Awards and Honors
Kent State Columbiana County Campuses
![Larissa Lurken, 2017 Player of the Year, drives past a Buffalo defender during the season finale and a Kent State 80-71 win in the MAC Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Larissa1.jpg?VersionId=7XPubCLjjcVrWd5CpeBYJjAQ46alSm0o&h=ec98a0f6&itok=YDvhZrEn)
![A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of Kent State, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year. A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of Kent State, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/02.14.17%20Aerial%20photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20campus.jpg?VersionId=inu5nfU3JPh8M8PNl6JhA0mM99s9o102&h=0680a603&itok=CDCDnazM)
University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.
![Professor Torsten Hegmann Professor Torsten Hegmann](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/01.24.17%20Photo%20of%20Torsten%20Hegmann.jpg?VersionId=8frFhYPZ8MPsnIjTQaNplzsFwrDSSmtG&h=7bb2bdf0&itok=Dx8AoUiG)
One of the top publishing societies in the world names a Kent State professor a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Kent State's Beverly Warren Receives Award for Her Outstanding Performance as President
![Kent State President Beverly Warren smiles with members of the Kent State Marching Golden Flashes before the 2016 Homecoming Parade. Kent State President Beverly Warren smiles with members of the Kent State Marching Golden Flashes before the 2016 Homecoming Parade.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/1500x800_BWarren_withband.jpg?VersionId=UQTaXTYc9009yYyQDruFaJqHa9sjnKeb&h=ec98a0f6&itok=lZpMN25u)