It's uncanny but true! For the second consecutive year, five English students of Bonnie Shaker, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English from Kent State University at Geauga, were standout writing award winners. Three of Dr. Shaker's students swept the Virginia Perryman Awards in the regional campus Freshman Writing category, while two others were among the top three winners of the College Writing I & II Essay Contest. Perryman Award winners were Lucia Lubanovich (first place), Erin Piczer (second place), and Jillian Stewart (third place). Among College Writing awards, Gregory...
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2021 By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS ’94, and Jim Maxwell, BS ’00, MS ’11 By now, it is well understood that the role of women in science has gone largely uncredited throughout history. In recent years, a movement has grown to correct the record and bring attention to the overlooked contributions of women scientists. One of those women is Eunice Newton Foote, whose discovery 165 years ago paved the way for our modern understanding of Earth’s natural greenhouse effect, which is fundamental to the study of climate change. Photo by Bob Christy, BS ‘95" typeof="...
Kent State's history of support for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) community is well documented. Earlier this year, Kent State's LGBTQ+ Center celebrated its 10-year anniversary while PRIDE!Kent (founded as the Kent Gay Liberation Front (KGLF) in 1971) observed five decades at Kent State, making it the longest continuously operating LGBTQ student organization in the country. Ken Ditlevson has been the director of Kent State’s LGBTQ+ Center since 2014. For Pride Month, Kent State Today asked him a few questions about this landmark year....
KENT, Ohio – Deborah F. Spake, Ph.D., Dean of the Kent State College of Administration, has been named a 2021 recipient of the American Marketing Association (AMA), Marketing for Higher Education Special Interest Group (Higher Ed SIG) Lifetime Achievement Award. The Higher Ed SIG Lifetime Achievement Award honors a marketing scholar who has demonstrated distinct accomplishments and dedication to the area of higher education in the marketing discipline. Spake is Dean of the College of Business Administration and Professor of Marketing at Kent State University. She serves on the Initial ...
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Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to announce a special Buy One, Get One Free offer for tickets for Kent State faculty and staff for the remaining performances of "Quilters," running through Saturday, July 3. Kent State employees may reserve these specially discounted tickets online at the link below or by calling the Porthouse Box Office at 330-672-3884. In order to secure the offer, please provide the code QUILTERS. If you are ordering tickets online, please make sure you login on the ticketing website with your Flashline credentials in order for the code to work. Reserve Ticket...
Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to announce a special Buy One, Get One Free offer for tickets to the July 3, 2021 performance of "Quilters." Members of the general public may reserve these specially discounted tickets online at the link below or by calling the Porthouse Box Office at 330-672-3884. In order to secure the offer, please provide the code FIREWORKS. Reserve Tickets to the July 3 Performance of Quilters This offer is valid for the Saturday, July 3 performance only. About Quilters Running June 17 - July 3, "Quilters" is directed and choreographed by Porthou...
Born five decades ago as the Kent Gay Liberation Front at Kent State University, PRIDE! Kent is the country’s oldest continuously operating LGBTQ student organizations. This campus organization owes its existence in large part to the boldness and courage of one person, Dolores Noll, Ph.D. Noll came to Kent State in 1961 as an instructor in the Department of English and became an assistant professor upon completion of her doctorate. In a time when the atmosphere in the country, and on campus, was not easily accepting of gay students and faculty, Noll came out as one of Kent Stat...
During Pride Month in June, people around the country recognize activists and members of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus) community. As we all strive to learn about the wide array of sexual orientations and gender identities, the School of Art would like to spotlight some students in our own community who identify as LGBTQ+. Transgender people, or people whose gender identity or psychological self does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth, face complex issues in day-to-day life. For some trans artists, these issues or ideas of gender identity...
As the pandemic raged on throughout 2020, a plan was already in the works to better serve students' mental health. It was executed at the right time. After recognizing the need to continue focusing on mental health efforts as a university and stepping up its services, the thought process shifted to thinking critically about how best to offer support services and resources to the student population. Another priority became educating faculty, staff, and the entire campus community on how students can access those resources. In 2019, Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar Hylton charge...