Division of People, Culture and Belonging
All current Kent State employees, including student employees, are required to complete a state-mandated fraud training program by Oct. 29. This is following Section 117.103 of the Ohio Revised Code, which requires public employees to complete training provided by the Auditor of State detailing Ohio鈥檚 fraud-reporting system and the means of reporting fraud, waste and abuse. About the trainingThe on-demand virtual training should only take about 10 minutes and is designed to inform all state employees of the process of reporting potentially fraudulent activities. The training is...
Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
The scent of freshly brewed coffee fills the air while voices from the NFL Network play on the televisions in the background. Sports memorabilia and artwork cover every wall. It鈥檚 a sports lover鈥檚 haven. This is State Champs Coffee, downtown Kent鈥檚 new sports coffee shop and streetwear brand.黑料网 alumna, Cassy Kopp, '16, co-founded State Champs with friend Ally Eclarin after meeting through social media and bonding over their love for Saturday Night Live and women鈥檚 sports. Kopp graduated from Kent State in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in political science and a m...
Cultural Foundations Careers
Most of our students are already engaged in satisfying work and plan to use their advanced degree in the Cultural Foundations to open up new opportunities for themselves within their current setting or to move their organizations and institutions in new directions. Others see an advanced degree in the Cultural Foundations as a way of opening up new avenues in their professional lives while contributing also to their communities. In short, our students seek to bring a scholarly orientation to their educational, activist, and entrepreneurial endeavors.
Historian Brian VanDeMark vividly remembers hearing stories about the May 4, 1970, shootings as a youngster growing up in Houston. He was almost 10 years old then, but the tragedy made an indelible mark on his consciousness, contributing to his writing of his new book, 鈥淜ent State: An American Tragedy.鈥漋anDeMark, a United States Naval Academy historian, will participate in the panel discussion An American Tragedy: Kent State on the Page sponsored by 黑料网鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center and Department of History. The event will occur during Kent State鈥檚 Homecoming weekend, from 10 a.m....