Kent State University has the distinction of ranking among the top five companies nationwide in Forbes recent list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2019. Kent State ranks No. 4 among 250 companies in 25 industry sectors and No. 1 among universities in the 2019 ranking, which was released last week. Kent State was the only public or private university in Ohio to make the second annual list. Kent State President Beverly J. Warren received applause as she announced the honor to the campus community Jan. 23 during the university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. “This ...

Kent State University has the distinction of ranking among the top five companies nationwide in Forbes recent list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2019. Kent State ranks No. 4 among 250 companies in 25 industry sectors and No. 1 among universities in the 2019 ranking, which was released last week. Kent State was the only public or private university in Ohio to make the second annual list. Kent State President Beverly J. Warren received applause as she announced the honor to the campus community Jan. 23 during the university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. “This ...

(ASHTABULA CAMPUS) Smartphone, Smart TV, iPad, iPod, iPhone, notebook, Apple, HP, Android, to name a few. Then there are Google, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, IM, Flicker, YouTube, Yelp, Pinterest, etc. On Feb. 11 from noon - 1 p.m. in the Lake Room, we invite you to welcome to the world of social media. Gone are the fireside chats, where families gathered around the Victrola radio to listen to the weekly comedy show.  Join presenter Terri O'Reilly, M.Ed as she defines social media and identifies its uses and audiences. Participants will explore the...

School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) senior Christiana Ford was selected as one of five students nationwide to participate in the National Association of Black Journalists’ (NABJ) all-expenses paid reporting trip to China during November 2018. Ford, who aspires to report on politics after graduation, has sought out opportunities to travel abroad and report in foreign countries since beginning her undergraduate studies at Kent State University. She came across an invitation from NABJ to apply for the 2018 Les Payne Reporting Trip to China scholarship. “I knew it was my shot,” said...

The Campus Kitchen at Kent State University is celebrating eight years of making an impact across campus and in the Kent community, annually turning 60,000 pounds of leftover food into 18,000 meals. Amanda Woodyard, director of the university’s Community Engaged Learning, began advising the Campus Kitchen about three years ago and has witnessed its continuing success. “The Campus Kitchen is a beast,” Ms. Woodyard joked. “It is a machine. There is so much food that is coming through the doors of the kitchen and then going back out to the agencies that we serve.” Each semester, a l...

Kent State University's College of Public Health has received a $306,000 federal grant to be used for suicide prevention and to address other student mental health needs. The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant, will help to fund the project, More Aware, a collaboration among Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services, and other divisions across the university. The grant was awarded to the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU) within the College of Public Health’s Center for Public Policy and Health. The three-year grant is fro...

In December, a group of graduate students from the Kent State Fashion School’s Master of Fashion Industry Studies (M.F.I.S) program, received the opportunity to develop strategic solutions for Target as part of a case study in Fashion School Store director, Dr. Jihyun Kim’s, Fashion Industry Merchandise Management class.  Throughout the semester, Dr. Kim’s students engaged in an in-depth literature review and performed a wide range of data collection to better understand customer perception and behavior in the marketplace geared toward the “Back to College” season. Students used i...

  KENT, Ohio – Tina Floyd ’03, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Foods for The J.M. Smucker Company, is the recipient of the 2019 Spirit of Women in Business Award. Each year, the award is presented to an outstanding female alumna who excels in her profession while paving the way for women in business.   This year’s event will take place on Friday, March 8, 2019, on the Kent State campus.   Floyd earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Kent State University in 2003 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in marketing from Walsh Universit...

Kent State University's College of Public Health has received a $306,000 federal grant to be used for suicide prevention and to address other student mental health needs. The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant will help to fund the project, More Aware, a collaboration among Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services, and other divisions across the university. The grant was awarded to the Division of Mental Health and Substance Use (DMHSU) within the College of Public Health’s Center for Public Policy and Health. The three-year grant is from the&n...