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Octavia Spencer attends a special screening of "Gifted" at the New York Institute of Technology on Thursday, April 6, 2017, in New York.

Commencement keynote speaker Octavia Spencer to receive $100,000

Benjamin VanHoose April 19, 2017

Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, recently revealed as the keynote speaker for next month's commencement ceremony, will receive $100,000 for the speaking engagement.According to the contract,...

Faculty Senate discusses university community topics

Megan Ayscue March 13, 2017

Kent State's Faculty Senate held a meeting Monday to discuss various important topics relating to the university community. The Faculty Senate elected Cynthia Kristof as senate representative for the...

President Beverly Warren talks to students in the TV2 Studio after an interview with Kent State Student Media on Friday, April 29, 2016.

President Warren: ‘I’ll be at graduation’

Ian Flickinger and Ian Klein April 29, 2016

TV2 News: President Warren Interview from KentWired.com on Vimeo.Kent State President Beverly Warren returned for a final interview just three weeks after announcing she had been diagnosed with breast...

Members of campus union AFSCME and student organization USAS picket outside the M.A.C. Center on May 1, 2015, as President Beverly Warren is inaugurated inside. The Board of Trustees and AFSCME both accepted a report from a fact-finder Thursday, bringing a successful end to the negotiation process and preventing campus workers from potentially going on strike.

Kent State, AFSCME reach collective bargaining agreement

Emily Mills June 4, 2015

Kent State and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 153 reached an agreement Thursday, preventing a potential strike from campus workers, including custodians...