To celebrate both Black History Month and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the College of Arts & Sciences has established the MLK Pioneer Award. Students, faculty, and staff have the ability to nominate an individual or themselves. Nominations are based on individuals who mirror and exemplify the spirit of MLK and his legacy through teaching, leadership, social justice activism, and/or community/servant leadership.
Kent, OHIO – The Kent State University Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Online Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) ranks No. 12 in the nation in Fortune’s Best Online Master’s in Business Analytics Programs in 2022. For this ranking, Fortune set out to identify the best online degree programs for the next generation of business analysts. The result was Fortune’s first-ever ranking of the nation’s best online business analytics programs. According to Fortune, these business analytics master’s programs not only have world class professors and...
Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Geography, in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, was recently selected to become an inaugural American Geophysical Union (AGU) LANDInG (Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences) Academy Fellow. The two-year professional development program, funded by a National Science Foundation grant, is for current and aspiring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leaders in the Earth and space sciences. Sheridan is among one of only 12 individuals selected for this inaugural cohort...
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, The celebration of February as Black History Month is one of Kent State’s great societal triumphs. As we begin the month, I think it’s important to reflect on the critical role that Kent State played in founding this annual celebration of contributions and achievements by Black Americans. ...
The Kent Dance Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Gregory King, welcomes professional dancer and choreographer Hope Boykin to Kent State as a guest artist Feb. 2 – 6, 2022. During her residency, Boykin will collaborate with the members of the Kent Dance Ensemble on a work that will appear in the April 2022 Kent Dance Ensemble concert. Hope Boykin was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, Hope was a three-time recipient of the American Dance Festival’s Young Tuition Scholarship. She attended Howard University in Washington, DC., when she felt a call to move to New...
The College of Arts & Sciences is hosting its 2nd annual art and poetry contest entitled The Black Legacy: Our Story Through Art and Poetry to celebrate Black History Month!
Golden Flashes, the spring semester is in full swing and we’ve had an exciting start to the year. Check out our most popular social media posts from January! Instagram Black squirrels have always been a fan-favorite! To celebrate National Squirrel Appreciation Day, we shared some photos of our unofficial mascot on campus. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kent State University (@ken...
Intravenous (IV) needle insertion is a practice that many medical professionals learn and need to master. A new project in the works at Kent State will help nursing students improve their skills with cutting-edge technology. Kwangtaek Kim, Ph.D., professor of computer science and principal investigator of the project, Jeremy Jarzembak, MSN, senior lecturer in the College of Nursing and co-principal investigator of the project, and Robert Clements, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences and co-principal investigator of the project, John Dunlonsky, Ph.D., professor of...
