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Under Ken Ditlevson’s leadership, the LGBTQ Student Center has never turned away a student. Not only that, with Mr. Ditlevson at the helm, LGBTQ+ students flourish in the open and welcoming environment. With increased scholarship funding, the center has transformed from a walk-in closet to a fully functional office space equipped with everything necessary for students to learn, connect and thrive. Mr. Ditlevson has raised awareness within ����ֱ�� State and the surrounding LGBTQ+ community by advocating for and fostering diversity, equity and inclusion related to sexual orientation, gender ...

KENT, Ohio – MBA graduates from ����ֱ�� State University’s College of Business Administration report success in both academic and professional endeavors, according to survey by The Princeton Review. The College of Business Administration has again been named an outstanding business school and is one of 252 business schools to have its on-campus MBA program profiled in The Princeton Review’s 2019 annual business school rankings. "We recommend ����ֱ�� State as one of the best to earn an MBA,” said Robert Franek, Princeton Review Editor-in-Chief. “We chose the 252 on-campus MBA programs schools ...

Anyone who has taken an anatomy and physiology course understands how challenging all of the required memorization can be. However, according to Daniela Popescu, M.D., Ph.D., “I always encourage my students to be enthusiastic about learning new things, to understand the rationale behind various complex physiological mechanisms, and to find the beauty in the complexity of the anatomy and physiology of the human body.” With an M.D. degree from Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Bucharest, Romania), and a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology from Vanderbilt University, Dr. Popescu appli...

Not long ago, multitasking was considered a virtue among productive members of this connected society. If you could simultaneously juggle incoming texts, emails, social media posts, home life, work life and university life, you were a success. Now, evidence shows that a lifestyle characterized by such a frenetic pace of fragmented attention leads to mounting stress, anxiety, forgetfulness, distraction, and lackluster productivity.   Enter Mindfulness, a meditation-based approach to life and education, defined by Ludmila Leontieva, Ph.D., KSU-Geauga assistant professor in economics, as ...

“The Respiratory Therapy program at ����ֱ�� State Ashtabula was impressive and prepared me extremely well for the job in the real world." - Jake Lines '15 The Respiratory Therapy program at ����ֱ�� State University at Ashtabula is hard to beat. While many students are graduating from colleges across the country only to discover the painful reality that there are no jobs for them, ����ֱ�� State Ashtabula has a better story tell: 100% of RT students in the Fall 2018 class have jobs waiting for them after they graduate. They are excited about their future and say the program at ����ֱ�� State Ashtabul...

With military flanking the Kiva building entryway and flags lining the Risman Plaza lawn, the community gathered in the Kiva auditorium for ����ֱ�� State University’s annual Veteran’s Day Commemoration on Nov. 8, 2018. The event, which began at 11:11 a.m. in honor of Veteran’s Day month and date, featured ����ֱ�� State’s ROTC members with the presentation of the colors, and Momentum student acapella group singing the national anthem as the audience stood at attention. Renee Romine, director for training and organizational development, introduced the event. Ms. Romine is a veteran herself, previous...

����ֱ�� State University employees will receive their new Medical Mutual of Ohio insurance ID cards during the second and third week of December. Faculty and staff with questions regarding their benefit plans for 2019 may contact the University Benefits Office at 672-3107 or benefits@kent.edu. ...

Sustainability improvements and increased weather observations are the focuses of two new grants the ����ֱ�� State University Airport received this year to purchase one of their top wish-list items and replace another. The airport received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant of $309,375 for a weather observation system reporting station and a $51,399 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for new ground equipment. The automated weather observation system (AWOS) senses wind speed, gusts and direction in degrees of the compass, temperature, dew point, altimeter settings...