Welcome Dean Petrella! The College of the Arts is thrilled to welcome Diane H. Petrella, D.M.A. as Dean effective July 1, 2021. Dean Petrella was selected for the position of Dean following a national search. Dean Petrella joins Kent State University's College of the Arts after 16 years at the University of Missouri-Kansas City's (UMKC) Conservatory, where she served as Dean from 2016 to 2021. At UMKC, Petrella had oversight of all academic, fiscal, development, personnel and administrative functions as chief executive officer. “I am excited to join the visionary leade...
Dr. David Dees, dean of Kent State University at East Liverpool, announced those students named to the Spring 2021 President’s or Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 or more credit hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the East Liverpool Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List East Liverpool: Katerina Wrig...
Dear Kent State Community, We hope you are having a restful and enjoyable summer after the challenging year we have endured. You deserve it! We look forward to a dynamic, in-person campus experience for fall 2021. Today marks our first day as a self-operating dining program, and we have many exciting developments in our University Dining Services transition that will benefit our students, faculty and staff. In June, the Kent State Board of Trustees approved the selection of US Foods Inc.- Premier as our primary food vendor. We are happy to begin working with our new partners. Exp...
Dr. David Dees, dean of Kent State University at Salem, announced those students named to the Spring 2021 President’s and Dean’s lists. To qualify for the President’s List, students must have a 4.0 grade point average and must have completed 15 hours during the semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a 3.40 or greater grade point average and must have completed 12 or more credit hours for the semester, the majority at the Salem Campus. The students and their hometowns are: President’s List Alliance: Shelby Dennis Boardman: Jessica...
When Dr. Vincent Hetherington was invited to participate in a discussion during the virtual meeting of the International Federation of Podiatrists (FIP) AGM on June 19th, he never suspected that there was an underlying reason for his attendance; Heidi Corcoran, the current President of the FIP, honored Dr. Hetherington with a Lifetime Achievement Award. In fact, it was the President herself that gave a personal nomination for the award, which was followed by a unanimous approval by the FIP board. "Vince was the founding member of our Academy of Podiatric Medical Educators," Heidi tells us, "Hi...
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Our content during the month of June featured scenic sunrises and sunsets, news of our new scholarship programs and announcements about the Fall 2021 semester. Let’s see what posts were most popular with the Golden Flashes this month! Instagram Our top-performing post this past month featured the partial annular eclipse on an early morning! With the Moon traveling between the Earth and the Sun, viewers got to witness what is called the “ring of fire.” This phenomenon created a beautiful sunrise and led the post to a total of 1,619 likes! ...
Please see the following announcement on behalf of Melody Tankersly, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Provost. I am pleased to announce that Dr. Zhiqiang Molly Wang will join the Office of the Provost in August to serve as the 2021-2022 Provost's Fellow. The Provost's fellowship provides faculty members who have an interest in academic administration the chance to develop knowledge, skills, and experience as an administrator; to increase the understanding of the faculty about practices and procedures in academic administration; to extend and strengthen the administrative resources of the u...
Grace Irvin-Dillard of Bedford, Ohio, who graduated from Kent State University in May 2021 with a degree in entrepreneurship, has already built a successful business from the ground up while still a student. During her time in the College of Business Administration at Kent State, Irvin-Dillard created Touched By Grace (TBG) Body Care, which she continues to grow after graduation. Irvin-Dillard and her business were recently featured by Spectrum News. Watch the story. TBG Body Care offers all-natural, clean beauty and skincare products with an emphasis on sustainability. “When you get ...
The Business Leadership Training (BLT) is a partnership between Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center and the Twinsburg and Nordonia Hills Chambers of Commerce. The BLT bi-monthly programming is free and open to the public. The fourth program of 2021 is titled “Selling for Connectedness - The New Sales Reality for High Performance” and is scheduled via Zoom on Thursday, July 22, from noon – 1 PM. Andy (Drew) Carlton, an experienced sales expert with 25 years in the field, will cover the mindset shifts and power skills you’ll need to transform from old sales thinking to the new realities of s...