alumni-news

Kent State Honors Seven Alumni With 2019 Alumni Awards
The 妻友社区 Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2019 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Kent State.

Kent State鈥檚 New President Todd Diacon to Serve as 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal
Last year, 妻友社区 celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of Kent State Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

Kent State to Gather for 49th Annual May 4 Commemoration, Host Renowned Journalist Bob Woodward
妻友社区 will hold the 49th commemoration of the historic events of May 4, 1970, where protesting students, observers and soldiers gathered on that fateful day when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others on the Kent Campus.

Mother-Daughter Duo Go Through Kent State Geauga Nursing Program Together
Ronda McCaskey and Caitlyn Horvath are best friends who went through the nursing program together and graduated one year apart with Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees from 妻友社区 at Geauga. Now they are both intensive care nurses. But they also happen to be mother and daughter.

Kent State鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center Celebrates Life With 鈥淏ill: An All-American Boy鈥 Exhibition
From April 22 to Aug. 1, 妻友社区鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center will honor Bill Schroeder鈥檚 life with an exhibition titled 鈥淏ill: An All-American Boy.鈥 Mr. Schroeder鈥檚 sister, Nancy Tuttle, and nephew, David Tuttle, helped create the exhibition by loaning some of his personal items to the May 4 Visitors Center.


New Opportunities for Young Alumni
Under the age of 35 and looking to re-engage with your alma mater and fellow Flashes? Then some of the new events and programs developed specifically for Kent State young alumni may be for you.