Each year, Kent State University invites an exciting array of visiting artists to speak at the School of Art. In 2024, Kent Blossom Art Intensives welcomes eight visiting artists to participate in course workshops, exhibit their work and give free lectures to the community. All lectures are open to the public and take place at the Center for the Visual Arts in room 165, located at 325 Terrace Drive in Kent, Ohio. Lectures begin at 5 p.m. and the schedule of speakers is as follows:SCHEDULE:June 5Raul De Lara – Sculpture and Expanded MediaAbout Raul de LaraJune 6David Hicks – CeramicsAbout ...

Kent State University hopes to address the police officer shortage by expanding its police academy to Twinsburg, Ohio, this fall. Kent State’s Basic Peace Officer Training Academy, designated a STAR Academy by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, offers basic Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) training along with unique methods for pursuing a career as a police officer or corrections officer.“This is a great time to expand our training opportunities in Northeast Ohio,” said Jim Willock, director of the Kent State Police Academy. “Because o...

The Portager reports that EHHS graduate Angela Jameson, MLIS ’17, BSE ’14, Kent, Ohio, has been recognized with the OELMA/Follett School Solutions Outstanding School Librarian Award.The Ohio Educational Library Media Association presents the award to school library media specialists who design outstanding library programs in Ohio schools. Jameson has been instrumental in working with her district's technology department to integrate generative AI to local students. Last year, Jameson received OELMA's Technology Innovation Award. She will be honored at the association's fall conference in ...

Kent State Today followed a group of Golden Flashes for the 2023-24 academic year chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group included students, faculty and administrators who are in different places on their Kent State journeys.Freshman year can be a little stressful, even for a faculty member.But Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Kent State University, is feeling content and excited for the next academic year.The year, he said, went by in a blur. In addition to learning the ...

Kent State University at Ashtabula honored the spring graduating class of 2024 at the campus’s 78th commencement exercises on Thursday, May 9,  in the Susan J. Stocker Hall gymnasium.“Commencement is a major milestone in the lives of our students,” said Interim Dean and Chief Administrative Officer R. William (Bill) Ayres IV, Ph.D. “It’s such a special night to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of these graduates here on campus and in the familiar and intimate on-campus environment the event deserves.”Approximately 80 graduates were recognized at the event. Graduating senior ...

KENT, OH – This Spring, the Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series hosted three creatives from around the world: Thijs Verhaar and Lyske Gais from Knitwear Lab, and New York – based photographer, Pauline St. Denis.The Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series was established by Cecile Draime and her late husband, Max, of Warren, Ohio, to honor their dear friend Thomas Schroth (1922-1997). A noted regional architect, Schroth designed the Butler Institute of Art’s Trumbull museum in Howland, as well as numerous other award-winning projects. Thomas Schroth spent his life in Niles, Ohio, as a...

Please take note of the following important information regarding your 2023 Flexible Spending Account (FSA).2023 FSA FundsThe FSA plan year Jan. 1, 2023, to Dec. 31, 2023, has closed. The IRS requires that any 2023 balances remaining in your FSA account had to be spent by Mar. 15, 2024, and claims filed by Jun. 29, 2024, or the balance will be forfeited.This means that the window to incur qualified expenses (deductibles, co-pays, eyeglass, dental expenses, etc. not covered by the plan) has closed. Reimbursement for incurred expenses using 2023 funds must be filed by Jun. 29, 2024. This is...