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2010 4th Quarter News Releases

2010 President's Excellence Award Recipients at Kent State Announced The last week of classes in December brought good news to 11 Kent State University employees who were selected as the second group of recipients of the President’s Excellence Award.
- Posted Dec. 22, 2010
Kent State Hosts Community Celebration of Kwanzaa, Dec. 27 The Center of Pan-African Culture at Kent State University holds an open community celebration of Kwanzaa on Monday, Dec. 27, at 6 p.m. in the African Community Theatre located in Oscar Ritchie Hall room 230, on Terrace Drive in Kent, Ohio. The program is free and open to the public.
- Posted Dec. 22, 2010
Kent State Art Professors Each Receive $20,000 Arts Fellowship The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) of Cuyahoga County has awarded two Kent State University professors of art each with a $20,000 Creative Workforce Fellowship (CWF). Michael Loderstedt, MFA '85, School of Art Professor of Fine Art and Printmaking and Paul O'Keeffe, Professor of Fine Art and Sculpture, were two of twenty local artists to receive the award.
- Posted Dec. 21, 2010
Phased Closure of Allerton Apartments at Kent State to Begin in July 2011 Kent State University will begin a phased closure of the Allerton Apartment complex, starting this summer. Located on the southern edge of campus, the Allerton Apartment complex was constructed in two phases, completed in 1962 and 1966.
- Posted Dec. 21, 2010
Mary Ann Stephens Named New Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Mary Ann Stephens, psychology professor at Kent State University who has been serving as interim dean of Graduate Studies, has been officially named the university’s new Graduate Studies dean. She had been serving in the interim position since August 2009.
- Posted Dec. 21, 2010
Darrell Hazell Named Kent State Head Football Coach Kent State University Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen introduced Darrell Hazell as the Golden Flashes’ 20th head football coach at a Monday afternoon news conference.
- Posted Dec. 20, 2010
Kent State University Police Services Receives Accreditation Kent State University Police Services has received law enforcement accreditation for the sixth consecutive time since 1991 from the Commission on the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). Kent State Police Services also has been recognized as a Flagship Agency for an unprecedented third time.
- Posted Dec. 20, 2010
Kent State to Offer New Doctorate of Nursing Practice Degree Kent State University’s College of Nursing today announced approval from the Ohio Board of Regents to offer the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree, one of two terminal degrees in nursing.
- Posted Dec. 16, 2010
Ohio Employee Ownership Center Receives $500,000 Award The Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) recently announced that the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) based at Kent State University has been awarded $500,000 to be a partner in the department’s Early Warning Network. The purpose of the network is to avert layoffs and job loss in Ohio through timely intervention in at-risk companies.
- Posted Dec. 16, 2010
Summary of Kent State University Board of Trustees Actions At its Dec. 15 meeting, the Kent State University Board of Trustees took action on the following items.
- Posted Dec. 15, 2010
Kent State Students Display “Leading for Social Justice” Artwork Kent State University graduate students in Dr. Christa Boske’s “Leading for Social Justice” course, along with local artists, will host the “Can You See Me Now?” art show on Friday, Dec. 17, from 5:30 to
8:30 p.m. at the School of Art Gallery on the Kent State campus.
- Posted Dec. 15, 2010
VIDEOS: Kent State’s Fall Commencement Ceremonies Fall 2010 Commencement Ceremonies at Kent State University were held Thursday, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- Posted Dec. 15, 2010
Kent State Wins the Top Prize at the 2010 PRSA Cleveland Rocks Awards Kent State University took home two gold awards and the most coveted “Best of Show” award at this year’s Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Cleveland Rocks Awards. The university’s winning entries were for its work on the 40th commemoration of the May 4 shootings that occurred on the Kent State campus.
- Posted Dec. 10, 2010
Kent State Achieves Goal for University’s 2010 United Way Campaign Faculty, staff and students at Kent State University raised more than $160,000 for the 2010 Kent State United Way campaign, university officials announced today.
