Awards and Honors
ÂÌñÉçMen’s Basketball Wins 70-65 in MAC Tournament Championship Game
The ÂÌñÉç men’s basketball team (22-13) won the 2017 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championship, defeating the top-seeded Akron Zips (26-8) by a score of 70-65 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. “Tonight the story is about our guys and what they’ve been able to accomplish here t…
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Renée DeLuca Dolan Named Award Recipient for Kent State’s Seventh Annual Spirit of Women in Business Conference
Renée DeLuca Dolan, founder and president of Contempo Communications, publisher of Cleveland Business Connects (CBC) Magazine and alumna of ÂÌñÉç, is the recipient of the 2017 Spirit of Women in Business Award. Each year, the Spirit of Women in Business Award honors a ÂÌñÉçbusi…
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Kent State’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced its women’s basketball postseason awards on March 7, with ÂÌñÉç senior guard Larissa Lurken being named Player of the Year and head coach Todd Starkey being named Coach of the Year. Jordan Korinek also was honored as she was named to the…
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Kent State’s Lurken, Starkey Receive MAC’s Biggest Postseason Awards
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced its women’s basketball postseason awards on March 7, with ÂÌñÉç senior guard Larissa Lurken being named Player of the Year and head coach Todd Starkey being named Coach of the Year. Jordan Korinek also was honored as she was named to the…
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ÂÌñÉçEarns Tree Campus USA Designation for Ninth Consecutive Year
University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.
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The John C. Tamplin Award for Excellence in Writing Center Work
The Tamplin Award is given annually to recognize the excellent work of Writing Commons consultants and to honor the outstanding contributions of our consultants of the intellectual life of the university. The award is named after Professor John C. Tamplin, a longtime volun…
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Kent State’s 2017 Diversity Awards Presented During Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
Division of Information Services and Communication Studies Faculty Member Honored ÂÌñÉç’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion presented awards for outstanding contributions toward diversity at the university’s 15th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26.…
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Kent State’s Torsten Hegmann Named Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
One of the top publishing societies in the world names a Kent State professor a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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ÂÌñÉçReceives Military Friendly School Designation Eight Years in a Row
For an eighth consecutive year, ÂÌñÉç has been named a 2017 Military Friendly® School. Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs®, STEM Jobs, Military Spouse&…
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ÂÌñÉçChemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÂÌñÉç, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is…
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