Awards and Honors
LaunchNET Celebrates with Awards & Expo
The university and local community are invited to join LaunchNET as we celebrate the success of ÂÌñÉçentrepreneurs! Over 1,200 students, faculty/staff and alumni from across the university have participated in the NEOLaunchNET program at ÂÌñÉç. Many of these innovators …
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ÂÌñÉçReceives Tree Campus USA Recognition for Eighth Consecutive Year
ÂÌñÉç has earned its eighth consecutive recognition from Tree Campus USA, a national program created in 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. Heather White…
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Kent State's Executive MBA Program Achieves Top Tier Global Ranking by CEO Magazine
The Executive MBA program at ÂÌñÉç’s College of Business Administration has once again been ranked in the top tier of CEO Magazine’s Global Ranking. CEO Magazine has been showcasing top business schools from around the globe since it first launched in 2008. In 2012, the publication …
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ÂÌñÉçProfessor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards
Molly Merryman, ÂÌñÉç associate professor of sociology and founding director of the ÂÌñÉçWomen’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with ÂÌñÉçwho have …
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University Business Magazine Honors ÂÌñÉçfor Being a "Model of Excellence"
ÂÌñÉç is one of 17 colleges and universities nationwide being honored by University Business magazine, a leading publication for senior managers at colleges and universities throughout the United States, in its Winter 2015 Models of Excellence recognition program. The Models of Excel…
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ÂÌñÉçReceives 2015 Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award
ÂÌñÉç is the recipient of the 2015 Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. The center is committed to setting the standard for excellence in supporting students at critical junctures in the educational pipeline, and it seeks to promote intentional and integrative connections within and across institutions and educational sectors to enhance the student transition experience.
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Kent State's Jordan Italiano Named Finalist for Campbell Trophy and National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete
ÂÌñÉç football player Jordan Italiano, a senior safety from Canfield, Ohio, has been selected as a 2015 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete and finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy presented by Fidelity Investments. Italiano is the first ÂÌñÉçplayer to …
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Kent State's College of Business Administration Remains on Princeton Review's Best Business Schools List
ÂÌñÉç’s College of Business Administration is once again among the most outstanding business schools, according to The Princeton Review’s Best 295 Business Schools: 2016 Edition. The Princeton Review is well-known for its college rankings in dozens of categories based on how student…
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ÂÌñÉçEarns Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for Third Year in a Row
ÂÌñÉç’s commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive campus has received acknowledgement from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for a third consecutive year. INSIGHT Into Diversity has selected ÂÌñÉças a recip…
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Kent State's College of Education, Health and Human Services Announces 2015 Hall of Fame Winners
ÂÌñÉç’s College of Education, Health and Human Services will honor seven distinguished alumni at its sixth annual Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. in the ÂÌñÉç Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets for the event are $40 per person and includ…
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