ѿappUniversity faculty, staff, students and parents are eligible for a 5 percent discount at the ѿappUniversity Hotel and Conference Center. Rates vary depending on dates and occupancy. For more information and to book reservations, visit or call 330-346-0100.
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New platform allows for higher education dialogue around diversity issues
A key focus of ѿappUniversity’s strategic vision is creating and sustaining an inclusive environment. Trends in Diversity, a new ѿappinitiative, provides a home for dialogue about diversity issues, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, class, economics, gender, and sexual identity and expression.
ѿappUniversity students Caleb “Jag” Ashcraft, sophomore fashion design major, and Brad Baumeister, senior communication studies major, have been named University Innovation Fellows, making them part of a nationwide program designed to empower students to become agents of change at their schools. Participants acquire knowledge of tools, frameworks and program models that help college students develop an entrepreneurial mindset and creative confidence.
The ѿappUniversity mock trial team traveled to Ohio Northern University Law School to compete in the Annual Polar Bear Mock Trial Invitational Tournament.
ѿappUniversity at Geauga students are receiving support from the Geauga County Township Association, which recently held its second annual Scholarship Fundraising Breakfast.
The Center for the Visual Arts, the new home of the ѿappUniversity School of Art, will celebrate its grand opening on May 6. The festivities begin at 3 p.m. with a short program, immediately followed by building tours, live entertainment, student exhibitions and refreshments.
Ten students in ѿappUniversity’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication visited the studios of ABC Nightline, CNN, Fox News, Good Morning America, MSNBC and WABC during a five-day visit to New York City.
A paper co-authored by Emad Khazraee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science, (with James Losey) titled "Evolving Repertoires: Digital Media Use in the Contentious Politics" was published in the online journal Communication and the Public, 1(1), 39–55.
Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science, presented a paper titled “From Individual Contributions to Collective Intelligence: A Case of Cultural Heritage Institutions” at the Computer Supportive Collaborative Work Workshop in San Francisco, California, on Feb. 27, 2016.
Michelle Baldini, M.L.S., and Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, are co-authors of an article titled “Out of the Box and Into the Book: Innovative Library Partnerships to Close the 30 Million Word Gap” published in the spring 2016 issue of Children and Libraries, the official journal of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
Testing Your Faith Act (H.B. 353) was enacted in the Spring 2023 semester. In ordinance with this bill, ѿappUniversity created a new administrative policy for religious and spiritual accommodations. This administrative policy allows students to report up to three days of unexcused absences to participate in religious holidays or community-held events in alignment with their spirituality.
Kent businesses, with the help of Main Street Kent, have created an exclusive weekend of special offers, giveaways, discounts and raffles just for educators Friday, Nov, 17 through Sunday, Nov. 19. Simply show your school ID at time of purchase for offerings and discounts. Explore participating businesses and special offers!
At Kent State, we want to honor the celebration of our Native American and Indigenous culture by developing a calendar encompassing all the university events that are relevant to Native American Heritage Month. The Native American Heritage Month Planning Committee is welcoming university divisions, departments and student organizations to begin submitting their programming, activities and events to the University Events Calendar to be featured on the Native American Heritage Month Website.