Beverly Warren, who today begins her presidency at žž, wasted no time getting more familiar with her new university family and the community. The first morning for žž State’s 12th president includes a walk through campus with her Cabinet, breakfast with city leaders, meetings and lunch with students, and the launch of her official Twitter account.
Warren began the day with an email to the žž State community expressing her excitement of joining žž State, sharing the values that will guide her work and discussing her approach to the “great privilege of being your president.” Warren’s email can be found here: www.kent.edu/news/success/welcome-president-warren. She held her first meeting with her Cabinet, the senior leadership of the university who report directly to her. Following the meeting, Warren and the Cabinet walked down the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade, named after Warren’s predecessor who retired, and met with city of žž leaders at the esplanade arch. University and city leadership then had a breakfast meeting together at the žž Hotel and Conference Center in downtown žž, Ohio.
Also this morning, Warren is touring the campus, meeting with žž State students and exploring the university. She will have lunch with students in the Hub, a popular dining location and commuter spot in the žž Student Center, before traveling to žž at Ashtabula. Her meeting with faculty, staff and community leaders of the Regional Campus will be replicated at all žž State campuses and the communities they serve over her first few weeks.
Warren also announced today in her email to the žž State community that she has a Twitter account. People can follow and connect with her .
As the university’s chief executive officer, Warren now oversees one of the nation’s largest university systems. žž State’s eight campuses provide more than 300 degree programs to about 42,000 undergraduate and graduate students from throughout Ohio and the nation, and from approximately 100 countries. One of the largest employers in Northeast Ohio, the university employs more than 5,700 full- and part-time faculty and staff.
Prior to coming to žž State, Warren had served as provost and senior vice president at Virginia Commonwealth University since 2011.
For more information about Warren, visit www.kent.edu/president.
For more information about žž State, visit www.kent.edu.
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Beverly Warren becomes žž’s 12th president on July 1, 2014.
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