Division of University Communications and Marketing
That tweet you just liked from @KentState … that was us. That story you just shared from the @kentstate Instagram account … thanks! We’re glad you liked them. Ever screenshot an event featured during Monday’s FlashForward on Snapchat? Happy to help! (Don’t forget to follow us @kentstateu!) That post on the Kent State Facebook page that your friend just tagged you in. Yep. Us too. You get the point. We’re the group behind the university’s institutional social media accounts. We -- along with the entire University Communications and Marketing (UCM) team -- develop stories, posts...
Division of University Communications and Marketing
Get to know the group behind all of your favorite Kent State social media posts. Nicole Carlone Losi - Director of Digital Content Nicole joined Kent State in 2014 after working as the Digital Media & Communications Manager of Hospice of the Western Reserve, where she managed the agency's social media strategy, blog, website and email marketing efforts. She is a Baldwin Wallace University alumna with a degree in public relations and a double minor in marketing and management. She enjoys playing golf, all things Disney, and her golden pup, Mickey!  ...
The makerspaces that compose Kent State University’s Design Innovation (DI) Initiative rank No. 6 among universities and colleges across the country, according to Great Value Colleges, which recently came out with the list 50 Best Makerspaces: These Cutting Edge College Collaborative Spaces Truly Rock! Kent State’s makerspaces, which number more than 25 across the eight-campus system, was named the top program in Ohio and entered the top 10 by surpassing programs at schools such as the University of Southern California, Arizona State University, the University of Michig...
KENT, Ohio – The Kent State University College of Business Administration announces Anne Noonan as the featured keynote speaker for the Fall 2019 Global Management Center Speaker Series presented by Citizens Bank. The event will take place on Tuesday, September 10 at the Kent State Hotel & Conference Center in Kent. The talk will begin at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a networking reception. Noonan is President and Chief Executive Officer of OMNOVA Solutions Inc., an $838 million global producer of emulsion polymers, specialty chemicals and decorative and functional surfaces. Prior to ...
Dr. Arne Weigold was recently hired as a new tenure-track assistant professor in the psychology department on Kent State University Geauga Campus and Regional Academic Center. With a focus in cognitive psychology and recent teaching experiences at Notre Dame and Akron universities as well as Hiram College, Dr. Weigold will start teaching General Psychology and Perception at Kent State Geauga in Fall 2019. Dedicated to ongoing research, Dr. Weigold is a prolific writer with nearly two dozen peer-reviewed articles published in scholarly journals and encyclopedias and approximately...
The Kent Creativity Festival announces 2019 artists and performers for September event! The Kent Creativity Festival, sponsored by the city of Kent and the Kent State University College of the Arts, will present the annual outdoor hands-on arts festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Lefton Esplanade between Kent State’s Rockwell Hall on Lincoln Street and downtown Kent, near Haymaker Parkway. The event will feature a wide variety of interactive creative activities presented by local and regional artists and art educators. Attendees can enjoy hands-on act...
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding nine, students and faculty from Kent State’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising are bringing attention to current social issues in the new exhibition called “Wearing Justice: Perspectives From KSU Fashion School Faculty and Students” that is on display now at the Kent State University Museum. The exhibition runs through May 31, 2020. “Wearin...