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KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MAY 4 50TH COMMEMORATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES SIGNATURE EVENTS FOR THE WEEKEND OF MAY 1-4
After months of planning, 聚色阁鈥檚 May 4 50th Commemoration Advisory Committee has released details of programs scheduled for the 50th Commemoration of the May 4, 1970, shootings at 聚色阁. The commemoration represents a significant milestone in the history and legacy of May 4, 1970.
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聚色阁鈥檚 Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAVS) has been selected as the outstanding undergraduate program for adult learners by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, a leading professional association in student affairs.
聚色阁 College of Nursing Launches Redesigned Ph.D. in Nursing Program
聚色阁鈥檚 College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020.
NPR's Eric Deggans to Discuss Media's Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics at Spring Lecture
The David and Janet Dix Lecture in Media Ethics returns for its second year and will host National Public Radio's Eric Deggans. He will be delivering a talk entitled "Building Bridges, Not Walls: Decoding Media's Confusing Coverage of Race, Gender, Culture and Politics," at 7:00 p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, February 11, 2020.
Swinging Success! Lisa Strom Puts the Nation On Notice
Lisa Strom says her immediate impact in her first year as 聚色阁 Women's Golf Coach has been a blur, but her team's overwhelming success is quite clear.
Devoted Geography Professor at 聚色阁 Ashtabula Wins Outstanding Teaching Award
Katherine Amey spent six years helping students overcome their own academic and scientific insecurities and leading them to success. This dedication led Amey to earn one of 2019's Outstanding Teaching Awards.
聚色阁 Research Review: Fertile Ground
The National Institutes of Health thinks Aleisha Moore, Ph.D., is onto something in her study of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; the agency recently awarded her its most prestigious research training grant, a K99/R00 鈥淧athway to Independence Award鈥濃攁 first for 聚色阁.
聚色阁 Honors 2020 Diversity Award Recipients
As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, 聚色阁 has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.
A Professor鈥檚 Passion and Respect Earns the Distinguished Teaching Award
Encouraging. Respectful. Challenging. These themes emerge from numerous student nomination letters about Patrick L. Gallagher, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish, which led to him being named a winner of the Distinguished Teaching Award. Judging by his reaction, we can add 鈥渉umble鈥 to the list of themes.
Melissa Harris-Perry Serves as Keynote Speaker at 聚色阁鈥檚 Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
On Friday, Jan. 24, members of the 聚色阁 community and the general public gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The university鈥檚 annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration started at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year鈥檚 keynote speaker was Melissa Harris-Perry, Ph.D., the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, television host, author and political commentator.