Our annual tradition is back in person! Chat, mix and mingle with fellow Golden Flashes as you enjoy a big plate of pasta, then bid on some terrific auction items in support of Kent State Lake County students. All event proceeds will go to the Lake County Alumni Chapter Scholarship, which provides much-needed funding to high-achieving students in the county.
Speaker: Kate Hardy
Determining the effect of early-life stress on behaviors related to anxiety and cognition in the Mongolian gerbil
Contact for Zoom meeting link:
Jeffrey G. Mellott, Ph.D.
jmellott@neomed.edu
Assistant Professor
Hearing Research Group
Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology
NEOMED
Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., has always approached his work at Kent State University focusing first and foremost on students. His leadership and dedication to students have now contributed to him being promoted to senior vice president for student affairs. "Given our overriding Students First philosophy and the centrality of issues regarding the health and well-being of our students, I have elevated the position of vice president for student affairs to a senior vice president, effective Sept. 1,” Kent State President Todd Diacon told the university community in an email announcement. “This action ...
Dear Members of the Kent State University Community, Thank you all for contributing to an outstanding opening of the fall semester. I appreciate all that you do, and I am sure our students do as well. I write to update you on recent actions regarding the senior administration of the university. Given our overriding Students First philosophy and the centrality of issues regarding the health and well-being of our students, I have elevated the position of vice president for student affairs to a senior vice president, effective Sept. 1. This action recognizes the vital nature of this role that...
Kent State University President Todd Diacon today announced the appointment of Valoree Vargo to the position of vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement, effective Aug. 1, 2021. Vargo has served the university since 2010 as the associate chief of staff in the president’s office, the senior associate vice president for the Division of Institutional Advancement (now the Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement) and as the interim vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement since June 2020. “Valoree has shown time and time again that she is committed to our student...
Kent State has won the Mid-American Conference's Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) Academic Achievement Award for men's sports for the first time in school history. The award is given annually and designed to recognize the conference institution with the highest overall combination of both grade point average (GPA) and Academic Progress Rate (APR) rank by gender for the entire academic year. "I am thrilled with the successes in the classroom of our men's programs this past year leading to this incredible accolade," Randale L. Richmond, director of athletics, said. "We pride our...
Kent State University has established a new school within its College of Arts and Sciences focused on the social sciences and humanities. The School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities will provide an academic home for innovative approaches to complex questions.
An open house is scheduled for September 22, (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.) in 113 Bowman Hall on the Kent Campus. This event is open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
Interim Dean Mandy Munro-Stasiuk will share highlights of the last year and plans/programs for this year during the annual town hall meeting. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend, and there will be ample time for Q&A after her remarks.
