Kent State University President Todd Diacon announced Thursday that Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., has been selected to serve as vice president for student affairs, effective May 1, 2020. Hylton has been serving as the interim vice president for student affairs since Sept. 16, 2019. In addition, Diacon has appointed Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., as the interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, effective June 1, 2020. Gooden currently serves as chair and associate professor in the university’s Department of Pan-African Studies. She will succeed Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., Kent State’s inaugural vi...

Revised grading options and deadlines for Spring 2020 As a follow-up to the email sent on Friday, March 20, notifying you about new grading options for Spring 2020, the following is intended to provide greater clarity on these options. Know that the university is committed to continuing the excellent instruction you expect from us for the remainder of this semester in a way that is as flexible and equitable as possible. We know that the switch to remote learning has been challenging for some of you, and thus we have created options to help you proceed with as little impact to your ...

Kent State University President Todd Diacon announced Thursday that Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., has been selected to serve as vice president for student affairs, effective May 1, 2020. Hylton has been serving as the interim vice president for student affairs since Sept. 16, 2019. In addition, Diacon has appointed Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., as the interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, effective June 1, 2020. Gooden currently serves as chair and associate professor in the university’s Department of Pan-African Studies. She will succeed Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., Kent State’s inaugural vi...

When Christopher Thompson prepared for a horticulture internship in Ghana, he knew it would be an experience of a lifetime. What he never expected, however, was how that experience would be turned upside-down by a world-wide pandemic. Thompson is a recent graduate of the horticulture program on the Kent State Salem Campus, earning a Bachelor of Applied Horticulture degree this spring. He also holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in horticulture, with an urban forestry concentration, from the Salem Campus. While completing his degree requirements, Thompson understood that he needed to...

Scientists report that nearly 14,600 years ago marine-based regions of the Eurasian Ice Sheet melted rapidly, contributing to a major sea-level rise. Does this rapid collapse of massive ice give us clues as to the vulnerability of Earth’s remaining ice sheets? Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at Kent State University, recently authored a “News and Views” article in Nature Geoscience that discusses research carried out by another research team that reassessed the melt history and timing of the collapse of the Eur...

The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved three important budgetary measures to counter expected revenue reductions due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during a special Board meeting held May 6. Board members approved a salary adjustment model for employees not represented by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) or the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) for Fiscal Year 2021. Kent State President Todd Diacon is taking a 12.5% reduction in salary. Cabinet, deans and those with salaries of $200,000 or greater will see a 1...

During Governor Mike DeWine’s daily press conferences on coronavirus updates to the state of Ohio, he’s usually shown with the Director of Health for the Ohio Department of Health Amy Acton, MD, MPH, and Marla Berkowits, a senior lecturer at Ohio State University in the American Sign Language (ASL) program. According to an interview Berkowits did with WKYC, she is the only Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) in Ohio. Always dressed in neutral colors, Berkowits has been praised for her facial expressions. Since she herself is Deaf, someone signs throughout the press conference to her, and she r...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kent State University Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center now offers Kent State University students internet access in the campus parking lots. Please see the image below for specific location WiFi access. Students will need to sign in to the WiFi access by using their FlashLine credentials. If you have any questions, please contact the IT Help Desk at 440-834-4187 or 330-888-6351. ...

Ohio is no stranger to aviation. The first-in-flight Wright brothers hail from our home state. The Kent State University Airport’s history is just as unique. A century ago in 1920, The Ohio Flying School and Transport Company officially incorporated and opened Stow Field, now known as Kent State University Airport, Andrew Paton Field. To celebrate its centennial and recognize it as the oldest continuously operating airport in Ohio, Dave Poluga, airport manager, has launched the Aviation Art Contest “100 Years of Aviation.” Poluga’s inspiration came from the idea that aviation and art ...