When Ray Strumbly started to envision his retirement and the future of the business he spent decades cultivating, the idea of selling to private equity didn’t sit well with him.“In my long history, I've yet to meet a private equity organization that made a company better. Usually, it has to do with reducing headcount and creating efficiencies, and then the company turns over repeatedly, and unfortunately, that's not good for your customer base,” he said.Strumbly joined Timbers-Kovar Company, a Mentor, Ohio-based distributor of loading dock equipment and doors, in 1997, working his wa...
Current Title:
CMO of Body by FRoST and founder of Santos Marketing
Degree(s):
Master of Fashion Industry Studies (M.F.I.S.) (2020, Kent State University)
Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising and International Business (French)
Career Bio:
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20, in the Cene Lecture Hall, Room 120, in The John Elliot Center for Architecture and Environmental Design on the Kent Campus. The Board will consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session to consider specific topics as provided under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” The roll call vote for this session will occur at 8 a.m. in public in the Cene Lecture Hall, Room 120.A limited number of sea...
“Our philosophy is that there is no scientific study that is ever perfect anywhere,” Eren said. “We emphasize to students that this doesn’t need to be perfect. Do your best.”
The research team, including Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., and Kuldeep Singh, Ph.D., of Kent State's Department of Earth Sciences, Sarah Eichler, Ph.D., of Kent State's Department of Biological Sciences; and the lead author, Lard, hypothesized that the combustion of chemicals like vinyl chloride in the presence of transition-metal oxides from the train, tracks and soil minerals, led to the formation of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs), including dioxins and furans.
Clarissa A. Thompson, Ph.D., professor of cognitive psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University, and her team have worked to improve this statistic and make learning math more efficient and accessible.
“These awards highlight Dr. Neal-Barnett’s dedication to advancing the understanding of psychological and social issues affecting marginalized communities and her commitment to fostering positive change through media,” Karin G. Coifman, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State, said.
Matar interned at Sherwin-Williams during her senior year at Kent State and signed on to a cooperative education program (co-op) after 12 weeks. She earned her degree in computer science in May 2024 and now works full-time at Sherwin-Williams as an advanced information technology (AIT) analyst and software developer
The Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence dives deep into AI and prepares graduate students to work and research with emerging AI technologies. Graduates can apply their knowledge in industries such as healthcare, retail, biology and psychology, as well as in military and community settings.
We are proud to have been one of just 22 universities to offer the mapmaking course and are especially proud of our students who played such a key role in the war effort. Bea McPherson’s contributions to cartography and geography are an inspiration to our students and faculty