- Posted Dec. 9, 2010
Kent State Fashion School Director and Professor Win Artist of the Year The Kent State University School of Fashion Design and Merchandising announces that School Director J.R. Campbell and Associate Professor of Fashion Design Vincent Quevedo were collaboratively awarded the “International Artist of the Year” award at the 2010 Fashion Art Biennale in Seoul, South Korea, for their piece “DMZ,” which stands for demilitarized zone.
- Posted Dec. 8, 2010
ADVISORY: Board of Trustees Meeting, Dec. 15 The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 15.
- Posted Dec. 8, 2010
Research Provides Better Understanding of Changes in Climate System For more than a decade, Dr. Joseph Ortiz, associate professor of geology at Kent State University and part of an international team of National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers, has been studying long-term climate variability associated with El Niño.
- Posted Dec. 2, 2010
Gospel Choir and Step Team Perform Holiday Concert, Dec. 10
- Posted Dec. 1, 2010
"Holidays in the Planetarium" Presents Winter Skies, Dec. 17-18
- Posted Dec. 1, 2010
PR News Recognizes Kent State’s May 4 40th Commemoration Events The work behind this year’s 40th commemoration of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University earned the university a 2010 PR News’ Nonprofit PR Award in the event PR category and an honorable mention in the website category.
- Posted Nov. 30, 2010
Professor and Alumna Inducted Into the American Academy of Nursing The American Academy of Nursing recently selected 116 outstanding nurse leaders for induction as Fellows. Kent State University Professor of Nursing Carol Sedlak, director, nurse educator program, is one of the professionals who received the honor.
- Posted Nov. 30, 2010
Kent State Voted a Best Business School The Princeton Review, a publication of college rankings based on how students rank their schools, recognized the Kent State University's College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management as one of the top 300 outstanding educational institutions for business students.
- Posted Nov. 24, 2010
Kent State Translator Receives Funds to Spotlight Spanish Works Dr. Kelly Washbourne, associate professor of Spanish translation in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Kent State University, looks to language as a challenge. His curiosity about other cultures and languages has earned him a $25,000 Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
- Posted Nov. 22, 2010
Watch Video: Groundbreaking for New Regional Academic Center Kent State University, the second largest public university in Ohio, today marked its continuing commitment to providing students with pathways to affordable and accessible higher education with the groundbreaking of the new Kent State University Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, Ohio. To better serve the community with additional opportunities for growth, a new 44,000-square-foot, two-story building will be constructed in the heart of Twinsburg, accessible from I-480 off of Route 91.
- Posted Nov. 18, 2010
Kent State Fights Local Hunger with National Campus Kitchen Effort
- Posted Nov. 18, 2010
Kent State and University Circle Libraries Form Partnership The School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University has received a federal grant for $552,908 to create a unique educational partnership between the school and the myriad educational, medical and cultural institutions in the University Circle area of Cleveland.
- Posted Nov. 15, 2010
Media Advisory: Kent State Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg Kent State University, the second largest public university in Ohio, celebrates its new regional academic center in Twinsburg with a groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 18.
- Posted Nov. 15, 2010
Kent State University Police Seek Assistance Locating Suspects Kent State University Police are investigating a robbery that was reported on campus at 6:43 p.m. Saturday evening.
- Posted Nov. 13, 2010
College of EHHS Celebrates International Education Week, Nov. 15-19 Kent State University’s College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS) and its Gerald H. Read Center for International & Intercultural Education will hold the second annual Ten Thousand Villages fair to help celebrate International Education Week from Nov. 15 to 19. Hundreds of items, including handmade gifts, jewelry, home décor and artwork, from all over the world will be on sale in room 200 of White Hall.
