Blackboard and Course Development Support for Faculty

For any general Blackboard help

1.  CLICK: The Online Support Center at support.kent.edu where you can access thousands of KSU technology support resources online.

2.  CALL: Phone Support at 330-672-HELP (4357) Available 24/7

3.  VISIT: Blackboard Drop-in Center at 241 Stewart Hall, Kent Campus (9 a.m.- 5 p.m.)

4. Contact your Local Support: http://support.kent.edu/localsupport (for tech/computer issues)

Blackboard Support Staff for all faculty

Preeti Palvankar ppalvan1@kent.edu

David Ranucci dranucci@kent.edu

Patricia Saillant psaillan@kent.edu

Support by College

College of Communication and Information

College of Public Health

College of Nursing

Carol Moore   cmoore3@kent.edu

Support by Campus

KSU Salem/East Liverpool

Rachel Esterly resterly@kent.edu

KSU Stark

Katie Baer kbaer5@kent.edu

KSU Geauga

Shelley Marshall skmarsha@kent.edu

KSU Trumbull

Bobbi Bain rbain@kent.edu

KSU Tuscarawas

Jason Ruegsegger jruegseg@kent.edu

KSU Ashtabula

Sean Melnik smelnik1@kent.edu

Office of Continuing and Distance Education

Valerie Kelly vkelly@kent.edu

Bethany Simunich bsimunic@kent.edu

Jason Piatt    jpiatt@kent.edu

Erin Higgins ehiggin4@kent.edu

Kristine Howard khowar19@kent.edu

Will Turek wturek@kent.edu

Tiffany Holler tholler@kent.edu

Drew Shipka ashipka@kent.edu

Joel Mellor  jmellor1@kent.edu

Eve Dalton edalton@kent.edu

Vicki Gutierrez vlgutier@kent.edu

Philip Nelson pnelson@kent.edu

Meghan Hansen mhansen5@kent.edu