G.E.A.R. Awards
We are excited to announce our second annual
G.E.A.R Awards!
Tuesday, March 18, 5- 7pm
Kent State Hotel and Conference Center
Join the ºÚÁÏÍø Women's Center, alumni and community members as we recognize and celebrate those in our community who are "turning the gears" toward gender equity through innovation, policy and outreach. Awards will be presented to faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members.
2025 G.E.A.R. Awards Nominees and Awardees.
Debbie Barber (Community): Retired, former President of League of Women Voters of Kent
Kelly Clary (Community): Community Organizer
Michele Criss (Staff): Assistant Director, Fraternity and Sorority Life
*Aislinn Foran (Student): Senior, Communications Studies Major, Public Relations Minor
Stephanie Gaskins (Staff): Manager, Course Reserves, University Libraries and Chair, Staff Council
Mallory Good (Student): Senior, Political Science Major
*Iris Harvey (Community): Retired, Former President and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio
Riley Hudson (Student): Senior, Communication Studies major, Women's Studies minor
Jasmine Jeffries (Student): Graduate Student, Sports Administration, Graduate Assistant, Athletics
Aimee Johnson (Staff): Costume Shop Supervisor, School of Theatre and Dance
Sonia Karkare (Staff): Program Coordinator, Women's Center
Heather Malarcik (Community): Executive Director, Main Street Kent
*Jennifer Marcinkiewicz (Faculty): Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Professor, Biological Sciences
Suzette McQueen (Staff): Deputy Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator, Athletics
Molly Merryman (Faculty): Associate Professor, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Founding Director, Women's Center
Tiera Moore (Alum): 'Former USG President and Current President of Kent City School District
John Paul Morabito (Faculty): Assistant Professor and Head of Textiles, School of Art
*Jennie O'Connell (Staff): Director, Center for SRVSS (Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services)
Cassie Pegg-Kirby (Staff): Director, Women's Center
*Yvette Roberts (Staff): Assistant Director, Center for SRVSS (Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services)
Sarah Robinson (Student): Graduate Student, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Graduate Assistant, Women's Center
*Elizabeth "Liz" Schmidt (Alum): Organizer, Ohio Equal Rights
Meghan Schwind (Staff): Assistant Director, LGBTQ+ Center
Bobbie Szabo (Alum): Assistant Director, Wright State Women's Center, Adjunct Faculty in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Kristin Williams (Community): Director of Student Success, Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College
*2025 Awardees
2024 G.E.A.R. Awards Nominees and Awardees.
Bekkah Berryhill (Staff): Grounds, University Facilities Management
*Charmaine Crawford (Faculty): Africana Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Emmanuel David (Student): Computer Science/Criminology, College of Arts and Sciences
Isobel Day (Alum): Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
*Haley Dees (Student): Aerospace Engineering, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
*Amy Densevich (Staff): Academic Services, Athletics
Judy Devine (Community): Athletics
Amoaba Gooden (Staff): Division of People Culture and Belonging
*Cathy Hackney (Community): AAUW (American Association of University Women)
Linda Hoeptner Poling (Faculty): Art, College of the Arts
*Suzanne Holt (Faculty): Women's Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Caitlin Kane (Faculty): Theatre, College of the Arts
Maureen McFarland (Staff): Academic Affairs, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
*Ruth Miller (Student): Aerospace Engineering, College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Nell Orndorf (Community): Indigenous Elder
Erica Pelz (Staff): Energy Operations, University Facilities Management
Cassie Pegg-Kirby (Staff): Women's Center, Division of Student Life
*Sohaela Rojas (Student): Fashion Merchandising, College of the Arts
Sherry Rose (Community): League of Women Voters
Jessica Roshak (Staff): Center for Student Involvement, Division of Student Life
Katie Schilling (Staff): Student-Athlete and Alumni Engagement, Athletics
Andrew Snyder (Staff): Outreach Program, College of Public Health
Jessie Starkey (Student): Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
*Cole Wojdacz (Alum): Public Health, College of Public Health
*2024 Awardees
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