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Grand Opening of Kent State’s Aeronautics and Technology Building Planned for April 24

鶹 will host a grand opening for the Aeronautics and Technology Building on Friday, April 24, from 2-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The event will celebrate the opening of the 55,000-square-foot building and the move of the College of Applied Engineering, Sus…

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Kent State Announces Jeff McLain as University’s New Vice President for Institutional Advancement

鶹 has named Jeffery L. McLain, CFRE, as its new vice president for institutional advancement following an extensive national search. McLain comes to Kent State from Louisiana State University where he served as senior vice president of the LSU Foundation. He joins Kent State on M…

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President and CEO of Ulthera Inc. to Speak at Kent State’s Michael D. Solomon Speaker Series

Matthew E. Likens, president and chief executive officer of Ulthera Inc., will be the keynote speaker at 鶹’s Michael D. Solomon Speaker Series on April 22 hosted by the College of Business Administration’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. Likens will present “…

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Kent State Announces Inauguration Week Events

Members of the 鶹 community are invited to attend the inauguration of Beverly Warren as the 12th president of the university on Friday, May 1, at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center on the Kent Campus. A reception will follow at the Kent Student Center Ballroom.…

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National Alcohol Screening Day at Kent State is Thursday, April 9

National Alcohol Screening Day returns to 鶹 for its 15th year. National Alcohol Screening Day is a promotional outreach effort to reduce and prevent at-risk drinking by providing anonymous screening for alcohol-use disorders. The event, which is free and open to the public, takes…

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Kent State Presents “Living With Autism” Events for Autism Awareness Month

As part of Autism Awareness Month in April, 鶹 presents “Living With Autism,” which kicks off with a presentation that will be followed by a fundraiser for student scholarships to benefit Kent State students studying autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The events begin on April 9 at 7…

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , Speech Pathology and Audiology , Events , Autism Spectrum Disorder Certificate , University News

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Kent State and Portage County Port Authority Partner to Build New Headquarters for Alumni, Fundraising Units

Alumni, donors and other friends of 鶹 will soon have a comfortable and convenient home base when they visit the Kent Campus as a result of today’s (Sept. 17) vote of the university’s Board of Trustees to proceed with the construction of a building for the Division of Institutiona…

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ADVISORY: 鶹 Board of Trustees Meeting, Sept. 17

The 鶹 Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Sept. 17. The Board will convene at 2 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library. Trustees will meet as a Committee o…

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Governor Names Stephen Perry and Perry Kimmel to Kent State Board of Trustees

Gov. John Kasich has appointed two new trustees to the 鶹 Board of Trustees. Kasich named Stephen A. Perry of Canton, Ohio, to a nine-year term as a trustee and Perry “PJ” Kimmel of Canfield, Ohio, to a two-year term as an undergraduate student trustee. Perry’s appointment ends Ma…

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Kent State’s Iris E. Harvey Chosen as a 2014 Women of Note Honoree

Iris E. Harvey, 鶹’s vice president for university relations, is among the 2014 Women of Note and was recognized on July 24 at LaCentre of Westlake, Ohio. She is one of 15 women selected by Crain’s Cleveland Business for its 2014 class, honoring the women whose passion, dedication…

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