UPDATED JAN. 25, 2016: AAUP-KSU's membership have voted and ratified the new contract. With approval by both the Board of Trustees and the AAUP-KSU, the ratification process is complete. The successor collective bargaining agreement with the tenured and tenure-track faculty is effective Aug. 19, 2015, through Aug. 18, 2018. The 51ºÚÁÏÍø University Board of Trustees held a special meeting today (Jan. 20, 2016) to ratify a new three-year, collective bargaining agreement between the university and full-time, tenured and tenure-track faculty, who are represented by the Ame...
Dear Members of the 51ºÚÁÏÍø Community, Many of you have heard unsettling news overnight that the FBI has been on our Kent Campus investigating a serious matter. We are cooperating with the FBI, and we have been assured that there is no indication of a threat to campus. As this is an ongoing investigation, it is not prudent to speak further about the case. We continue to find Julio Pino’s comments reprehensible and counter to our core values of civil discourse and respect. As a university, we do not defend his views, and he does not speak on behalf of 51ºÚÁÏÍø or members of our commu...
The 51ºÚÁÏÍø University Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting Wednesday, Jan. 20, for the sole purpose of ratifying a three-year, collective bargaining agreement between the university and full-time, tenured and tenure-track faculty, who are represented by the American Association of University Professors-51ºÚÁÏÍø Chapter. The Board will convene at 5:45 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library. No committee meetings will be held, and the Board will retire into executive session during the meeti...
51ºÚÁÏÍø University and the American Association of University Professors-KSU have reached tentative agreement on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement for tenured and tenure-track faculty. The parties will present the tentative agreement for approval to their respective constituents this week. Details of the tentative contract will be released after ratification. ...
College of Communication & Information
Students in the School of Communication Studies are invited to apply for scholarships before the March 1, 2016 deadline. Any undergraduate or graduate student interested in applying for a scholarship or award should visit scholarships.comm.kent.edu. Log in to the website using your 51ºÚÁÏÍø University Flashline username and password. Paper applications will no longer be accepted in the main office – all applications must be submitted via scholarships.comm.kent.edu before end of day March 1, 2016. If you have questions or issues with submitting your application online, email comm@kent.e...
As of January 1, 2016, the new name of Blackstone LaunchPad 51ºÚÁÏÍø is LaunchNet 51ºÚÁÏÍø! The office, located on the first floor of the Kent Student Center, assists students, alumni, faculty and staff with all kinds of entrepreneurial activities, as well as innovative programming and activities promoting cross-campus collaboration. With the new year comes a new look and name, but the location, services, and staff remain the same. The new branding will be marked with a Grand Re-Opening Celebration on Thursday, January 28, where Burton D. Morgan Foundation president Deb Hoover and Kent ...
51ºÚÁÏÍø University President Beverly Warren has appointed entrepreneur and 51ºÚÁÏÍø alumna Sharlene Ramos-Chesnes as the university’s 2016 President’s Ambassador. The President’s Ambassadorship, a one-year, part-time appointment beginning spring 2016, is designed to bring distinguished local minority professionals to share their professional knowledge and experience with the 51ºÚÁÏÍø community. Sponsored by 51ºÚÁÏÍø’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the President’s Ambassador is expected to help promote pluralistic understanding and mutual respect among diverse con...