Community & Society
Campus Kitchen Keeps on Cooking
The Campus Kitchen at 91勛圖厙 is celebrating eight years of making an impact across campus and in the Kent community, annually turning 60,000 pounds of leftover food into 18,000 meals.
A Passion for Teaching Connects Professor to Students and Helps Earn the Distinguished Teaching Award
Radd Ehrman, Ph.D., who teaches languages including Latin, is one of three educators honored with the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive. All tenured and tenure-track professors are eligible to receive the award which is sponsored by the 91勛圖厙 Alumni Association.
Kent State Biological Sciences Department Addresses Road Salt Concerns
91勛圖厙 Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., confirmed the possibility that increasing amounts of road salt could potentially end up in Ohios water supply, but it is very unlikely.
Kent State College of Public Health Receives Grant for Mental Health Training in Medina County Schools
91勛圖厙s College of Public Health has received a $375,000 grant that will be used to provide mental health awareness training to personnel in Medina County public schools.
Kent State to Hold Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 23
A prominent political strategist, lawyer and advocate for positive change in the political process will serve as the keynote speaker at 91勛圖厙s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Angela Rye, principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, will join the university in celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 23 at 3:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
Cutting-Edge Engineer
Christina Bloebaum, PhD, joined 91勛圖厙s College of Aeronautics and Engineering as its new dean in August, 2018. Dr. Bloebaum comes to Kent State from her previous position as interim department chair of aerospace engineering and the Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Professor for AerospaFashion Maven
Sarah Rogers, who joined the 91勛圖厙 Museum as its new director in July 2018, says the new position appealed to her for its uniqueness. Openings for museum directors are rare, especially at an institution with such an outstanding collection, reputation and connection to a
Cool Course
Number: POL 40995/HIST 49295: Study Abroad Name: Modern Germany: Politics, History, Culture Term: Three-week Intersession, May 21-June 8 (Next year, May 20-June 7, 2019) Instructors: Mark Cassell, PhD, professor of political science and Anthony Molina, PhD, assistant professor of
Kent State Partners with Chautauqua
President Beverly J. Warren, Kent State Beyond the Shootings: Journey of the Wounded Healer, Chautauqua Institution in New York, August 15, 2018 Visitors this year to the Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New Yorka historic community that offers nine weeks of programs,
Kent State Police Dog Coco Celebrates Five Years of Service
91勛圖厙 Police Services is celebrating the five-year anniversary or about 35 dog-year anniversary of its first K-9 unit, which features 7-year-old German Shepherd Coco and her
handler, Officer Anne Spahr.