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Kent State senior Maya McDaniel will become one of the university's youngest students to receive a bachelor's degree. (Screenshot courtesy of WEWS News 5 Cleveland)

Kent State Senior Has Kept a Secret: Her Age

Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ student Maya McDaniel began her collegiate journey at age 14. Now a 17-year-old senior, she is set to graduate with a degree in game design and a minor in computer science and also set to become one of the youngest students to receive a bachelor’s degree from the university.

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Four Years Ahead: An 18-Year-Old Kent Student Will Graduate From Kent State This Spring

While most 18-year-olds are finishing up their high school requirements for graduation and making plans to attend college or applying for jobs, a few exceptional students like Benjamin Mudrak are simply way ahead of their peers in their academic pursuits.

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Megan Schinker, a senior at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, participated in the College Credit Plus Science Experience Internship Program at Āé¶¹¹ū¶³'s Department of Geology.

High School Student’s Research Into ā€œLittle Thingsā€ at Kent State Leads to Big Experience

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. 

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Megan Schinker, a senior at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, participated in the College Credit Plus Science Experience Internship Program at Āé¶¹¹ū¶³'s Department of Geology.

Research Into ā€œLittle Thingsā€ Leads to Big Experience for Local High School Student

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. Now a senior in high school, Ms. Schinker, chose Kent State as her undergraduate school where she will pursue a double major in geology and chemistry starting fall 2019.

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