New and Familiar Faces

New Face

Job Description:

I provide a variety of secretarial, office coordination and administrative tasks for Advancement Operations. This includes helping my supervisor maintain and monitor the development budget, manage appointment and travel schedules, and assist with special projects and events.

Worked at KSU since:

August 2014

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Cleveland Clinic (Independence Family Health Center)

Likes Most About Kent State University:

Everyone in Institutional Advancement is dynamic and enthusiastic. I’m looking forward to learning a lot from this department.

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

The opportunities for personal and professional growth and development, as well as the diverse academic community.

Resides in:

North Canton, Ohio

Hometown:

Alliance, Ohio

Education:

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts from Allegheny College

Hobbies:

Running, reading, music, binge watching TV shows and playing with my boyfriend’s golden retriever

Familiar Face

Job Description:

As director of the Fashion School, I help build and communicate the vision for fashion education and research to position the Fashion School as one of the top fashion schools in the United States. The school’s mission is to “inspire creative and resourceful fashion leaders.”

Worked at KSU since:

July 2009

Employment Prior to Kent State University:

Director of research, Centre for Advanced Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art; assistant, then associate professor, textiles and clothing, Iowa State University; taught at FIDM, The Academy of Art and the Art Institutes International, San Francisco

Likes Most About Kent State University:

The entrepreneurial spirit, mixed with the impetus to work hard and try things differently

Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:

Strong fashion school with the opportunities to continue to build partnerships with business, the arts, Liquid Crystal Institute, etc.

Resides in:

Kent, Ohio

Hometown:

Byron, California

Education:

PgCert in Ph.D. Supervision for degrees in art and design, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of the Arts, London; M.F.A. in textile art and costume design and B.S. in environmental design, University of California at Davis

Hobbies:

I am a singer-songwriter, digital fashion artist and enthusiastic bicyclist.