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Sherwin-Williams Sponsors ā€œInnov8athon IV: Innov8 Paint!ā€

Sherwin-Williams, in partnership with Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ā€™s Blackstone LaunchPad program, is sponsoring ā€œInnov8athon IV: Innov8 Paint!ā€ in order to ā€œhack the painting processā€ and promote entrepreneurial thinking, creative prototyping and interdisciplinary collaboration among students in Northeast…

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Kent Campus

Co-owners Nichole Catalano-Miller (left) and Amanda Edwards (right) sit in their new Centerpiece Yoga and Wellness Center in Kent, Ohio. Catalano-Miller is a Kent State student majoring in exercise physiology.

Kent State Student Opens Yoga and Wellness Center

Dangle from the ceiling upside down draped in a silk hammock. Find inner peace though massage. Balance your body with therapeutic yoga ropes. These unique offerings are just a small sample of the holistic approach to wellness at the newly opened Centerpeace Yoga and Wellness Center in Kent, Ohio. …

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Kent State student Ryan Schoeneman poses with a nearly complete guitar in his workshop.

Kent State Graduate Student Turns Passion Into Successful Business

Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ graduate student Ryan Schoeneman of Parma, Ohio, fell in love with guitars when he was a child. He wasn’t just obsessed with their sound, but more so their look. ā€œI started designing them long before I ever learned to play,ā€ said Schoeneman with a big smile on his face. ā€œIt’…

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Kent Campus

Kent State Leader’s Creative Idea Named Finalist in Knight Cities Challenge

Kate Harmon knows that inspiring great ideas oftentimes involves generating them in inspirational environments. As associate director of Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ā€™s Blackstone LaunchPad, which has helped hundreds of students and employees become entrepreneurs, Harmon is always looking at the outside fac…

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Kent Campus

Elevator Pitch Competition

The Blackstone LaunchPad program at Kent State recently hosted its 2nd Annual Elevator Pitch Competition, in which students are given 90 seconds to pitch their business idea in an elevator! Visit www.kent.edu/blackstonelaunchpad for more information!

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