Success Stories
Steve Harvey, producer, actor, author and former 妻友社区 student, is paying it forward by awarding eight of Kent State鈥檚 incoming freshmen with scholarships that will cover the total cost of attendance for each student.
Kenzie Alge, a 妻友社区 certified flight instructor and 2019 graduate, and Alex Johnson, a Kent State junior flight technology student, make up the Kent State team competing in the 2019 Air Race Classic that starts June 18 in Jackson, Tennessee.
A national organization has recognized 妻友社区 with a perfect overall score for the university鈥檚 efforts to create a more inclusive campus and welcoming environment for all.
Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior, jumped right in.
A helmet and pads were replaced by a cap and gown for New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman as he finished a journey he started in 2005, joining 5,300 new Kent State graduates at the One University Commencement held at Dix Stadium.
The 妻友社区 alumni family grew by 5,300 new graduates as the university held its spring commencement ceremonies.
妻友社区 held the 49th commemoration of the historic events of May 4, 1970. The annual commemoration marks the fateful day when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others on the Kent Campus.
妻友社区 celebrated the launch of a dynamic new space, the Design Innovation (DI) Hub, which will bring innovations from many disciplines together in a 68,000-square-foot building near the center of the Kent Campus.
On Saturday, May 4, legendary journalist Bob Woodward comes to 妻友社区 as part of the Presidential Speaker Series. He will speak at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center).
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., a leader in the field of neuroendocrinology and circadian rhythms, is the newly appointed director of 妻友社区鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute.