On February 2, the Women’s Center hosted the first annual #Elect Her program, a one-day nonpartisan training for women on how to run for student government and political office. Through this program, female students learn their worth as leaders and gain the skills needed to create an effective campaign platform. The idea for the event started with a grant proposal from Alise Vannatter, a Kent State Political Science major and Women’s Center summer intern. The event itself happened thanks to additional support from Community Engaged Learning, the political science department, Undergraduate Stud...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS) is launching several new awareness events in partnership with groups across campus. Carry the Weight partners with Athletics and Recreational Services to host a week-long (April 8-12) awareness of the “weight” carried by those who have been harmed. The goal is to increase education on how sexual assault affects survivors while participants “carry the weight” through various physical activities. Our 1st Annual Men Against Violence Walk will take place on Monday,...
Kent State University at Ashtabula sophomore and Ashtabula native Valerie Smith is one of nine students throughout the Kent State system named to The Sage Project Class of 2019. She was honored at a luncheon and ceremony on the Kent campus Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Sage Project is presented by the Women’s Center at Kent State and recognizes women-identifying students who have demonstrated innovation, creativity, risk-taking and leadership skills in their academic and personal lives. A 1999 graduate of Edgewood High School, Smith is currently majoring in English with...
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
Peter C. Kratcoski, Department of Sociology & Criminology, authored a section of a book, "Fraud and Corruption in the Healthcare Sector in the United States," Fraud and Corruption: Major Types, Prevention, and Control, 1st Edition, (Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature) Peter C. Kratcoski and Maxmilian Edelbacher (Eds.), (2018), 109-124. ...
Early childhood education majors at Kent State University helped create a Cultural Fair for third-graders of Kent City Schools. The event, held in the Kent Roosevelt gymnasium, included stations and activities for students to learn about different countries and cultures such as learning a traditional Persian dance. Third-graders also decorated paper cut outs to represent their own cultural backgrounds which were displayed at the event. Students at Kent State partnered with students of Kent Roosevelt High School and members of the Multicultural Rough Rider Club in order to host the Cultur...
Wednesday, May 29 at 9 am - 2:30 pm the LGBTQ Student Center will host the LGBTQ+ Center’s Summer Summit at the Kent Student Center. Cost is $30/participant, which includes breakfast, lunch and parking. Contact kditlevs@kent.edu for the registration link and/or any questions. Learn more and register for the LGBTQ+ Center’s Summer Summit Get your Kent Pride on and join us for this year’s LGBTQ+ Alumni/Community TailGAYte event. Each year, LGBTQ+ students, alum, faculty/staff and community members participate in Kent’s homecoming parade where beads, candy and other goodies a...
For the past two years, the Office of Faculty and Graduate Student Retention, Inclusion and Success has conducted an eight-week multidisciplinary summer research experience for undergraduates called the ASSURE (Access and Support for Successful Undergraduate Research Experience) program. Participating students conduct research under the guidance of a faculty mentor from their field of interest. The program includes professional development workshops and social activities that allow students to interact and engage with other summer research programs. Also, the students prepare a Three Minute Th...
Bill Lucak leads workshops focused on Digital Fabrication ...
In its 2020 edition of Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Kent State University in the top 100 of Best Graduate Education Schools. Kent State ranks 93rd in the country in the Best Graduate Education Schools ranking, improving 15 spots from last year’s ranking of 108th. “We are very excited to see our U.S. News & World Report rankings that reflect the strengths of our truly groundbreaking programs,” said James Hannon, Ph.D., dean of Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services. “Our distinctive programs in the College of Educatio...