Faculty/Staff Group Exercise Classes are provided at no cost to Kent State University employees and sponsored by Employee Wellness and the Department of Recreational Services. A membership is not required to attend, but advance registration is required and space is limited for each session.  Check out our new Basic Strength class on Monday, rejuvenate with Yoga on Tuesday, power it up a bit more with Compound Strength on Wednesday, or finish your week with Spin 50/50. Be sure to register in advance and sign in at the front desk upon arrival. All full- and part-time employees are eli...

Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program Alumni, Chenghui Peng (Advisor, Oleg Lavrentovich) was one of the top ten recipients of "The 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad". The award ceremony given by the Education Office of the Chinese Embassy took place at the Chinese Consulate in New York City on Saturday, April 28, 2018. The recipients worldwide were chosen for their outstanding accomplishments in any discipline. This award is considered as the highest award given by the Chinese government to the graduate students that study outside of China and th...

New Face Linnea Zimmerman Associate Director, Advancement Creative Services Institutional Advancement Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Design, develop and produce digital and printed materials for marketing campaigns for the Advancement Communications department. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2018 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Signet Jewelers, WhiteSpace Creative, Highland PR LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The campus is beautiful, and there is always so much going on. It’s a great place to meet great people!  ATTRACTION TO KENT ST...

Seventy-year-old Rudd (Ted) Bare II had the surprise of a lifetime planned for his children on Aug. 18, 2018.   On that day, Mr. Bare donned a cap and gown and walked across the stage at Kent State University’s Summer Commencement to accept his Bachelor of Science degree ­– something his children knew nothing about until it happened right in front of them.   Mr. Bare graduated after returning to Kent State to complete the college studies he began nearly 50 years ago. Mr. Bare says daughter Betsy Lee Hartschuh and her family, and daughter Pamela Sue Bennett attended t...

The National Collegiate Honors Council has named recent Kent State University graduate Megan Swoger a 2018 Portz Scholar. Ms. Swoger is the ninth Kent State student to receive the honor since the inception of the Portz Scholars competition in 1990. “We are very pleased for her and, of course, delighted that another Honors College student at Kent State has become a Portz Scholar,” says Alison Smith, Ph.D., dean of Kent State’s Honors College. “This is really great news.” Ms. Swoger graduated magna cum laude from Kent State in May with a double degree in International Relations and...

Freshmen at the American Academy attend a welcome reception before starting classes. The American Academy is a new partnership between Kent State University and Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), a major university in Brazil, for students who want a global experience while earning their degree.        ...

WKSU has announced the addition of an often-requested listening option with the debut of a pledge-free stream benefit – just in time for the station’s fall fund drive. The pledge-free content stream replaces typical fundraising talk breaks with more programming. Listeners who become sustaining members with an ongoing monthly donation will now have the ability to listen to WKSU as normal during fund drives.  “Even people who say they don’t mind the fund drive tell us that once they’ve donated, they wish they could skip the fundraising messages,” WKSU Executive Director Wendy Turner...

Kent State University at Ashtabula Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D., was presented with the Marta K. Stone Excellence in Leadership Award from LEADERship Ashtabula County at the organization’s annual meeting that was held Aug. 1.  The Leadership in Excellence Award recognizes community leaders who demonstrate a unique ability to guide and inspire others, which in turn contributes to the growth of the community. “A leader is someone who exemplifies every characteristic: ethics, values – they stand behind what they are going to do,” says Laura E. Jones, LE...

Perhaps the most surprising thing about Kent State University student Carrie Esser is that she is not an art major. The 21-year-old from North Royalton has gained a reputation for her makeup and body-painting business, Makeup Madhouse, which has an Instagram following of more than 13,500. Ms. Esser started her senior year this fall majoring in entrepreneurship in Kent State’s College of Business Administration. She is used to the surprised looks that she gets when she explains that she is not studying art.   Ms. Esser loves to paint, but art is a talent she already cultivated on her ...