Media Contact: James Lee Ohio EPA Director Craig W. Butler presented 18 Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Awards today at the Sustainability Conference in Columbus. Ohio’s E3 Program recognizes businesses, nonprofits and government agencies for going above and beyond compliance with requirements while demonstrating environmental excellence. This is the first year awarding our fourth level of recognition, Platinum Level, which recognizes organizations that have expanded their environmental programs beyond their own facility to make a positive impact on the surrounding community. ...
The School of Communication Studies debuted its new and expanded space in Taylor Hall with a series of events for students, alumni, faculty and community members. More than 330 people attended! See more photos at https://www.flickr.com/…/kentcomms…/albums/72157687461025673. ...
Theodore Albrecht, Ph.D., professor of musicology in Â鶹´«Ă˝â€™s Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, has been awarded the Beethoven Medal in recognition of his musicological contributions to the study of composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Dr. Albrecht received the award during the International Beethoven-Days 2017 in Baden, Bad Voeslau and Vienna, an annual, weeklong music festival and conference held in Austria. The award was presented by festival director Eduard Melkus, violinist and conductor, on Aug. 27 at the House of Art in Baden. The certificate accompanying the medal reads "B...
Each year, Â鶹´«Ă˝ honors full-time, nontenure track and part-time faculty members who are nominated by their students and peers for being among the most dedicated, highly effective and motivated professors at the university. The Outstanding Teaching Award is presented by the University Teaching Council. The three award recipients will be honored at the University Teaching Council’s Celebrating College Teaching conference luncheon and awards ceremony on Oct. 20. This year’s finalists for the Outstanding Teaching Awards are: Elizabeth Carr, The Fashion School Elizabet...
Hurricane Relief Supply Drive OCT. 1 - 20, 2017 Take the opportunity to contribute to Kent State's Hurricane Relief Supply Drive by donating much-needed supplies to provide comfort and support to communities across the southern United States affected by recent hurricanes and subsequent floodwaters. Your contributions will go a long way toward making sure individuals and families get back on the road to recovery. The Geauga Campus in Burton and the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg are participating in the Â鶹´«Ă˝ and Community Partners Hurricane Relief Supply Drive ...
Each year on Oct. 1, universities nationwide are required to disseminate a summary of reported crimes on or near campus. The Annual Security Reports for all Â鶹´«Ă˝ campuses outline three-year statistics on several different crimes from motor vehicle theft and weapons violations to drug violations and sexual assault. Kent State continues to be one of the nation’s safest campuses. In June 2017, the Kent Campus was named the 11th Safest Campus in the Nation and the safest campus in Ohio by the Council for Home Safety and Security. The university remains firmly committed to the hea...
Each year, DesignIntelligence honors excellence in education and education administration by naming 25 exemplary professionals in these fields. The 2017-2018 class of education role models were selected by DesignIntelligence staff with extensive input from thousands of design professionals, academic department heads, and students. Educators and administrators from each of the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture are considered for inclusion. Jill Lahrmer, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design “Well known for her extensiv...
Yosh Hakutani, Ph.D., Department of English, organized and chaired a session, “Lynching and Modern American Fiction,” and presented “The Genesis of the Chicago Renaissance: The Wright-Dreiser Tradition” at the American Literature Association conference in Boston, May 25-28, 2017. For the annual conference of the Yone Noguchi Society, he gave the keynote address “Yone Noguchi, Ezra Pound, and Imagism” at International Christian University in Tokyo on July 1, 2017. ...
Yanhai Du, Ph.D., A. Maar and K. Zhao, Ph.D., authored “Development of Advanced Ceramic Fuel Cells using Additive Manufacturing Technology (I): Design and Modeling” in Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Nanostructured and Multifunctional Materials III: Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings, Editors: M. Fukushima and A. Gyekenyesi, V.37 (5), pp.74-80, (ISBN-13: 9781119321705), 2017. ...
In response to numerous requests from within the university community, the Division of Human Resources is sponsoring the Â鶹´«Ă˝ and Community Partners Hurricane Relief Supply Drive from Oct. 1-20. You can donate much-needed supplies to provide comfort and support to communities across the south affected by recent hurricanes and subsequent floodwaters. Your contributions will go a long way toward making sure individuals and families get back on the road to recovery. Please donate only the items listed below. Collection items needed: ...