Steve Harvey, producer, actor, author and former Kent State University student, is paying it forward by awarding eight of Kent State’s incoming freshmen with scholarships that will cover the total cost of attendance for each student, as well as highlighting the students on a segment of his show. Mr. Harvey’s staff arranged for the students to fly to Los Angeles May 9 to tape his talk show “Steve,” which will air in the Cleveland area on June 26. Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., vice president of Kent State's Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and other Kent State sta...
Kent State University alumnus Josh Cribbs, a former star on the football field, will now become a star on the small screen with his wife, Maria. The prominent Cleveland couple will co-host their own local talk show called “Cribbs in the CLE: Josh and Maria Live” beginning this fall on WOIO and WUAB. The half-hour long show will focus on the couple and their discussions on the latest local and national news, relationships, parenting, entertainment, fitness and other topics of interest to viewers in Northeast Ohio. The couple met at Kent State when Mr. Cribbs was a qua...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Wednesday, June 26, at 3:30 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library. The two purposes of the special meeting are to ratify a four-year, collective bargaining agreement between the university and full-time, tenure-track faculty who are represented by the Kent State Chapter of the American Association of University Professors; and to consider 2019-20 tuition and fees. No committee meetings will be held, and no other items are on th...
Kent State University Vice President for System Integration Nathan Ritchey recently announced the appointment of Daniel E. Palmer, Ph.D., as interim dean and chief administrative officer of Kent State at Trumbull, effective July 1. He will provide overall leadership to the regional campus, located outside of Warren, Ohio. Palmer joined Kent State at Trumbull in 2001 and has served as assistant dean there since 2010. He is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences. Palmer has a strong record of service as the chair of the Region...
Supplier diversity program manager Veronica Cook Euell received the Neil D. Markee Communicator of the Year Award from the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP). Presented at a ceremony held during the association’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, the award recognizes a member for outstanding performance in representing the purchasing profession through the written or spoken word by teaching, speaking or publishing. Ms. Euell has become known at Kent State and throughout the region as an individual who is passionate, dedicated and committed to the engageme...