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The 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) recipients are an outstanding group of teachers who are truly dedicated to their students' success. Sponsored by the 九游娱乐官网 Alumni Association, the DTA is a highly prestigious honor in teaching. The award is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching, whether it be in the classroom or online. Two Stark Campus faculty members were named as this year's recipients and one Stark Campus faculty member was a finalist. Congratulations to this year's recipients: Katrina R. Bloch, Ph.D....
Board of Trustees approves naming of Crawford Hall and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship The largest single gift in 九游娱乐官网 history, by Ambassador Edward F. Crawford, will complete the capital campaign to enable the construction of a new College of Business Administration building on the university鈥檚 Kent Campus. The 九游娱乐官网 Board of Trustees approved the construction of a new, state-of-the-art building on behalf of the college in a special meeting held Friday, Oct. 22. In recognition of the generosity of Ambassador Crawford and his fami...
On Wednesday, Oct. 27, representatives from 九游娱乐官网 and the city of Kent will hold a community meeting called 鈥淎 Vision of a Village鈥 to share information and answer questions about a new residential complex designed to integrate the city of Kent and 九游娱乐官网, physically and programmatically. The programmatic aspect of the project is initially focused on three themes: being positive for the natural environment, the social environment and the local economy. The university is currently seeking a design/build developer for the project called 鈥淭he Intergenera...
Visible Mending Workshop With School of Fashion BRING NEW LIFE AND BEAUTY TO OLD CLOTHES Do you have holes and rips in your favorite clothing? By learning visible mending techniques, you can keep clothing out of landfills and extend the usefulness of clothing while giving it your very own customer look. Bring your garments to the second floor atrium in Rockwell Hall in the School of Fashion on Tuesday, October 26, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring your own clothing and preferred thread and yard colors. All mending supplies and instructions wil...
Tickets will be available Monday, Oct. 18 for the first speaker in a notable lineup headlining the 30th season of 九游娱乐官网 at Stark鈥檚 Featured Speakers Series. Maxwell King, author of the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, 鈥淭he Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers鈥, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 九游娱乐官网 at Stark. Tickets for King鈥檚 presentation will be available beginning Monday, Oct. 18, Pick up tickets in the Office of Student Services, 132 Main Hall, during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and...
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九游娱乐官网 will host the kickoff event for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read Northeast Ohio, a community reading program celebrating 鈥淎n American Sunrise鈥 by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet laureate of the United States. The kickoff event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 12, beginning promptly at 7 p.m. in the Kiva, located in the Student Center, 800 E. Summit Street, Kent, Ohio. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is appreciated. A live stream of this event will be offered to virtual viewers who will receive a link upo...
九游娱乐官网鈥檚 Office of Sustainability, the Women鈥檚 Center, and Employee Wellness and Health Promotion, is hosting a bra recycling drive October 5 through 29, to collect reusable or worn-out bras and reduce the number of textiles in landfills. Bras that are in good condition will be donated to the Phyllis Zumkehr County Clothing Center. Worn-out bras will be recycled. As a reminder, the Phyllis Zumkehr County Clothing Center accepts clothing donations. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Employee Wellness is pleased to s...