Geauga/Twinsburg – Black History Month — or National African American History Month — is an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S history. The Association for the Study of Negro Life initiated the first variation of Black History month with Negro History Week in 1926. In 1970, according to the Kent Stater, Kent State University began the observance of Black History Month. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Join us for special Black His...
Auditor of State Keith Faber’s Office and Kent State University are pleased to announce that the Auditor’s East Regional Office recently moved into space at Kent State University’s Stark Campus. “This is an exciting move for our office for many reasons, especially the cost savings and opportunities for recruitment with Kent State students and community members,” said Auditor Faber. “I hope we can see more of these types of partnerships among state institutions to save taxpayer dollars and increase public engagement with state operations.” The Auditor’s Office has 11 offices a...
Images by Bristyn Nadeau Kent State University is merging research with global connections in the Global Understanding Research Initiative (GURI). The recently displayed “We the People” and the upcoming “Import/Export” exhibition provide cultural kaleidoscopes with local and international reflectors. GURI is led by Kent State Professor of French translation and Director of the Institute for Applied Linguistics Françoise Massardier-Kenney, Ph.D., from the department of Modern & Classical Languages and Paul Haridakis, Ph.D., interim director of the School of Communication Studi...
Kent State President Todd Diacon welcomed the campus community to the university's virtual observance activities for Martin Luther King Day. This year's commemoration keynote address was delivered by CNN political analyst and former South Carolina state Rep. Bakari Sellers. The event was free and open to the public. President Diacon delivered the following remarks in introducing Sellers and in remembrance of Dr. King. Good afternoon: There’s a phrase that I keep coming back to—a phrase that has popped into my head regularly—especi...
By The Review As part of a university-wide initiative, the Kent State University campuses in Salem and East Liverpool are going green through a renewable energy project to provide solar panels at each location, resulting in cost savings and reducing the carbon footprint of Kent State. A year ago, the Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the solar panel project for six of its regional campuses as part of the university’s Energy Master Plan. The university publicly solicited proposals and Ten Nine Energy LLC was selected to lead the project. The project could produce up to 56 p...
Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences would like to congratulate three faculty members in the Department of Biological Sciences who recently co-authored a 384-page hardcover book, “Problem Plants of Ohio,” published by the Kent State University Press and available on Amazon.com. Adjunct Professor Megan E. Griffiths-Ward, Ph.D., collaborated on the book with (her husband) Professor David Ward, Ph.D. and Melissa A. Davis, a botany instructor and the horticulture facilities director at Kent State’s Herrick Conservatory and collections...
The Kent State University College of Arts and Sciences congratulates James A. Tyner, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography and Director of the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, who is a 2021 recipient of ‘Distinguished Scholarship Honors’ from the American Association of Geographers (AAG). The AAG is recognizing him “for his original, transformative, and theoretically grounded geographic scholarship focused on social justice and human rights. Tyner’s pioneering work on violence, genocide, place, memory and memorialization has been recognized for its power and rel...
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share by Email Kent State University’s inaugural drive-thru food distribution event on Dec. 16 in partnership with the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank served more than 200 households. The event was also an unofficial kickoff to an impactful partnership. The Campus Kitchen at Kent State teamed up with the food bank to host a contactless food distribution event at Dix Stadium to help those in need and marked the beginning of a multimonth initiative. The team from the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank reached...
The Department of Anthropology is hiring a full-time tenure track Cultural Anthropologist to join us Fall, 2021. We will begin reviewing applications on Feb. 1, 2021. Details about the position and the link to apply can be found here. ...
December 04, 2020, Kent, Ohio -- On October 22, 2020 many years of hard work paid off for Joshua Eyring, Director of Aircraft Maintenance, and his aircraft maintenance team with the approval to be awarded the 14 CFR Part 145 Repair Station Certification from the Federal Aviation Association (FAA). Since March 2013, the Kent State University Aircraft Maintenance Department has been working hard toward full certification, and their dream has finally come to fruition. “The entire 145 Repair Station process is not something we had to do to support our operation, it is something that we ...