As Todd Diacon, Ph.D., steps into his new role as 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s 13th president, his schedule for his first day includes an early workout at the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center, a breakfast with community leaders at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Hotel and Conference Center and a luncheon on campus with student leaders. During the breakfast, President Diacon praised the city and business leaders of Kent for their authenticity in supporting the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø community, specifically in their support of parents and students. He also made mention of the city's caring approach to ...
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Anthropology Professor Contributes to Collaborative Research Project We’ve known for some time that heart disease is prevalent in captive gorilla populations and is a leading cause of death. This is why, in 2010, the Great Ape Heart Project based at Zoo Atlanta (www.greatapeheartproject.org) was formed. The project provides a network of clinical, pathologic and research strategies to aid in the understanding and treating of cardiac disease in all the ape species, with the ultimate goal of reducing cardiovascular-related mortalities and improving the health and welfare of great ap...
The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Board of Trustees on Wednesday unanimously approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-KSU), which represents tenured and tenure-track faculty. The agreement (including a memorandum of understanding for the 2018-19 year) covers a four-year period from Aug. 19, 2018, through Aug. 18, 2022. Members of the faculty union previously ratified the agreement during voting that took place June 5-9. The new agreement grants the union salary increases of 2%, retroactive to...
Every other Tuesday, student volunteers from the Campus Kitchen at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø prepare dinner for the residents of the Kentway Apartment Complex, a government-subsidized housing complex on East Summit Street in Kent. At 5 p.m., residents gather in the dining hall and volunteers serve the meal that is prepared from food donated by Trader Joe’s. When it is not a dinner night and volunteers are not cooking up grilled chicken, filet mignon or chicken noodle soup – some of the items that have graced the dinner menu – they set up a pop-up market where residents can...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Ann Womer Benjamin, J.D., of Aurora, Ohio, to the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Board of Trustees. Her appointment began June 21, 2019, and ends May 16, 2028. She fills the seat of Margot Copeland, whose term as a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø trustee recently expired. Ms. Womer Benjamin currently serves as mayor of the city of Aurora in Portage County, a position she has held since 2013 following two years as an at-large member of the Aurora City Council. Previously, she served as executive director of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education (NOCHE), a collaboration of coll...
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Every other Tuesday, student volunteers from the Campus Kitchen at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø prepare dinner for the residents of the Kentway Apartment Complex, a government-subsidized housing complex on East Summit Street in Kent. At 5 p.m., residents gather in the dining hall and volunteers serve the meal that is prepared from food donated by Trader Joe’s. When it is not a dinner night and volunteers are not cooking up grilled chicken, filet mignon or chicken noodle soup – some of the items that have graced the dinner menu – they set up a pop-up market where residents can...
Molly Merryman, Ph.D., the founding director of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and associate professor of sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured in a USA TODAY opinion piece which outlined black transgender women’s contributions to the LGBTQ movement. The article focused on how in the United States there is a continued discrimination against LGTBQ members of African descent despite their pivotal role in the advancement of the LGBTQ movement. Dr. Merryman provided additional insight revealing to USA TODAY that “there’s a ho...