Marisa Sergi-Schumann and Evan Schumann, ā17, are the visionary husband-and-wife duo leading Lāuva Bella Winery and Brands. As CEO and President, theyāve built a fast-growing business rooted in innovation, entrepreneurship and a shared passion for community and craft, earning them a spot on Forbesā 30 Under 30 list in the Food & Drink category.
My name is Tristan Magel. I am an aerospace engineering student with a minor in applied mathematics and I am in the Honors College. I am on track to graduate in 2026. Above all else, one factor drove me to choose Kent State: aerospace engineering. I have dreamt of being an aerospace engineer since elementary school, and I had a solid idea of what I wanted to be before I could even spell the words out. As a result, my college search was heavily focused on schools that directly offered the aerospace engineering major, of which there were surprisingly few. After factoring in location an...
Kyle Jackson, a member of Kent State's Class of 2024 and former star infielder for the Golden Flashes baseball team, is now entertaining legions of fans as a player for the Savannah Bananas exhibition baseball team. Based in Savannah, Georgia, the team is described as "the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball." Their games famously include trick plays, choreographed dances and high-energy fan engagement. Jackson, who kept his Golden Flashes jersey number four when he joined the Bananas, played as an infielder for Kent State for four seasons. He helped organize the Savannah B...
Join us on the Kent State ToddCast as President Todd Diacon revisits a conversation with Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D.On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students protesting the escalation of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding nine others. Many historians credit the shootings, which brought the war home to Middle America, with changing the course of Americaās involvement in the war. Lewis was on duty as a faculty marshal in the Prentice Hall parking lot, where he witnessed students fall from gunshot wounds. In the years fol...
āAmbition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.ā ~Bill Bradley, former NBA player, and U.S. senatorāÆ. Kent State Geauga alumna Brittany Sustar, MBA, BSN, RN-BC (Class of 2010), has been selected to receive this year's Distinguished Alumni Award, the most prestigious honor given by this regional campus. It honors highly exceptional alumni who have made outstanding contributions in their field and have demonstrated extraordinary service to the university and the community.āÆThis award will be presented at the 2025 commencement ceremony on May 9, 2025.Brittany is t...
After earning a bachelor's and master's degree from Kent State, Beverly Coles-Roby, Randolph, MA, taught English in Cleveland Public Schools. In 1982, she moved to Boston to attend law school, passing the bar exam in 1985. Beverly practiced law in Massachusettes for almost 40 years. Upon retiring in July 2023, she decided to make the move to local politics. She ran for office in her town and was elected to the Randolph School Committee in November 2023.
Jerry O'Ryan, Centerville, OH, is an instructor in Sinclair Collegeās Public Health program who still believes in the power of print, namely newspapers. Sinclair College's library arranged to get a bulk rate subscription to the local Dayton Daily News, which typically carries up to a dozen articles on public health and medical newsworthy stories. Jerry has has installed several articles in his lesson plans as quizzes so students can be aware of local health issues relevant to public health, which currently include asthma, measles, and maternal and infant health.
