Navigating the Transition from Peer to Supervisor
Moving into a leadership role is a natural progression in an employee’s career. Often this transition means that the new leader is now ‘in charge’ of people who were previously peers. Navigating this transition can be a challenge for anyone. This program is designed to help leaders make that transition go smoothly. Participants will explore aspects of leadership applicable to the situation as they identify actions to take as they step into their new role. The content is applicable for individuals new to leadership roles, as well as those with leadership experience who may take on a new leadership opportunity.
Â鶹´«Ã½'s College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted the FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier this past Saturday. FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics, sport like competition targeted for students in grade 7-12. The competition was a qualifying event for the FIRST Tech Challenge 2025 Robotics Season "Into the Deep." Four finalists were chosen to appear at the Ohio Championships in March. FIRST® Tech Challenge students work together with their mentors to design and build robots to compete in a dynamic and exciting challenge released every September. Teams program classroom-sc...
DuPontâ„¢ Vespel® parts and shapes, a leading specialty materials manufacturer in aerospace, became a Corporate Sponsor of Â鶹´«Ã½'s College of Aeronautics and Engineering in fall 2024, serving as title sponsor for the Design, Build, Fly Team.The company specializes in Precision Parts for the Aerospace industry to solve the toughest sealing, wear and friction challenges in mission-critical applications. DuPontâ„¢ introduced its Vespel® parts and shapes in the 1950s and have continued to innovate ever since. Vespel® Polymeric Parts and Shapes enable a multitude of design solutions for...
Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Bob and Ann Woolf Veteran Career Initiative received an “Excellence in Programming†award at the second annual Inter-University Council of Ohio’s Military Connected Student Symposium held on Feb. 11 at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium.This marks the first time Kent State was selected by the Inter-University Council of Ohio and the National Veterans Leadership Foundation for this recognition.Joshua Rider, executive director of the Center for Adult and Veteran Services, said the Veteran Career Initiative was selected based on its impact on student success and its collabora...
When Â鶹´«Ã½ alumna Aysia Kemp declared her major in the first semester of her sophomore year, she felt confident in her chosen path. Things didn’t start off that way, however. Kemp began her first year at Kent State as part of University College’s Exploratory Program. The pre-major program offers personalized advising, career assessments and workshops to help students find their passions and identify the path that best suits them. “I did want to attend school, but what really attracted me is that the Exploratory Program would help me with discovering what I wanted to do,†K...
Graduation Application Process for Certificates
Students nearing completion of their graduate certificate coursework are required to complete the online graduation application, available through FlashLine, by published deadlines. The online application is used for all degree and certificate programs. See our page on Applying to Graduation for more information.
With the release of the new 2025 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, Â鶹´«Ã½ has once again been awarded the prestigious R1 designation, recognizing Kent State as one of the top research universities in the nation. This esteemed classification, which the university first received in 2022, is a testament to Kent State’s commitment to excellence in research, innovation and scholarship.The R1 designation is the highest level of research activity for doctoral universities, placing Kent State among an elite group of institutions known for their significant con...