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When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: “foster relationships and value people that you run into every day.”

Schmidt is a sophomore majoring in conflict management in ����ɬ����’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is also Yes! Magazine’s online “Justice For All” University Winner.

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: “foster relationships and value people that you run into every day.”

Schmidt is a sophomore majoring in conflict management in ����ɬ����’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is also Yes! Magazine’s online “Justice For All” University Winner.

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.

����ɬ���� 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 “Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide.” A book signing and reception followed the event at the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.

The ����ɬ���� 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 ����ɬ����, before completing a bachelor’s 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 ����ɬ���� President Beverly Warren offering a holiday message to the ����ɬ���� community while the Kent Clarks singing group performs its version of “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.”

They’re back! ����ɬ���� Libraries invites all ����ɬ���� 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.

����ɬ���� 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). ����ɬ���� conferred 2,154 degrees, including 1,565 bachelor’s degrees, 526 master’s degrees, 60 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees.

Across the university’s eight-campus system, 2,489 students graduated from ����ɬ���� this fall, including those receiving associate degrees.