Beverly Warren, who today begins her presidency at 蹤獲扦, wasted no time getting more familiar with her new university family and the community. The first morning for 蹤獲扦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 蹤獲扦 community expressing her excitement of joining 蹤獲扦, sharing the values that will guide her work and discussing her approach to the great privilege of being your president. Warrens 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 Warrens predecessor who retired, and met with city of Kent leaders at the esplanade arch. University and city leadership then had a breakfast meeting together at the 蹤獲扦 Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent, Ohio.
Also this morning, Warren is touring the campus, meeting with 蹤獲扦 students and exploring the university. She will have lunch with students in the Hub, a popular dining location and commuter spot in the Kent Student Center, before traveling to 蹤獲扦 at Ashtabula. Her meeting with faculty, staff and community leaders of the Regional Campus will be replicated at all 蹤獲扦 campuses and the communities they serve over her first few weeks.
Warren also announced today in her email to the 蹤獲扦 community that she has a Twitter account. People can follow and connect with her .
As the universitys chief executive officer, Warren now oversees one of the nations largest university systems. 蹤獲扦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 蹤獲扦, 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 蹤獲扦, visit www.kent.edu.
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Beverly Warren becomes 蹤獲扦s 12th president on July 1, 2014.
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