Dr. D. Louis Christensen served as an educational force at Kent State University’s College of Education and University School in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As he celebrates his 90th birthday this month, the College of EHHS looks back on his incredible professional life. His career started in 1950 — at the beginning of the Korean War. He served as a Naval Intelligence officer in Great Britain during the war, and remained active duty for a decade while earning his Bachelor’s in English from Western Michigan University. He soon took a position as a teacher, and the rest is history...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Wednesday, June 23, at 11:45 a.m. to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. All actions of the Board will be taken at this business meeting. Trustees may participate in person or remotely in accordance with Substitute House Bill 404. On June 23, meetings of the full Board of Trustees are accessible electronically to the university community and the public: Executive Session – Wednesday, June 23, 8:30-10 a.m. Trustees will retir...
Plato once said, “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Although our students, faculty, and staff adapted to remote learning and meetings this past school year, we missed true social interaction on campus. Informal conversations in hallways and parking lots were limited and even during those brief encounters, masks covered friendly smiles. I am cautiously optimistic for our return this fall and to again see students, faculty, and staff on campus, gathered in the halls, sitting outside of the Student Union, and building friendships. Co...
Dr. Angela Spalsbury, Dean of Kent State University at Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center, announced those students named to the Spring 2021 President's and Dean's lists. To qualify for the President's List, students must have a 4.0-grade point average and have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean's List, students must earn a 3.40 or more grade point average and have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester. Congratulations! President's List Laura Dotts, New Philadelphia Keith Francis, Ravenna Kerri Halick, Mentor Nicole Johnson, C...
The Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State University recently hosted the BHRI Neurodiversity Forum. During a panel discussion Zach Strickler, Neurodiversity Coordinator at Kent State Student Accessibility Services, Jessy Rice, undergraduate student in photography and studio art at Kent State, and Dani Jones, Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Sciences/Neuroscience at Kent State discussed their personal stories and perspectives regarding neurodiversity. A moderated question and answer period followed, focusing on the positive aspects of neurodiversity as well as the challenges faced by ...
LaunchNET is happy to announce the onboarding of Alizeh Khalifa as their new Marketing Manager. Ms. Khalifa comes to Kent State with a BBA in Marketing Management from The University of Akron and experience working in a variety of organizations involved in the Northeast Ohio entrepreneurial ecosystem, including working with a number of regional startups. Like other LaunchNET team members, she will be putting a variety of talents to good use: "I’m excited that now as I’m getting into my career, I’m able to remain a part of the startup community in an organization that...
President’s List: The following students have distinguished themselves by achieving a 4.00 grade point average for 15 or more regular letter-graded semester credit hours this past Spring Semester 2021 at Kent State University at Tuscarawas. Aurora: Cassandra P. Nguyen Beach City: Billy T. Whitt Brecksville: Lukas M. Anderson Clinton: Zachary T. Serb Columbia Station: Aatifah N. George Dover: Aliya Mosher, Nathan A. Schlosser, Brett D. Swigert Hubbard: Shawn Bonnema Kent: Andre V. Correa Caracas Mantua: Bradly M. Labate Massillon: Luke P. Ritchey, Piper B. Schillin...
Across the state of Ohio, there are thousands of outdoor sculptures, but previously there had been no organized way of finding them or searching for them. Either you learned about a sculpture when you were in the area, someone else mentioned one to you or you read about it in a guide. The Ohio Outdoor Sculpture (OOS) project seeks to change that. Begun in the 1990s as part of a federally funded Heritage Preservation Program, OOS is maintained by The Sculpture Center, a Cleveland based nonprofit arts organization. With support from the Ohio Arts Council and The George Fund Foundation, O...
Following separate national searches, Kent State University has selected Versie Johnson-Mallard, Ph.D., for the position of dean of the College of Nursing and Diane H. Petrella, D.M.A., for the position of dean of the College of the Arts. Since 2018, Johnson-Mallard has been the associate dean at the University of Florida, College of Nursing. There she provided transformational leadership in academic support of areas of curriculum performance appraisals related to student success, budget and finance, facilities planning and management. “I am excited to be a part of the highest-ranking public...