The Graduate Dean’s Award Reception will be hosted in Cartwright Hall’s second floor auditorium Thursday evening from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.

The annual award, according to Graduate Studies’ website, “is a reflection of the wide range of students and disciplines at Kent State.”

Graduate Studies presents the award to 10 students beginning graduate school fall 2013. The students will receive $5000 to be divided over two years in addition to a full-time graduate assistantship stipend.

The award, according to Graduate Studies, “promotes diversity of views, experience and ideas in the pursuit of research, scholarship and creative excellence within graduate education at Kent State University.”

The reception will also celebrate last year’s 11 recipients.

Contact Bruce Walton at [email protected].