College of Education, Health and Human Services
Kent State University’s Division of Student Life hosted its annual employee celebration recently at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center, where Jason Miller, director of The Counseling Center in the School of Lifespan, Development and Educational Sciences, received The Greg Jarvie Students First Award. Student Life implemented The Greg Jarvie Students First Award to honor employees outside the division who are collaborative partners and keep students first.The award was named in honor of Greg Jarvie, a Kent State University alumnus who served the university for 29 years as a re...
College of Communication & Information
Kent State students and Student Media won multiple awards and scholarships this spring across a range of different awarding bodies. Winners and finalists were selected from a wide range of formats, media types and genres of writing. Students were honored by media associations, professional associations and press clubs.Society of Professional Journalists Region 4 Mark of Excellence CompetitionThe Society of Professional Journalists recognizes the best collegiate journalism every year with their Mark of Excellence awards. Region 4 consists of Michigan, Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virgini...
College of Communication & Information
Working in interdisciplinary teams with real-world clients is a learning experience many students value. Students in the School of Emerging Media and Technology’s (EMAT) Interdisciplinary Projects course are having a helping hand in making a local community safer.During the Fall 2023 Interdisciplinary Projects course, students worked closely with the City of Hudson to develop a tool that could gather the various needs of all community members to prepare emergency responders before arriving at the scene. Students decided to title this tool “SAFER,” which stands for Safety Awareness for Emergenc...
Transfer Student Opportunities
The unique 2+2 nature of our BS Engineering Technology degree makes our program a good fit for the incoming transfer student. For a student with a previously earned qualifying AAS Degree track, our BS Engineering Technology degree can be completed in two years or at your own pace. The major courses are offered online and at the Kent State Regional Campus tuition rate; the resulting degree is fully ABET Accredited.
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Andrew Wyatt
Andrew Wyatt, Ph.D., joined Kent State University Florence as Assistant Director of
Sabine Strehl
Sabine Strehl, born in Germany in 1962, has built a remarkable career in fashion and education, now based in Florence, Italy.
Kent, OHIO – Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics at Kent State’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, was recognized for exemplary teaching with numerous awards during the 2023-24 academic year.In the fall, Wilson received the Kent State Distinguished Teaching Award. This award is the university’s most prestigious honor in teaching and is presented annually to three faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and devotion to touching the lives of students.“I absolutely love teaching economics. That makes being recognized for m...