- Posted Nov. 12, 2010
Professor Peter Tandy Collaborates on Physics Breakthrough Kent State physics professor Peter Tandy is part of a team of researchers that is challenging some established thinking in particle physics. Tandy collaborated with Stanley Brodsky a professor at Stanford University’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Robert Shrock, a professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University; and Craig Roberts, a senior physicist at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.

- Posted Nov. 10, 2010
Centennial Lecture Focuses on American Indian Philosophy, Nov. 16
- Posted Nov. 10, 2010
Professors Study Oldest Fossil Shrimp Preserved With Muscles Rodney Feldmann, professor emeritus, and Carrie Schweitzer, associate professor, from Kent State University’s Department of Geology report on the oldest fossil shrimp known to date in the world.
- Posted Nov. 9, 2010
Kent State Team Honored with Ohio Historic Preservation Award The Kent State University team responsible for the successful nomination of the site of the May 4, 1970, shootings to the National Register of Historic Places was recently honored with a 2010 Ohio Historic Preservation Merit Award. The awards are presented annually by the Ohio Historic Preservation Office.
- Posted Nov. 8, 2010
WKSU's Vivian Goodman Reports on Cleveland Orchestra in Asia The Cleveland Orchestra is packing its bags, ready to bring its music to Japan and South Korea. WKSU-FM Reporter/Producer Vivian Goodman is loading up her recording equipment and traveling along with the orchestra on Nov. 14 through 22 in order to send home stories about one of Northeast Ohio’s most-beloved institutions.
- Posted Nov. 8, 2010
Annual Veterans Day Program Held at Kent State Kent State University held its annual Veterans Day observance on Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 4 p.m. on Risman Plaza (the plaza in front of the Kent Student Center).
- Posted Nov. 4, 2010
Kent State Student Magazine Earns Highest Honor in Industry Kent State University student publication Fusion magazine earned a National Magazine Pacemaker Award from the Association of Collegiate Press (ACP) on Saturday, Oct. 30 in Louisville, Ky. Fusion is an award-winning magazine of Kent State’s Office of Student Media in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication that focuses on sexual minority and civil rights issues.

- Posted Nov. 3, 2010
Kent State PRSSA Wins Two National Awards The Kent State Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) recently received two national awards honoring its work with the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau and its outstanding relationship with the Akron Area Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA).
- Posted Oct. 29, 2010
Vietnamese Dignitaries to Visit Kent State on Nov. 1 On Monday, Nov. 1, Kent State University will host three visiting dignitaries from Vietnam in conjunction with an international collaborative art project that debuted in Kent in September.

- Posted Oct. 28, 2010
Wanda Thomas named Kent State’s New Associate Provost Dr. Wanda Thomas, who has served in the dual role of dean of the Regional College and dean of Kent State University at Trumbull since July of this year, will expand her role with Kent State’s Regional Campus system. As of Nov. 1, Thomas will serve as the university’s Regional College dean and associate provost for Kent State system integration.
- Posted Oct. 28, 2010
UNICEF Official to Speak at Kent State Nov. 9
- Posted Oct. 27, 2010
Group Endows LGBT Studies Scholarship at Kent State A local support, advocacy and education group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals has given $30,000 to endow a scholarship for students in Kent State University’s LGBT Studies minor.
- Posted Oct. 27, 2010
Kent State Library School Names Honored Alumni, Friends More than 80 alumni, faculty and friends of Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) gathered earlier this month in celebration of the annual Alumni and Friends Honors and Awards Dinner.
- Posted Oct. 27, 2010
Kent State Launches New iPhone Application At the start of October, the leaves changed, the air got crisper and the forces of technology and academics joined at Kent State University as it established its first iPhone application. This first phase of the project features Kent State news, events, university directory and map, as well as access to Kent State images and videos.
- Posted Oct. 25, 2010
Kent State Associate Vice President Receives Award for Book on Diversity in Higher Education A book on diversity in higher education co-authored by Alvin Evans, Kent State University’s associate vice president for Human Resources, has received the prestigious 2010 Kathryn G. Hansen Publication Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR).
