Additional Information
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Judging Information
Judging is done by the Kent State Alumni Association. The alumni association will review and make determinations for all award categories and reserves the right to suggest alternate awards based on the nominee鈥檚 qualifications and experience.
Important Eligibility Information
- Current Kent State full-time staff members who are alumni are only eligible for the Outstanding Staff Member Award.
- Alumni who are previous Kent State staff members will not be considered for another Alumni Award category sooner than five years after the individual鈥檚 separation from Kent State as an employee, and consideration of eligibility, accomplishments and service for any given award shall be for the time period after separation from the university as an employee.
School of Art Friday Lecture: Susie Ganch
A Consideration of materials: their past, present and future
Susie Ganch will talk about recent projects from both her independent studio practice and collaborative project, Radical Jewelery Makeover.
Image: Landscape #5: Pixel, image credit: Reagan West-Whitman
School of Art Friday Lecture: Rashawn Griffin
Things That Happen While You Are Doing Other Things
Image: Changing Room by Rashawn Griffin
School of Art Friday Lecture: Audrey An
Oscillation Between: Wishful Archiving
In this lecture titled 鈥淥scillation Between: Wishful Archiving鈥, An will share how her analog & digitally produced ceramic sculptures function as personal and cultural archives鈥攕haped by shifting modes of digital-analog production, Korean-American identity, and systems of translation and mistranslation.
Image: Naughty Chair, 2021, Handbuilt Ceramics, CNC-Milled Foam & Plywood, 47 x 23 x 18 inc
Thanksgiving Break - Campus Closed
Kent State University observes Thanksgiving Break Nov. 26-30. No classes in session on Nov. 26 but campus offices remain open. Campus closed Nov. 27-30.
Thanksgiving Break - Campus Closed
Kent State University observes Thanksgiving Break Nov. 26-30. No classes in session on Nov. 26 but campus offices remain open. Campus closed Nov. 27-30.
Thanksgiving Break - No Classes; Offices Open
Kent State University observes Thanksgiving Break Nov. 26-30, 2025. No classes in session on Nov. 26 but campus offices remain open.