Educators from across the globe will convene at Kent State University’s Florence campus June 21-23 for an international symposium where participants will use design innovation principles to create a framework for the future of education. The symposium, Re-Designing Education to Shape a Better World, will bring together 40 thought leaders from the U.S. and Canada, and countries in Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, at Kent State’s campus in Palazzo, Vittori, Florence, Italy, according to symposium chair Robin Vande Zande, Ph.D., professor of art education at Kent State. Elizabeth Kenyo...
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The School of Visual Communication Design would like to recognize those students who have been awarded scholarships for the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year. These scholarships are awarded to students who show promise in the field of visual communication design. American Greetings Endowed Scholarship for Excellence in Design Sarah Riedlinger Kayla Riffle The Christopher and Judith Everett Endowed Scholarship for Photography Jessica Rice VCD Alumni Scholarship Savannah Sabistina VCD Scholarship Maeve Chambers &nbs...
Every graduation is full of stories of hard work, perseverance and friendship. Some of those stories go back to a first day of class or the first day on campus. But a few Kent State University friendships started on the first day of kindergarten – or even before – and have been blossoming since. This is the story of two pairs of recent Kent State graduates who have known one another for nearly 20 years. Taylor Doyle, fashion merchandising major, and Rachel Walsh, finance major, have been best friends since kindergarten. They recently walked across the stage at Kent State’s One University Com...
Kent State University President-elect Todd Diacon today announced the appointment of Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., to the role of interim senior vice president and provost, effective July 1. Dr. Tankersley fills the role most recently held by Dr. Diacon, who was selected in April by the Board of Trustees to become Kent State’s next president.Dr. Tankersley has been senior associate provost since 2015 and dean of graduate studies since 2016. She is a tenured professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services. In her current role, Dr. Tankersley oversees the institutional research...
An interdisciplinary team of Kent State students took second place nationwide for their efforts in creating a marketing campaign to reinvent the car buying process for Millennials and Gen Z. The competition, Effie Collegiate, is modeled after the professional competition of the same name, calling on the next generation’s advertising, marketing, design and communication students to work on real world business challenges. Subaru served as the client, sponsoring this year’s challenge, and hundreds of teams responded. The second-place team was made up of four students in the College of Commu...
When the site of the May 4, 1970 shootings on Kent State’s campus was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016, it solidified the tragedy’s significance as a touchstone in U.S. history. But for the team of Kent State faculty members who spearheaded the effort, the journey to that recognition was deeply personal. Four professors emeriti devoted themselves to the work of preserving the site and legacy of that day. Some were directly involved in the nomination for the National Historic Landmark designation. Others helped lay the foundation through work on projects that led to the nominati...