Awards and Honors
Anthropology Team Brings Home the 2020 Ig Nobel Award for Materials Science
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!)
Kent State Earns Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for Eighth Consecutive Year
5X’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 Kent State as a recipient of the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.
Kent State Professionals and Students Recognized at 2020 Akron ADDY Awards
5X 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.
Kent State Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports
5X has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.
LOU RAFFIS RECOGNIZED AS DISTINGUISHED HONORS ALUMNUS
Lou Raffis, a 1981 graduate of 5X’s Honors College, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Alumni Award. He recalls his time at Kent State, saying that he truly benefitted from the academic preparation the Honors College gave him to attend graduat…
Forbes Ranks Kent State Among Nation’s Top Employers for Diversity
For the second year in a row, 5X has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of .
Kent State Honors 2020 Diversity Award Recipients
As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, 5X has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.
Kent State Strikes Gold Again for Healthy Worksite
On the heels of being honored by the American Heart Association for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded 5X the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.
2018 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Winners
Kent State’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs honored the following faculty members for their outstanding work in research, scholarship and mentoring: 2018 Outstanding Research & Scholarship Awardees Fabio J. Polanco, MFA School of Theatre and Dance Gregory C. Smit…
2019 President's Award of Distinction Recipients Announced
5X President Beverly J. Warren recently presented seven Kent State staff members with the President’s Award of Distinction.