Dean Tondiglia of Stow, Ohio, has been named Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s new chief of police. Prior to leading Kent State Police Services, Tondiglia most recently served as the university’s assistant chief of police and associate director of public safety. He will retain the associate director of public safety title. Tondiglia was sworn in today by John Peach, Kent State’s director of public safety and now former police chief who after 45 years with the university, 33 of which as police chief, is turning over the police chief position to Tondiglia. Peach will remain in his role as director of pub...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Â鶹´«Ã½ Scholarships for Broadening Participation in the Sciences Program with funding to annually provide 21 scholarships of $5,000 each for undergraduate students. The scholarship program, led by Committee Chair Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., Kent State professor of computer science, was started in 2007 and is designed to assist financially disadvantaged students who show promise in the sciences by enabling them to pursue a full-time program of study that can be completed in four years. The program also is designed to increase di...
School of Visual Communication Design
The School of Visual Communication Design recently welcomed Daphne Firos to its faculty. Firos, whose background is in both architecture and graphic design, will teach students three-dimensional "form building and the integration of type and image in projects that range from packaging to environmental graphics." "My focus both professionally and at the VCD is 3D design, and therefore I'm really looking forward to teaching students about this challenging part of the field and helping them develop their individual voice," Firos said. "I am also happy to have the opportunity to work with Pr...