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�鶹��ý President Beverly Warren recently presented 13 Kent State faculty members with the 2017 President’s Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition in the faculty member’s discipline. “It is an absolute privilege to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of our faculty,” Warren said. “This awards program is an important part of the university’s vision to recognize the outstanding faculty work that contributes to the national distinction of our academic programs, and this year...

�鶹��ý at Salem again received the Tree Campus USA recognition by the Arbor Day Foundation, which acknowledges efforts to promote forest management, horticulture studies and conservation. To receive this distinction, Kent State Salem had to meet the Tree Campus USA’s five standards, providing detailed documentation for each standard. These include maintaining a tree advisory committee; having a campus tree-care plan; dedicating annual expenditures for its campus tree program; holding an Arbor Day observance; and leading a student service-learning project. The campus celebrated...

�鶹��ý at Salem recently recognized three employees with Campus Excellence Awards, recognizing exemplary teaching and service to the campus. Dr. Rachael Blasiman was recognized as the outstanding fulltime faculty member. She is an assistant professor of psychology and has taught on the Salem Campus for seven years. Her courses include general psychology, quantitative methods, research methods, biopsychology, perception, cognitive psychology and undergraduate research. Blasiman received her bachelor of science in biology from Mount Union University. She earned her master’s ...

�鶹��ý at Salem recognized the academic achievements of several students during its annual Student Awards Ceremony, as well as the contributions of faculty, staff and community partners. The awards and recipients are: Scholarship Awards Kent State Salem Advisory Board Scholarship:  Laken Anderson, Bobbi Fairbourn, Jacqueline Poteet, Tyler Stratton Kent State Alumni Scholarship: Savanna Sullivan Donna J. Sedzmak Student Survivor and Caregiver Scholarship: Brandon Boyle Joseph P. and Donna Sedzmak Accounting and Business Scholarship: Rebekah Kellner Mary Byers Howett S...

The No. 15 �鶹��ý women’s golf team won its 19th straight Mid-American Conference (MAC) Women’s Golf Championship on April 23 at the Silver Lake Country Club in Silver Lake, Ohio. The Golden Flashes, who have won every championship tournament put on by the MAC, won the tournament by 34 strokes. The tournament hosts posted a final score of 11-over par 875 (289-299-288). The closest team to the Golden Flashes was second-place Northern Illinois at 45-over par. Kent State’s four scorers made up the overall top four and were the only golfers in the field to finish within 10 strokes ...

�鶹��ý will celebrate its newest graduates at its Spring 2017 Commencement ceremonies. In total, Kent State will confer 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. The One University Commencement Ceremony will take place Saturday, May 13, at 10 a.m. in Dix Stadium. This ceremony will mark the first time all graduates from the eight-campus system are convened and honored in one ceremony. All Kent State students and their families will celebrate the occasion togethe...

Six students in the occupational therapy assistant (OTA) program at Kent State East Liverpool recently attended the American Occupational Therapy Assistant annual conference and Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia, during which attendees observed 100 years of occupational therapy. During the four days of the conference, the students and administrative staff members participated in educational sessions, a Centennial Bash and attended a ceremony that included a video presentation highlighting the historical milestones of the profession. Also attending the conference were Harriet Bynum, OTA ...

At the start of each semester, �鶹��ý sees an influx of new life coming to campus in the form of new students. Thanks to University Facilities Management, new life is always coming to campus in the form of new greenery, specifically new trees. On April 21, students and staff gathered behind Korb Hall to help add new life to campus as the Kent State grounds crew planted a New World Red Maple to honor Kent State’s commitment to tree care and environmental sustainability. “This is the ninth year we’ve participated in a tree planting and the ninth year we’ve partnered with ...

�鶹��ý's Child Development Center was selected by the Portage Park District for “Stewarding Future Environmentalists” at its 19th Annual Portage County Environmental Conservation Awards Benefit Dinner. The dinner will be held on Saturday, May 6, at the Kent American Legion Post 496. The Child Development Center was chosen for this award because the children, ages 18 months through kindergarten, focus on caring for the Earth through gardening, composting, recycling and cleaning up litter. “Caring for our environment, including plants and animals, is nurtured at our sc...

These days, consumers can buy the latest clothing trends quickly and inexpensively. But, critics say, this “fast fashion” can be detrimental to the environment. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 84 percent of unwanted clothes in the United States in 2012 went into either a landfill or an incinerator. The EPA also says the materials that the fast-fashion companies use cannot be composted, cause the greenhouse gas methane and directly affect climate change. Kent State sophomore fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler created her new clothing business, ...