The Kent State University Women’s Center is excited to host the second annual Gender, Equity, Advocacy and Representation (G.E.A.R.) Awards. The event welcomes everyone to recognize and celebrate Kent State faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members who are “turning the gears” toward gender equity. The Women’s Center advances gender equity within the Kent State community through education, advocacy and action. Through the G.E.A.R. Awards, the Women’s Center and the university community come together to celebrate the pioneers and influential figures advancing gender equity and ...

Congratulations to EHHS professors Christine Balan (Special Education), Associate Lecturer Kevin Eckert (Physical Education and Sport Performance) and Assistant Professor Meghan Magee (Exercise Science and Exercise Physiology) for being selected by Kent State women’s basketball senior student-athletes as their Most Valuable Professors.Balan was selected by Bridget Dunn, Eckert was chosen by Bianca Juzzo, and Magee was picked by Jenna Batsch.The announcement was made during a recent women's basketball game at the MACC vs. Northing Illinois University. Senior members of of the women's basketball...

POV shares insights from the Kent State University community on important topics. Sgt. Tricia Knoles, a 20-year law enforcement veteran with Kent State Police, teaches Blue Courage to help officers manage career-related emotional challenges affecting mental health. She instructs both academy cadets and experienced officers seeking mutual support in their demanding profession. When I started as a Blue Courage instructor, I didn't realize how deeply this program would impact not just new recruits, but veteran officers like myself. Today, this 16-hour training course has become mandatory acr...