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47th season features productions of “A Little Night Music,” “Violet” and “Hairspray” Porthouse Theatre, 91�Թ���’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will celebrate its 47th season with productions of “A Little Night Music,” “Violet” and “Hairspray.” Directed by Sean Morrissey, “A Little Night Music” opens June 12 and runs through June 27. A preview performance will take place on June 11. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, “A Little Night Music” explores the romantic web that entangles actress Desiree Armfeldt...

Work in Progress: Forming at stair #3 for 3rd lift continues; 2nd lift pour has been completed. Concrete piers along column line 'B' were completed. Steel erection in sequence 1 - 4 continues. Steel detailing in sequence 2 continues. Basement retaining wall between column line 17/A.1 to 17/C in progress. Steam, steam condensate and chilled water piping work in tunnel is in progress. Removal of temporary overhead protection at Williams Hall dock area. Chilled water line installation in Williams Hall mechanical room continues. Looking forward: Start installation on...

The 91�Թ��� Mass Notification System will undergo campuswide testing on Wednesday, May 13, between 6 and 6:30 p.m. The testing is required due to updates to the system that will expedite the process of alerting campus to threats and improve the overall ease of use. Select office phones marked with a red sticker that reads “MNS” will now display a written message in addition to the recording that plays on campus. Additionally, the changes will simplify the process for dispatchers when alerting the campus community. “We are making it easier for dispatchers to activate the eme...

Kent State’s Joshua Stacher and Case Western Reserve’s Pete Moore to accept award The Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies (NOCMES) will receive the Education Award at the Niagara Peace and Dialogue Awards ceremony on May 18 at the City Club of Cleveland.  Accepting the award for NOCMES will be co-directors Josh Stacher, Ph.D., a 91�Թ��� associate professor of political science, and Pete Moore, Ph.D., associate professor of political science at Case Western Reserve University.  The Ohio Chapter of the Niagara Foundation chose NOCMES for the award in reco...

In a ceremony held May 3 in Columbus, Ohio, WKSU was honored with 10 awards from the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors, including the top award for General Excellence (an award presented to the large market radio station with the best showing in the competition). The event celebrated the best journalism in Ohio. It is the third year that contests for print and broadcast reporting were combined. Station journalists earned the top prizes for Best Reporter in Ohio. Tim Rudell took home first place for work that included ongoing reports on fracking in Northeast Ohio, the Ebola connection in N...

WKSU reporter/producer Jeff St. Clair has been recognized by the Radio-Television-Digital News Association (RTDNA) with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Sports Reporting. WKSU competes in the Large Market division against public and commercial radio stations in major cities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. St. Clair’s entry now moves on automatically to the national RTDNA contest where it will compete with other first-place winners from large-market radio stations across the country.  St. Clair’s winning report focused on new research being done on the rise of serious knee i...

Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at 91�Թ��� and a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015.  Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, made the announcement, which provides a one-year appointment with a national search for a permanent dean to commence in the fall.  Kretovics succeeds Daniel Mahony, Ph.D., who was recently named president of Winthrop University in Rock Hi...

Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at 91�Թ��� and a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015.  Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, made the announcement, which provides a one-year appointment with a national search for a permanent dean to commence in the fall.  Kretovics succeeds Daniel Mahony, Ph.D., who was recently named president of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, ...

91�Թ��� will hold its Spring 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) and on Friday, May 15, at Cartwright Hall. Kent State will confer 3,883 degrees, including 2,864 bachelor’s degrees, 874 master’s degrees, 142 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees at the Kent Campus.Across the university’s eight-campus system, 4,512 students will graduate from Kent State this spring, including those receiving associate degrees. The 6 p.m. ceremony on May 8 is for t...