More than 100,000 rooms reserved, nearly 146,000 guests served, more than 2,000 events hosted and 89 weddings booked. Those are some of the achievements of the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center since it opened its doors on June 14, 2013, in downtown Kent. The hotel, which marked its fifth anniversary this past June, features 94 boutique-style rooms, an onsite restaurant and lounge, Nineteen10 – a nod to the year when Kent State was established, an indoor pool and workout facility, 5,000 square feet of event space and an executive boardroom. To celebrate, the hotel hosted Happy...

  The Kent State University Museum’s newest exhibit, Beyond the Suit: Contemporary Menswear From the Collection of Alexandre Marr and Dominic Iudiciani, which opens to the public July 27, is a fresh look at current trends in menswear design through the personal wardrobe of Alexandre Marr and Dominic Iudiciani and features work from notable labels such as Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh, Julius_7, Dior Homme, Comme des Garçons and Issey Miyake. The exhibit runs through June 30, 2019.   The unique tastes of Mr. Marr and Mr. Iudiciani shaped the selection of the individual pieces...

Alfred Guiffrida and Pratim Datta, Management and Information Systems, and Lihua Chen, Kent State alumnus, authored “Capacity-Delivery Coordination in Supply Chains A Cost-based Approach” in International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 32, Issue 3, (2018): 290-312. Summary: We develop a cost-based supply chain model for coordinating joint decisions of a buyer and a supplier under conditions of uncertainty in delivery performance and capacity management for a two-stage supply chain. ...

Familiar Face Michele E. Ewing Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Teach public relations courses and serve as sequence coordinator for the public relations program; serve as faculty advisor for the Kent State Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America; and complete research focused on public relations education, leadership development, internal communication and professional practice topics  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2003 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Marcus Thomas ...

New Face Deanna Laubis International Student Advisor Office of Global Education Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I work with international students to help them maintain their immigration status and work through cultural issues. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 2018 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: University of Findlay LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The opportunities to get involved both on and off campus. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Kent State offers a number of great academic programs that appeal to both student...