Kent State University President Todd Diacon recently notified 23 Kent State staff members that they are the 2020 recipients of the President’s Award of Distinction, which includes a $1,500 award.
The President’s Award of Distinction was created as a recognition program to reward staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements, service, leadership and dedication to Kent State in advancing the university’s strategic priorities and core values.
Diacon congratulated this year’s award recipients upon their selection.
“This prestigious honor recognizes your exceptional performance and value as a member of our university community,” he said. “Your day-to-day efforts demonstrate the university’s core values and that Flashes Take Care of Flashes.”
Diacon also expressed his gratitude to all Kent State employees.
“I would also like to recognize all of our employees for the great work you have done through this challenging time,” Diacon continued.
Full-time classified and unclassified employees at all campuses who have been employed by the university for a minimum of three years and are in good standing with the university were eligible to be nominated. There were nearly 200 eligible nominations received from peers, supervisors or other divisional leaders, faculty and students across Kent State’s eight campuses.
Staff members had to demonstrate exceptional performance in living the university’s core values and/or advancing one of the priorities of A Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State.
To learn more about the award and to see this year’s award recipients, visit www.kent.edu/president/distinction/2020-recipients.
Kent State was recently ranked No. 1 among employers in northern Ohio and No. 4 in the state on the 2020 America’s Best-in-State Employers list by Forbes and market research company Statista.