- Posted Oct. 22, 2010
Kent State Hosts Girl Scouts for College Preview Day on Nov. 6 Kent State University is calling all Girl Scouts as the university hosts a college preview day on Saturday, Nov. 6.
- Posted Oct. 22, 2010
Kent State Football to Square Off Against Alabama in 2011 Kent State University and the University of Alabama announced on Oct. 20 that the schools have signed a contract to meet on the gridiron in 2011. The Golden Flashes will travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to face the Crimson Tide on Saturday, Sept. 3, in the season opener for both teams.
- Posted Oct. 21, 2010
Researchers Discover New Phenomenon Involving Liquid Crystals A team of researchers at Kent State University have discovered a new version of a widely used scientific technique. The technique is electrophoresis — in which an applied electric field is used to move particles dispersed in a fluid — and the new idea is to use a liquid crystal as the carrier fluid. The result is increased versatility, which may lead to new uses in display technologies, microfluidic devices and other applications.

Oleg Lavrentovich, director of Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Institute, collaborated with Kent State graduate student Israel Lazo and Oleg Pishnyak, a former Kent State graduate student who is now a senior scientist at Kent Displays, Inc. Their findings are published in the Oct. 21 edition of Nature, an international weekly journal of science.
- Posted Oct. 20, 2010
Kent State Prepares for Roe Green Center Grand Opening, Nov. 6 Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance is preparing for the official grand opening of the new Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance on Saturday, Nov. 6.
- Posted Oct. 20, 2010
Time Warner Cable Sponsors Kent State University Museum’s “Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen” Kent State University Museum is pleased to welcome Time Warner Cable as a major corporate sponsor for its newly opened exhibition “Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen.” The exhibit, which runs until Sept. 4, 2011, is drawn from Hepburn’s personal collection of performance clothes given to the museum by her estate in 2008 and features stage and film costumes, as well as apparel Hepburn wore for publicity purposes.
- Posted Oct. 18, 2010
Kent State’s College of Public Health Launches Speaker Series Kent State University’s College of Public Health is launching a speaker series with the first inaugural speaker scheduled for noon on Wednesday, Oct. 27, in Kent State’s Moulton Hall Ballroom. The first featured speaker is Susan J. Bondy, an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
- Posted Oct. 18, 2010
Kent State Honors College Student Named 2010 Portz Scholar Kent State University senior Honors thesis writer Molly MacLagan has been named a 2010 Portz Scholar by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) for her thesis, “Early English Theatre: A Practical Guide” written under the direction of Dr. Don-John Dugas, associate professor in Kent State’s Department of English.
- Posted Oct. 15, 2010
Kent State Ranked Second Largest University in Ohio Kent State University now ranks the second largest public university in the state of Ohio, moving up a spot from the number three position it had previously held.
- Posted Oct. 15, 2010
Researchers from Kent State Say Practice Tests Improve Memory Although most people assume that tests are a way to evaluate learning, a wealth of research has shown that testing can actually improve learning, according to two researchers from Kent State University. Dr. Katherine Rawson, associate professor in Kent State’s Department of Psychology, and former Kent State graduate student Mary Pyc publish their research findings in the Oct. 15, 2010, issue of the journal Science.
- Posted Oct. 14, 2010
Kent State Trustee Woods Named to National Board of Directors Kent State University Trustee and Chair-elect Jacqueline F. Woods has been named to the board of directors of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), the country’s premier authority on higher-education governance.
- Posted Oct. 14, 2010
Fifth Annual Entrepreneurship Extravaganza, Nov. 4-5 Kent State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation presents the fifth annual Entrepreneurship Extravaganza on Thursday, Nov. 4, and Friday, Nov. 5. The event will include several workshops, panel discussions and speakers, allowing attendees to learn from experienced entrepreneurs about launching and accelerating their businesses.
