Porthouse 2026 Company

Terri J. Kent*^ - The Roe Green Musical Theatre and  Porthouse Artistic Director/Director, Season 
Tony Hardin  - Executive Producer/Scenic Designer,  “Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon” and “Side Show” 
Karl Erdmann - Associate Artistic Director; Production Manager 
Rebecca Balogh Gates - Managing Director 
Jennifer Crabtree - Director of Communications and Marketing 
Jason Gates - Scene Shop Supervisor/Associate Production Manager 
Madi Getz - Marketing and Communications Specialist 

Flashy Facts

  • 1966 White Hall’s construction cost $2.6 Million and was funded by a 1 cent tax on packs of cigarettes (equivalent of 5.2 billion cigarettes).
  • 1958-1959 KSU hosted the International Teacher Development Program (by Gerald H. Read and others).
  • 1943-1944 an emergency 2-year program for elementary education was approved (severe shortage of teachers during WWII).

EHS Dean Timeline

  • Dean John L. Blair, 1932-1945
  • Dean Robert I White, 1946-1957
  • Dean Clayton M. Schindler, 1958-1971
  • Dean Robert J. Alfonso, 1971-1980
  • Dean Richard Hawthorne, 1980-1986
  • Dean Joanne Rand Schwartz, 1986-2002
  • Dean David A. England, 2002-2007
  • Dean Daniel F. Mahony, 2008-2015
  • Dean James C. Hannon, 2017- 2025
  • Interim Dean Alicia R. Crowe, 2025 - present

The formation of colleges

Twenty of the school's departments were subsequently arranged into three collegial divisions: the College of Education; the College of Business; and the College of Liberal Arts. With respect to the College of Education, Leebrick removed one of its bedrock courses, psychology, and corralled its 12 faculty members into three divisions - kindergarten primary, elementary and secondary.

Professional standards produce high-quality teachers

In August 1946, University President George Bowman appointed Robert I. White as dean of education. A former high school teacher and principal, White was teaching graduate courses at the University of Chicago. He held a somewhat Platonic view of what a university should be. Hence, he remade the College of Education by measuring every aspect of the curriculum by rigorous "standards." White created a Student Qualification for Professional Standards program to produce high-quality teachers; however, it frustrated generations of education majors.

Kent State Powerlifting

Kent State Powerlifting is a team of people who will compete together and individually in powerlifting meets.
Read More

Delta Chi Fraternity

Founded in 1890, Delta Chi still holds it's four core principles today. Principles such as Justice, Character, Friendship, and Education. We place an importance on making sure all members feel included and more than just a number as we promote our values
Read More
Shaking Up Middle School Science with Machine Learning

Earthquake graphic showing seismic activity

 As a principal investigator on a nearly $890,000 National Science Foundation grant, Bridget Mulvey, a Kent State University Associate Professor of Science Education in the College of Education and Human Services, is helping students see science as a living, dynamic way of making sense of the world.Titled, “Separating the Signal from the Noise,” the project is a three‑year collaboration among Kent State University, the Concord Consortium, the University of Washington, and the Anchorage School District. Its ambitious goal is to empower Alaskan middle school students to investigate local na...

Subscribe to
© 2026 Kent State University All rights reserved.