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Awards and Honors

ºÚÁÏÍø Again Ranked in Coveted Top Tier of Best National Universities by U.S. News
Kent Campus
ºÚÁÏÍø students fill Risman Plaza in front of the Kent Student Center at the start of the fall 2018 semester. Once again, ºÚÁÏÍø ranks in the top tier of the Best National Universities list released by U.S. News & World Report.

Professor James Tyner Receives a 2018 Faculty Excellence Award
Department of Geography
James Tyner

ºÚÁÏÍø President Beverly J. Warren Announces 2018 Faculty Excellence Award Recipients
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ºÚÁÏÍø President Beverly J. Warren presented 13 ºÚÁÏÍø faculty members with the 2018 President’s Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition.

One of the Healthiest Universities in the Nation
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Active Minds honors ºÚÁÏÍø with a 2018 Healthy Campus Award for fostering a culture of health and wellness for students and the entire ºÚÁÏÍø community.

ºÚÁÏÍø’s strategic focus on the health and well-being of students is receiving national recognition. Active Minds, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising mental health awareness among college students, announced ºÚÁÏÍø as a winner of the prestigious 2018 Healthy Campus Award.

ºÚÁÏÍø Team Places in Top Three Nationally for PR Campaign Focused on Childhood Cancer Research Funding
Kent Campus
ºÚÁÏÍø public relations students (left to right) Arkayla Tenney-Howard, Ashley Purnell, Molly Spillman, Samantha Ross and Abigail Winternitz are finalists in the national Bateman Case Study Competition.

ºÚÁÏÍø Anthropology Professor and Forensic Artist Honored for Her Work in Identifying Missing 4-Year-Old Child in Cleveland
Kent Campus
Linda Spurlock, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at ºÚÁÏÍø, discusses her field of study, which includes forensic art, reconstructing fossils and more.

WKSU Awarded General Excellence OAPME Prize for Fourth Year
Kent Campus

Arbor Day Foundation Honors ºÚÁÏÍø With Tree Campus USA Recognition for 10th Consecutive Year
Kent Campus
Two ºÚÁÏÍø students sit beneath the trees at the Behind the Brain Plaza along Terrace Drive on the Kent Campus.

ºÚÁÏÍø Honors Economics Professor and College of Communication and Information With 2018 Diversity Awards
Kent Campus
Vice President Alfreda Brown (left) and Dana Lawless-Andric (right) present the 2018 Diversity Trailblazer Award to Kathy Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics.

For Kathy Wilson, Ph.D., diversity means not just having a campus where everyone should be included, respected and comfortable, but where people actually feel that way.

ºÚÁÏÍø Named a Military Friendly School for Nine Straight Years
Kent Campus
Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a ºÚÁÏÍø student who currently serves as president of the ºÚÁÏÍø Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance.

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