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Awards and Honors

ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø employees pose for a group photo during the 2019 New Hire Diversity Luncheon held on Nov. 6, 2019.

Forbes Ranks Kent State Among Nation’s Top Employers for Diversity

For the second year in a row, ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of .

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Kent Campus

Alfreda Brown (center), ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, receives the 2020 Diversity Trailblazer Award. She is pictured with Patricia Ackerman (left) and Kent State President Todd Diacon (right).

Kent State Honors 2020 Diversity Award Recipients

As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.

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Alumni

Alfreda Brown (center), ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, receives the 2020 Diversity Trailblazer Award. She is pictured with Patricia Ackerman (left) and Kent State President Todd Diacon (right).

Kent State Honors 2020 Diversity Award Recipients

As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.

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Kent Campus

ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø faculty and staff, along with mascot Flash, enjoy a spin class at the Fac/Staff Rec & Play Day.

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 ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.

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Kent Campus

ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø President Beverly J. Warren presented seven Kent State staff members with the 2019 President's Award of Distinction. Here, Melissa Sink (right), housekeeping manager, receives a surprise visit from President Warren.

2019 President's Award of Distinction Recipients Announced

ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø President Beverly J. Warren recently presented seven Kent State staff members with the President’s Award of Distinction.

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Kent State Today

Megan Conrad (fifth from left) is recognized at a Kent State basketball game. She is joined by her family along with representatives from Kent State’s administration, College of Business Administration, PNC and Flash, the mascot.

PNC Honors Kent State Student Achievers

Each semester, PNC recognizes two outstanding ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø students as PNC Achievers. These students exemplify excellence in the classroom, in the community, and in student leadership and development.

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Kent Campus

Picture of sun shining over Kent campus

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 ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø, 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. 

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Kent Campus

PNC Bank recognizes Kent State student Hunter Brancifort (fifth from left), who is joined by her family along with representatives from Kent State’s administration, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the College of Business Administration.

PNC Honors Kent State Student Achievers

Each semester, PNC recognizes two outstanding ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø students as PNC Achievers. These students exemplify excellence in the classroom, in the community, and in student leadership and development.

Tags: Community & Society, Student Life, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Awards and Honors

Kent Campus

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Kent State Trumbull Dean Lance Grahn Earns Community Star Award

Lance Grahn, ÆÞÓÑÉçÇø at Trumbull’s dean and chief administrative officer, was recently named as one of this year’s Community Star award recipients.

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