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Michelle Adkins was named the outreach program coordinator for the Rural Scholars program on the Salem and East Liverpool campuses.

The project is part of the university's Gateway to a Distinctive Kent State, a $1.2 billion master plan to transform the Kent Campus over 10 years.

In order to remain competitive and encourage retention, we are pleased to announce a new and innovative way to provide salary increases for the non-represented classified and unclassified employees.


Familiar Face
nzinga Hart
Academic Program Coordinator
College of Communication and Information
Kent Campus


Donating a kidney to her father was not how Maggie Martin expected to begin her sophomore year at Kent State University.
But when the Cleveland Clinic cleared her and her father, James “Jamie” Martin, for the surgery, his health took priority over classes.
Preparing for Surgery
Ms. Martin, 19, started her school year Aug. 23 by explaining to her professors that she was having surgery the following day to donate a kidney to her father.
The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved a $3.2 million contract with Akron’s Signet Real Estate Group to lead the design phase for the new home for the College of Business Administration, a marquee building that is proposed to anchor the first phase of the Gateway to a Distinctive Kent State master plan, also called the Kent Gateway Plan.
The 2018 , which includes a marathon, half-marathon and team relay, will be held in downtown Akron on Saturday, Sept.
David Odell-Scott, College of Arts and Sciences, authored the book The Sense of Quoting: A Semiotic Case Study of Biblical Quotations, 2.4 Edition, (Brill), (2017).
The Kent State University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed Kent State University in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
