New and Familiar Faces

New Face

Job Description:

Senior Executive Officer of the College of Public Health

Worked at KSU since:

July 2010

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Likes Most About Kent State University:

ENTHUSIASM expressed by faculty, staff and students

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

Thrill and challenge of being the founding dean of a new college at a renowned university

Resides in:

Peninsula, Ohio

Hometown:

Taylorville, Illinois

Education:

Ph.D., immunoparasitology, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
Master of Science, zoology, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science, zoology, University of Wisconsin/Madison

Hobbies:

Travel, NBA basketball, fine dining/gourmet cooking

Familiar Face

Job Description:

I assist the school director with personnel issues, I buy tons of instructional supplies for our classes and I oversee daily functions of the school office.

Worked at KSU since:

March 1981

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Self-employed in agri-business

Likes Most About Kent State University:

The students and the many friends I have been privileged to make here!

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

I really like being able to assist students in some small way – they are truly our mission and they are so much more important than profit in some corporate bottom line! Also, Kent State is an excellent employer.

Resides in:

Akron, Ohio

Hometown:

Hartville, Ohio

Education:

Attended Kent State as a business major

Hobbies:

Gardening, music, and trying to get Billy Crystal to make City Slickers a trilogy, and cast me in it! (This is not going very well!) Meanwhile, I’m a lifetime horsewoman!