1, 2021, and Jun. 30, 2022. Kent State is grateful for their dedicated service and continual effort toward making the university a place of excellence.  Please join us in congratulating the 2022 inductees!  2022 Inductees For more information on the 20-Year Club, and to see past inductees, visit the 20-Year Club webpage. ...

Dear Kent State University Faculty and Staff, Happy Monday on this, the first full week of classes for the fall semester. I just wanted to remind each of you that I’m looking forward to our new monthly live video chat, Talking With Todd, coming up tomorrow, Aug. 30, at 3 p.m. Click Teams Live to join the session, where I’ll be chatting live from my desk, providing an update on A Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State and taking your questions about all things Kent State. I am hoping you can take a short break from your busy workday to join me for Talking With Todd, and for thos...

Kent State researchers, Ph.D. Candidate Jessica Song, Dr. Deric Kenne, and Dr. Kim Laurene have published their work titled "Referrals to Mental Health Services in Ohio: An Exploration of Time to First Referral After Completion of Mental Health First Aid Gatekeeper Training" in the Ohio Journal of Public Health. The research examines the impact of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), a training course designed to teach people how to connect individuals in need of professional services to the appropriate resources, on the time to first referral. Results indicated the following "...