Kent State University will hold its Fall Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, Dec. 18, and Saturday, Dec. 19, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State will confer 2,154 degrees, including 1,565 bachelor’s degrees, 526 master’s degrees, 60 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 2,489 students will graduate from Kent State this fall, including those receiving associate degrees. Friday, Dec. 18, at 6 p.m. The 6 p.m. ceremony on Friday, Dec. 18, recognizes graduates receiving...
Nine-week-old Lionhead/Mini Lop mix bunnies available for $15 each. Great for 4H projects or as a pet. I have four male bunnies that need a good home! They are mostly gray chinchilla coloring - we also have two with darker gray (and some chestnut agouti coloring mixed with the gray/black) - so adorable!!! I will have them with me in the Kent area on Wednesday, Dec. 9, if anyone is interested in seeing them! Serious inquiries please! Email: jrpatter@kent.edu.
Brand new UGG boots for sale, size 5. They retail for $220; asking $95. Contact me at ssherwin@kent.edu if interested. Would make a great gift!
Kent State University’s new, shared vision for a dynamic future received endorsement from the Board of Trustees as it approved the Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State and a six-year state capital-spending plan during its Dec. 8, 2015, meeting. The roadmap provides direction through the university’s mission statement, core values and priorities to advance Kent State’s position of strength among the nation’s great public research universities. In addition, it proposed five major priorities and 16 university-level initiatives that will promote innovation and learning, adva...
The Wick Poetry Center, in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, recently received two grants from the Ohio Arts Council. The grants, totaling $28,368, will help support the Wick reading series, student scholarships, poetry publications, outreach workshops and the Traveling Stanzas project. The $14,410 Ohio Arts Council Sustainability grant, renewable for four years, provides general operating support to arts and cultural organizations across Ohio that make important contributions to the health and vitality of our communities. According to the Ohio Arts Council, “Su...
The Wick Poetry Center, with support from the Howard Atwood Family Fund of the Akron Community Foundation, identified classrooms throughout Akron Public Schools to receive weekly poetry workshops led by WPC teaching artists Alice Cone, Daniel Dorman, and Bo Geisse, and Casey Nichols from February 2, 2015 through May 18, 2015. Teaching Artists were placed in residencies at the following locations: Lawndale Elementary in grades 3, 4, and 5 classes; Jennings Middle School in English Language Learning classes, grades 6, 7, and 8; Garfield High School in two classes, grade 10; Summit County Juvenil...