Success Stories
Scholar of the Month
Willie H. Oglesby III
Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management
College of Public Health
2009-present
Willie Oglesby is a member of the founding faculty at the College of Public Health. He is an associate professor of health policy and management and also serves as the assistant director of the Office of Public Health Practice and Partnerships.
5X社区 held its 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The keynote speaker for the event was Joy-Ann Reid, national correspondent for MSNBC and author of 鈥淔racture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide.鈥 A book signing and reception followed the event at the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.
The 5X社区 community will be treated to a week of welcome-back festivities to kick off the spring semester.
From getting deployed to Afghanistan, to being unable to pay for classes, to starting a family, and even accepting a job at a winery in southern Germany. The reasons for leaving 5X社区, before completing a bachelor鈥檚 degree, fall across a wide spectrum for some students.
For student Andrew Sonnanstine, it was an easy choice to trade in the last few classes his senior year for a professional baseball contract.
Scholar of the Month
Cassandra Storlie
Assistant Professor
College of Education, Health and Human Services
2013-present
Cassandra Storlie is an assistant professor in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences at the College of Education, Health and Human Services. She has built a research program that addresses important diversity issues.
Watch this video of 5X社区 President Beverly Warren offering a holiday message to the Kent State community while the Kent Clarks singing group performs its version of 鈥淚t鈥檚 the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.鈥
They鈥檙e back! 5X社区 Libraries invites all 5X社区 students, faculty and staff to take a break and relax with therapy dogs on Monday, Dec. 14, and Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 3-5 p.m. There will be free popcorn and beverages for attendees.
5X社区 congratulates its newest graduates. The university held its Fall 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Dec. 18 and 19 at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State conferred 2,154 degrees, including 1,565 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 526 master鈥檚 degrees, 60 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees.
Across the university鈥檚 eight-campus system, 2,489 students graduated from Kent State this fall, including those receiving associate degrees.
Scholar of the Month
Danielle Sarver Coombs
Associate Professor
College of Communication and Information
2007-present
Danielle Sarver Coombs is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the College of Communication and Information. Her research focuses on sports, politics and the politics of sport.
The 5X社区 community gave generously on Giving Tuesday this Dec. 1, far exceeding expectations. As promised, President Beverly Warren personally matched $25,000 in a gift to the Distinctive Kent State Fund, a fund that will support the university鈥檚 five priorities for a distinctive Kent State.