- Posted Oct. 14, 2010
Lecture Series Includes U.S. Department of Education Official Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education for the U.S. Department of Education Andre Lewis will be speaking at Kent State University on Oct. 28.
- Posted Oct. 13, 2010
Peace Corps Official Visits Kent State University
- Posted Oct. 13, 2010
Kent State to Retire Joshua Cribbs’ Number "9" Long before Joshua Cribbs was a two-time Pro Bowl selection for the Cleveland Browns, he was rewriting the Kent State University record books. In recognition of his outstanding career with the Golden Flashes, Kent State’s Athletic Department will retire the number “9” at a halftime ceremony of the Oct. 30 game against Ball State.
- Posted Oct. 12, 2010
Kent State Welcomes Five Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellows Kent State University will host five new international students as part of the U.S. Department of State's Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program.
- Posted Oct. 11, 2010
Local Authors to Speak About Why Immigrants Are Driving the New Economy
- Posted Oct. 11, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY: Kent State to Make Special Announcement Tuesday, Oct. 12, in Cleveland Kent State is holding a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 12, to make a special announcement regarding former Kent State Golden Flashes standout Joshua Cribbs.
- Posted Oct. 7, 2010
Mid-American Conference Presents Cartwright Award to Kent State University The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced the presentation of the Cartwright Award to Kent State University for its program excellence in academics, athletics and citizenship during the 2009-10 school year.
- Posted Oct. 7, 2010
Kent State Receives $1 Million Grant from Department of Energy Three Kent State University professors recently received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a molecular analysis of carbon consumption. The three-year grant, awarded by the DOE’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research, will provide funding of $1,075,638 for the project.
- Posted Oct. 7, 2010
Kent State Celebrates Homecoming 2010 Homecoming 2010 is here! Join the Kent State University community as the excitement builds leading up to this weekend's festivities.
- Posted Oct. 6, 2010
Kent State Names Jeff Moelich as New Goodyear Executive Professor Kent State University has named former Eaton Corporation executive Jeff Moelich as the new Goodyear Executive Professor. The Goodyear Executive Professorship was established at Kent State's College of Business Administration and Graduate School of Management in 1973 by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
- Posted Oct. 6, 2010
Travel Advisory Information The Office of International Affairs and the Provost at Kent State University would like to make you aware of the recent U.S. State Department’s travel advisory for Europe.
- Posted Oct. 4, 2010
Kent State Police Officer Receives CIT Officer of the Year Award Kent State University Police Officer Jeff Futo received the 2010 Campus Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Officer of the Year Award. The award was presented by Attorney General Richard Cordray last month at CIT Advanced Training Conference in Columbus, Ohio.
- Posted Oct. 4, 2010
Chaya Kessler Named Director of Kent State’s Jewish Studies Program The Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University is under new leadership this fall. Chaya Kessler has assumed the position as director of the program in addition to teaching courses in elementary and intermediate Hebrew as well as introduction to Jewish Studies.
- Posted Oct. 4, 2010
Liquid Crystal Day 2010 Takes Place Oct. 8 Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute and Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program invite you to attend Liquid Crystal Day 2010, “Liquid Crystals With Biological Relevance” on Friday, Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Posted Oct. 4, 2010
Kent State Bowman Cup 5k Race Celebrates 10 Years Nearly a decade ago, organizers of Kent State University’s Homecoming celebration laid the groundwork for a race that has now become a staple in the day’s activities. Kicking off the festivities again this year, the 10th Annual Bowman Cup 5k Race has been infused with several new additions reflective of past traditions.

The race, named after former Kent State President Dr. George Bowman, will be held Saturday, Oct. 9 at 8 a.m. It begins and ends at the Kent State Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC), 1550 Ted Boyd Dr., and utilizes the same course it has for the past three years, although this year marks the first time the route has been certified by the USA Track & Field organization as an official 5k distance.
- Posted Oct. 1, 2010