The School of Communication Studies at Kent State invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position with a focus on organizational communication. About the Position – Tenure-track faculty members have the opportunity to be involved and teach in the undergraduate and graduate programs in their respective areas in the School of Communication Studies. The new faculty member will be expected to teach in the undergraduate concentration in organizational communication, participate in the masters and doctoral programs and conduct research in organizational communication and alli...
If you go for a swim at some Ohio public beaches, you might want to rise off the lake water and sand before you leave. Researchers at Kent State University found that almost half of the water and sand samples that they collected from along Lake Erie and some other inland lakes tested positive for Staphylococcus aureus. Associate Professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., from Kent State’s College of Public Health, and Dipendra Thapaliya, a research associate, conducted and presented their study at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. To learn more about the study and why resear...
University is only college in Ohio named to the prestigious list Kent State University is being recognized for the seventh time as a “Great College to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Now in its ninth year, the “Great Colleges to Work For” annual report recognizes the colleges that get top ratings from their employees on workforce practices and policies. The Chronicle released its 2016 results on July 18, based on a survey of 281 colleges and universities, including 189 four-year institutions and 92 two-year institutions. ...
University is only college in Ohio named to the prestigious list Kent State University is being recognized for the seventh time as a “Great College to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Now in its ninth year, the “Great Colleges to Work For” annual report recognizes the colleges that get top ratings from their employees on workforce practices and policies. The Chronicle released its 2016 results on July 18, based on a survey of 281 colleges and universities, including 189 four-year institutions and 92 two-year institutions. ...
Kent State University's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon and Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown announced the appointment of six faculty members as 2016-2018 Provost Faculty Associates for Kent State’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Lisa Audet, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, will serve as faculty associate for Faculty and Graduate Student Retention, Inclusion and Success. Assistant Professor Tina Bhargava, DrPH, from the Department...
The Kent State University Police Department is scheduled for an on-site assessment as part of a program to achieve international reaccreditation. Administered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA), the program requires agencies to meet state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services. As a part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a public information hearing on Monday, Aug. 1, at 5:30 p.m. The session will be ...
Kent State University at Tuscarawas has been officially accepted into the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA). The announcement was made at the USCAA national convention in Richmond, Virginia. The application for USCAA membership was submitted in March. Beginning with 2016 Fall Semester, the campus will offer men's and women's basketball and cross country, men's golf, women’s volleyball and bowling. Wrestling and soccer are among the sports that will be added to the Golden Eagles athletic program during the 2017-18 academic year. Previously, the campus partic...
Angela Anikienko, a Kent State University junior nursing student from LaGrange, Ohio, completed the United States Institute for Kangaroo Care’s® certification course at Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital in June. Anikienko, who received a sponsorship from the institute to attend the course, was one of only three Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students in the nation to earn the certification. Kangaroo Care, the practice of holding a diaper-clad infant bare-chest to bare-chest for several hours each day, helps newborn babies regulate their body temperature, heart rate and respiratory func...
Familiar Face Molly Sergi Professor Department of History Kent State University at Geauga JOB DESCRIPTION: Lead faculty in history; lecturer, researcher, resident historian WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: March 1991 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Youngstown State University, Walsh University LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The students! Interacting with faculty and staff. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMPLOYER: Part of something bigger; a great campus system RESIDES IN: Girard, Ohio HOMETOWN: Girard, Ohio EDUCATIO...
New Face Walter Robins Associate Applications Developer Platform and Integration Solutions, Information Services Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I am responsible for developing, troubleshooting, implementing, maintaining and supporting back-end code for the kent.edu public website, as well as many of our internal-facing web applications and workflows. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: November 2015 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Before graduating from Kent State University with my B.S. in Digital Sciences in May 2015, I worked for three years as a studen...