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������ Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., received the President’s Medal from President Beverly Warren during the One University Commencement Ceremony on May 13 in Dix Stadium. The President’s Medal is the highest honor conferred by Kent State. It recognizes faculty and administrative staff who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of Kent State through extraordinary and unique service. In a stellar academic career spanning nearly 50 years, Lovejoy has advanced the education of students and global understanding of human...

(Warren, OH) Frank Lindsay, Kent State Trumbull’s Manager of Information Technology, has always been looking for ways to help others. When his father, Frank Lindsay, Sr., was losing his battle with cancer in 2000, he began admiring the work of hospice organizations and noticed how they made a difficult time a little more tolerable. With help from Lindsay’s wife, Heather, and friends Jennifer and Matt Durno, Rock4Reason was established in July 2016. What began as a series of fundraisers for Hospice of the Valley and the American Cancer Society, became a full-fledged 501c3 charitable organizati...

������ celebrated its newest graduates at its Spring 2017 Commencement ceremonies. In total, Kent State conferred 5,636 degrees, including 992 associate degrees, 3,319 bachelor’s degrees, 1,139 master’s degrees, 181 doctoral degrees and five educational specialist degrees.     ...

Two ������ students received Best in Show honors, as well as the Dean’s Choice Awards, during the April 20 ������ at Tuscarawas 13th annual Student Computer Designed Art Exhibition. The art expo was held at the Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts in New Philadelphia. Leslie Oakes won Best in Show for her artwork, Lucifer- The Fallen Angel. Oakes is a junior majoring in engineering technology with a concentration in computer design, animation and game design. Joseph Smith had two pieces of artwork win Best in Show, Tank and Robot. Smith is a senior pursuing a ...

The Destination Kent State (DKS) Registration and Advising program helps students transition and connect to the university. Research shows that students who successfully make a connection to the people and the university are more likely to persist to graduation. One intentional way that ������ seeks to connect with students is through their relationship with an exceptional group of students called Flashguides. Flashguides are Kent State’s version of orientation leaders, and they are selected through a lengthy multiphased interview process. The Flashguide position requires abunda...

A person’s genetic makeup influences how frequently he or she uses social media, according to research by Chance York, Ph.D., assistant professor in ������’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. York conducted the research by comparing survey responses between sets of fraternal and identical twins – an approach that has been widely used to study how political views, among other things, are influenced by genetic traits. He found that while both types of twins showed similarities in social media use when compared with one another, the correlation was stronger in identic...

The Burr Magazine, Kent State’s general interest student magazine, was named the best student magazine in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Kent State also earned national finalist status in two categories in SPJ’s annual national Mark of Excellence Awards competition. In each category, SPJ chooses one winner and up to two national finalists from student journalists’ submissions from across the United States. National Winner, Best Magazine The Fall 2016 issue of The Burr Magazine was named the national winner and best student magazine in the nation. Alumna N...

������’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative has received the 2017 Great Places Award in the Place Planning category from the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). The EDRA Great Places Awards recognize professional and scholarly excellence in environmental design and pay special attention to the relationship between physical form of the built environment and human activity or experience.  Each year, the association honors work in four categories: Place Design, Place Planning, Place Research and Book Award. The 2017 Place Planning Award specifically recogniz...

Some ������ architecture students are using their talents and skills to design more than brick and mortar; they are constructing hope for the furry friends that may not have much left. A group of Kent State architecture students formed a student organization they named “KSU Barkitecture.” They design and build environments for pets living in shelters, at no cost. The labor is free and the supplies and materials are purchased with the help of fundraisers. Despite the group’s name, its first project involved building an environment for cats at the Humane Society of Summ...