As part of the university鈥檚 Kent State of Wellness initiative, Kent State University is becoming a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. A part of the university鈥檚 Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State, all Kent State campuses will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2017, fostering the wellbeing of the university community and the environment. According to NoSmoke.org, an estimated 1.69 billion pounds of cigarette butts end up in landfills each year. The policy not only helps to address this problem, but also will help to beautify campus by removing the cigarette...
Kent State University's Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon has announced that Swathi Ravichandran, Ph.D., will join the Office of the Provost in August to serve as the 2017-2018 Provost's Fellow. The provost's fellowship provides faculty members who have an interest in academic administration the chance to develop knowledge, skills and experience as an administrator; increase the understanding of the faculty about practices and procedures in academic administration; extend and strengthen the administrative resources of the university; assist in the develop...
The Division of Business and Finance is changing its name, effective July 1. The new name will be the Division of Finance and Administration. The change will align more closely with the services provided by the departments in the division and provide consistency with the nomenclature of the Office of the Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration. Along with the name change will be a new address for the division's website. As of July 1, the web address will be www.kent.edu/finance-administration. The phone number for the Office of the Senior Vice President remains 330-67...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Donald L. Mason of Zanesville, Ohio, to a three-year term on the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Mason鈥檚 appointment began May 19, 2017, replacing the unexpired term of the late trustee Richard Marsh, which runs through May 2020. 鈥淲e welcome Don Mason to our board,鈥 says Lawrence Pollock, chair of the Kent State Board of Trustees. 鈥淗is extensive public service and experience as a private attorney will be an asset to the strategic vision of the university鈥檚 eight-campus system, and we look forward to his engagement with Kent State Univ...
Kent State University track and field's Danniel Thomas, from Westmoreland, Jamaica, captured the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Shot Put National Championship in historic fashion on June 8, throwing a career-best 19.15m (62' 10"). Thomas, the now nine-time All-American, dominated the competition to capture the feat she had been chasing since arriving at Kent State in 2012. With the victory, she becomes the first female national champion in the history of Kent State Athletics and fifth national champion for Kent State outdoor track and field. "Words cannot explain it,鈥 Thomas says. 鈥淵o...
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Today, the Kent State University family mourns the tragic loss of one of our student-athletes, freshman football player Tyler Heintz. Tyler was transported to a local hospital by paramedics this morning following football conditioning drills at Dix Stadium. The cause of death is not yet known. Tyler was from Kenton, Ohio, and planned to study marketing and entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration. Tyler was recruited as a rising star on our offensive line. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with Tyler鈥檚 family and friends, as well as Coach Haynes and the team, our a...
Kent State at Salem held its annual nursing convocation and pinning ceremony during which 41 students received their nursing pins and recited the nursing pledge. All are receiving degrees this year through the Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) program on the Salem campus. Dr. Mary Lou Ferranto, coordinator of the BSN program at Salem, presented the 2017 class of graduates, while nursing faculty members presented various awards and the students鈥 pins. Special guests included Dr. David Dees, dean of the Kent State Salem Campus; Dr. Celeste Oprean, assistant dean; and Dr. Barbara Broome, de...
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The Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University announces the Choose Ohio First (COF) Program and that provides benefit from scholarships and fellowship it offers. The COF program provides scholarships for students in the Biotechnology, Medical Technology, and Environmental and Conservation Biology majors in order to promote career pathways in stem-life sciences. To learn more, go the website: /chooseohio1st/career-pathways Eligibility: COF scholarship recipients must be incoming freshmen (2017-2018 academic year) that are Ohio residents with a high-sch...