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The future implications of Transformation 2028 (T28) for university students, faculty and staff

Lauren Bischof and Michael Neenan November 7, 2024

Transformation 2028 aims to level set costs in the Division of Academic Affairs by realigning programs and reducing administrative costs through a reconfiguration of the university’s colleges. “There’s...

Meet the USG Candidates

Blake Westover, Reporter Ashley Blood, Reporter Lindsey Vlasic, Reporter March 15, 2021

Undergraduate student government elections for the 2021-22 school year will be held on March 16 and 17. Twenty-three candidates filed their petitions to campaign for open positions. The candidates began...

As the meeting was held on International Women’s Day, Tankersley invited all female-identifying meeting participants to turn on their cameras for recognition. “I want to especially recognize the amazing women of Kent State who change the world every single day through their scientific breakthroughs, their creations and innovations, their support of one another, instruction of students, their work and communities and agencies all to better our society,” Tankersley said. 

Faculty Senate brings updates on fall 2021 semester, class scheduling

Emma Andrus, Reporter Kaitlyn Finchler, Reporter March 8, 2021

University officials released plans and hopes to move to fully in-person classes and experiences as early as the spring of 2022, Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley said in the Faculty...

In Foust Elementary, classrooms are set up to accommodate physical distancing standards on Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 in Greensboro, N.C. Between classrooms, are movable walls and dividers since the school was originally integrated with students from multiple grades in one class. [Abby Gibbs/The News & Record].

The battle over schools reopening heats up. What are the facts?

08 FEB 21, By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, CNN February 8, 2021

(CNN) -- As the Biden administration works to speed up the country's Covid-19 response, reopening schools has become one of the primary benchmarks of recovery. Across the country as vaccines are being...

Faculty union, administration select fact-finder for contract negotiations

Lauren Sasala February 7, 2019

The faculty union and Kent State administration have chosen a fact-finder to try and reach an agreement over contract negotiations.In an email sent to members of the Kent chapter for the American Association...

Mary Parker

Q&A with Mary Parker, the new VP of enrollment management

Lauren Sasala January 27, 2019

Editor’s note: Some changes have been made to the transcript for clarity.The following is a Q&A with Mary Parker, the first vice president of enrollment management for Kent State, who started this...

Our View: It’s good to talk

April 26, 2015

Summary: Students are working together to address issues that concern them, and administrators are beginning to respond. We think it’s important for conversations to remain constructive and civil in...

Kent State president-elect Dr. Beverly Warren waves to fans at the Kent State vs. Ohio University basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2013. Warren's presidency will become effective in July, replacing outgoing President Lefton.

Student excitement surrounds Warren’s presidential tenure

Jimmy Miller January 21, 2014

Roslynn Porch embraced Kent State’s president-elect Beverly Warren after the two discussed what changes the Black United Students president wanted to see on Kent’s campus.“For a 15 minute conversation,...

Faculty, staff reconnect at informal club

Marissa Barnhart January 20, 2014

E. Gay Lindsay, an emeritus professor of nursing, has attended 10 to 15 faculty club meetings during her time at Kent State.Lindsay, now a senior specialist assistant in faculty affairs, said she looked...