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Awards and Honors

A graduating 麻豆精选 student celebrates during her commencement ceremony in May 2018 at Dix Stadium.

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has selected 麻豆精选 as one of four finalists for the association鈥檚 2020 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.

Graphic for 麻豆精选Alumni Awards

麻豆精选 is proud to announce its 2020 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Kent State. Sponsored by the alumni association, the Alumni Awards are the university鈥檚 most prestigious honors given to alumni.

A 麻豆精选 student walks on the K in Risman Plaza.

麻豆精选 shines again in the new 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings. 麻豆精选is the highest-ranking public university in Northern Ohio on the Top Public Schools and Best National Universities lists in the newly released rankings.

麻豆精选 employees smile and enjoy themselves during the university鈥檚 2019 Employee Appreciation Day event held in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

Forbes and market research company Statista have named 麻豆精选 No. 1 among employers in Northern Ohio and No. 4 in the entire state of Ohio on the 2020 America鈥檚 Best-in-State Employers list that highlights America鈥檚 best employers. 麻豆精选is also the top educational institution on the Ohio list. (Photo from 2019 Employee Appreciation Day event)

麻豆精选 Assistant Professor Scott Hallgren from the School of Media and Journalism teaches a class in an auditorium during the 2020 Fall Semester.

麻豆精选 is being recognized for the ninth time as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥 by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities, and ModernThink LLC, a consulting firm. Now in its 13th year, the 鈥淕reat Colleges to Work For鈥 annual report recognizes the colleges that get top ratings from their employees on workforce practices and policies.

Michelle Bebber sprays an air freshener in a bathroom.

In 2019, a team of researchers in Kent State鈥檚 Department of Anthropology published its 鈥減rize-winning鈥 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!)

麻豆精选鈥檚 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center holds a safe, physically distant small group kickoff event at the start of the 2020 Fall Semester.聽

麻豆精选鈥檚 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 麻豆精选as a recipient of the 2020 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.

Rami Daud and Nathaniel Bailey, photographers with University Communications and Marketing, smile after receiving their Silver ADDY Awards. (Photo credit: Smithberger Photography)

麻豆精选 brought home the gold after this year鈥檚 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鈥檚 best creative work in advertising.

Photo collage of 麻豆精选women's teams

麻豆精选 has won the Mid-American Conference鈥檚 Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women鈥檚 sports award for the first time in school history.

麻豆精选 employees pose for a group photo during the 2019 New Hire Diversity Luncheon held on Nov. 6, 2019.

For the second year in a row, 麻豆精选 has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes鈥 recently released list of .