University News

ADVISORY: ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Board of Trustees Meeting, June 25
The ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, in the Timothy D. Eippert Boardroom, Suite 412, at Crawford Hall on the Kent Campus.
Flying High: Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor tours ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Nationally Ranked College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel recently toured ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, seeing firsthand how the university is educating students for critically needed jobs in the aviation and engineering fields.
International Town and Gown Association Came to ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ to Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate
More than 280 people attended the 2025 ITGA City & University Relations Conference, which kicked off at the Kent Student Center ballroom on June 4. Todd Kamenash, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s associate dean of students for conduct & community engagement, chaired the ITGA conference, which had the theme Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate.
Third Central Asian Nation Seeks Educational Partnership with ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ has signed an agreement with Tashkent State University of Economics in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to begin collaboration on a joint master’s degree in economics and other programs, as ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ continues to expand its partnerships throughout Central Asia.

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Helps Celebrate Goodyear Blimp's 100th Anniversary
As the iconic Goodyear Blimp marks its 100th anniversary, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s connection to aviation history is soaring to new heights. Three alumni of the university’s aeronautics program are among the aviators steering this American icon through its centennial celebration.

Honors College Advisor Given the Distinguished Advisor Award
For all of her exemplary work, Theresa Yogi was recently awarded ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Distinguished Advising Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association. Of her 13-year career, Yogi has spent seven-and-a-half years at ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s Honors College.

IN A FLASH: Foundational Faculty
The roster of these current and former faculty assembled for ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½'s silver anniversary reads like the legend on a campus map, as so many in the 1935 photo had university buildings named for them.

Happy 115th Birthday, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½!
In May, ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ observes two historic institutional anniversaries, the first is of their founding as a school and the second is of the college being established as a university.

Master of Public Health Online a ‘Transformative Experience’
ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½â€™s nationally distinctive Master of Public Health (MPH) program provides students interested in continuing their public health educational journey online with several options, including the MPH with concentrations in health policy and management or social and behavioral sciences, and the STEM-designated MPH in epidemiology. The program positively impacts current graduate students and alumni in different ways.

ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ Graduates in the I Promise Program Are ‘Shining Examples of Scholarship, Service and Passion’
Three students who are members of the first cohort of the LeBron James Family Foundation I Promise program graduated from ÇàÄêɬµ¼º½ during the spring 2025 commencement.