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Regarded as a caring and very personal teacher by her students, Zhiqiang Wang, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, was one of the recipients of the 2017 Distinguished Teaching Award, joining an elite group of more than 150 Kent State faculty members recognized for excellence in the classroom. Dr. Wang, who teaches at ������ at Geauga, says she felt overwhelmed and honored when her colleagues surprised her with the award while she was in the middle of teaching a class.   “It was overwhelming, like a dream come true,” Dr. Wang says. “I’m so thrilled to...

The giving season has officially begun at ������ with a new monthlong campaign that kicked off Nov. 1 and will run until the official nationwide Giving Tuesday on Nov. 28, the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. “Kent State has participated in Giving Tuesday for the last four years, and each year it has grown and been more successful than the last,” says Danielle Hupp, associate director of annual giving at Kent State. This year, the Giving Tuesday team has introduced crowdfunding as an option for faculty, staff, students or friends of the university to advocate for programs...

The Kent Stater, ������’s independent student newspaper, is the best student newspaper in the nation in its class, according to the College Media Association. The organization announced the annual Pinnacle Award winners at the National College Media Convention, held Oct. 25-29 in Dallas, Texas. The Kent Stater beat out competition from Northwestern University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Pennsylvania to take the Pinnacle Award for Newspaper of the Year for 2016-17. “I am absolutely thrilled to see The Stater judged to be the best student newspaper i...

Career Exploration and Development has long helped with student employment and preparing for a post-graduation career. The office has now opened in a newly renovated space in the Schwartz Center with two other co-located departments: Academics Engagement and Degree Completion, and Experiential Education and Civic Engagement. This triad of departments forms the Academic, Civic and Career Engagement Center. The staff want to work with students throughout their time at Kent State, helping them discover the career that’s right for them and creating a pathway to get there. Students will find ...

������’s Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement will host Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week from Nov. 13-18, partnering with different departments across campus to raise awareness through advocacy events, educational events and service opportunities. “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is an annual national awareness campaign,” says Amanda Paulus, director of Kent State’s Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement. “It’s really meant to bring awareness to the issues of hunger and homelessness in our communities.” In 2016, a public health ...

Dear Members of the ������ Community: As Northeast Ohio continues to enjoy a beautiful fall season, we all know that winter will soon arrive. One of our roles as university leaders is recommending cancellations and closures due to severe weather. While the safety of our people is our priority, in general the university does not close or cancel classes because of cold weather, winter ice and/or snow. However, on rare occasions, weather conditions may delay or cancel classes or close the Kent Campus. (Note: Kent State’s Regional Campuses will follow the general guidelines be...

Familiar Face Margie B. Iagulli Senior Lecturer Radiology Technology Salem Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Full-time faculty member of the Associate of Applied Sciences of Radiologic Technology Program at ������ at Salem  WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: January 1997 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I am so fortunate to be surrounded by amazing co-workers including faculty, staff and administrators, as well as students who allow me to do what I love and love...

The Area Agency on Aging 11 recently donated books and money to the East Liverpool Campus’s Seasons Readings project. The donation included 364 children’s books and $650 that will be used to purchase additional books, which will be distributed to youngsters along the parade route of the East Liverpool Christmas parade in early December. Joe Rossi, CEO of the Area Agency on Aging 11, made the presentation to Dean David Dees on behalf of the agency’s employees who contributed to the project with money and books. “We are happy to give to a project that promotes reading and learning in such a f...

New Face Daniel R. Kearsey Senior Graphic Designer College of Business Administration Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: Graphic design work to support the college’s marketing and promotions WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: March 2017 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: October Research (2013-2017), Highland PR (2012), ECRM (2011) LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I began my bachelor’s degree program at ������, and even though I transferred to our rival school (The University of Akron), I still call Kent State home. The campus is so welcoming, b...

������’s College of Business Administration has once again been named an outstanding business school, according to The Princeton Review. The college is one of 267 outstanding business schools to have its on-campus Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs profiled in The Princeton Review’s 2018 annual business school rankings. “We recommend the Kent State College of Business Administration as one of the best to earn an MBA,” says Robert Franek, editor-in-chief at The Princeton Review. “We chose the 267 on-campus MBA programs schools on this list based on our high regar...