Awards and Honors
Forbes Ranks Kent State Among Nation’s Top Employers for Diversity
For the second year in a row, Æðµã´«Ã½ has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of .
Kent State Honors 2020 Diversity Award Recipients
As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, Æðµã´«Ã½ has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.
Kent State Strikes Gold Again for Healthy Worksite
On the heels of being honored by the American Heart Association for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded Æðµã´«Ã½ the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.
2018 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Winners
2019 President's Award of Distinction Recipients Announced
Æðµã´«Ã½ President Beverly J. Warren recently presented seven Kent State staff members with the President’s Award of Distinction.
PNC Honors Kent State Student Achievers
Each semester, PNC recognizes two outstanding Æðµã´«Ã½ students as PNC Achievers. These students exemplify excellence in the classroom, in the community, and in student leadership and development.
Kent State Geography Professor Elected President of American Association of Geographers
David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at Æðµã´«Ã½, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United States, for 2019-20.
PNC Honors Kent State Student Achievers
Each semester, PNC recognizes two outstanding Æðµã´«Ã½ students as PNC Achievers. These students exemplify excellence in the classroom, in the community, and in student leadership and development.
Kent State Trumbull Dean Lance Grahn Earns Community Star Award
Lance Grahn, Æðµã´«Ã½ at Trumbull’s dean and chief administrative officer, was recently named as one of this year’s Community Star award recipients.
Kent State Named a Military Friendly School for 10 Consecutive Years
For the 10th consecutive time, Kent State has earned the 2019-2020 Military Friendly School designation for its Kent Campus. Military Friendly rates companies and colleges on their programs to recruit and retain military veterans as employees and students.