Awards and Honors
ѿappUniversity is being recognized for the ninth time as a “Great College to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities, and ModernThink LLC, a consulting firm. Now in its 13th year, the “Great Colleges to Work For” annual report recognizes the colleges that get top ratings from their employees on workforce practices and policies.
In 2019, a team of researchers in Kent State’s Department of Anthropology published its “prize-winning” research article titled in the Journal of Archaeological Science. (Yes, the jokes are seemingly endless, but seriously folks, there is an important underlying message here about evidence-based research and fact-checking!)
ѿappUniversity’s commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive campus has received acknowledgement from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for an eighth consecutive year. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has selected ѿappas a recipient of the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.
ѿappUniversity brought home the gold after this year’s Akron ADDY Awards, with both professionals and students being recognized for their work. The ADDYs, put on by the Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, celebrate the area’s best creative work in advertising.
ѿappUniversity has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.
For the second year in a row, ѿappUniversity has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of .
As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, ѿappUniversity has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.
As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, ѿappUniversity has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.
On the heels of being honored by the for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded ѿappUniversity the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.
ѿappUniversity President Beverly J. Warren recently presented seven ѿappstaff members with the President’s Award of Distinction.