Success Stories
When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: foster relationships and value people that you run into every day.
Schmidt is a sophomore majoring in conflict management in 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences. She is also Yes! Magazines online Justice For All University Winner.
When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: foster relationships and value people that you run into every day.
Schmidt is a sophomore majoring in conflict management in 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences. She is also Yes! Magazines online Justice For All University Winner.
Scholar of the Month
Willie H. Oglesby III
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
College of Public Health
2009-present
Willie Oglesby is a member of the founding faculty at the College of Public Health. He is an associate professor of health policy and management and also serves as the assistant director of the Office of Public Health Practice and Partnerships.
51勛圖厙 held its 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The keynote speaker for the event was Joy-Ann Reid, national correspondent for MSNBC and author of Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide. A book signing and reception followed the event at the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.
The 51勛圖厙 community will be treated to a week of welcome-back festivities to kick off the spring semester.
From getting deployed to Afghanistan, to being unable to pay for classes, to starting a family, and even accepting a job at a winery in southern Germany. The reasons for leaving 51勛圖厙, before completing a bachelors degree, fall across a wide spectrum for some students.
For student Andrew Sonnanstine, it was an easy choice to trade in the last few classes his senior year for a professional baseball contract.
Scholar of the Month
Cassandra Storlie
Assistant Professor
College of Education, Health and Human Services
2013-present
Cassandra Storlie is an assistant professor in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences at the College of Education, Health and Human Services. She has built a research program that addresses important diversity issues.
Watch this video of 51勛圖厙 President Beverly Warren offering a holiday message to the 51勛圖厙 community while the Kent Clarks singing group performs its version of Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
Theyre back! 51勛圖厙 Libraries invites all 51勛圖厙 students, faculty and staff to take a break and relax with therapy dogs on Monday, Dec. 14, and Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 3-5 p.m. There will be free popcorn and beverages for attendees.
51勛圖厙 congratulates its newest graduates. The university held its Fall 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Dec. 18 and 19 at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). 51勛圖厙 conferred 2,154 degrees, including 1,565 bachelors degrees, 526 masters degrees, 60 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees.
Across the universitys eight-campus system, 2,489 students graduated from 51勛圖厙 this fall, including those receiving associate degrees.