Student Success
59 Student-Athletes Achieved Perfect GPAs in Fall and Spring 2016
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ās Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakfast on Feb. 2 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony. āWe are tremendously proud of and inspired by the success of our student-athletes who demonstrate time and time again thatā¦
Kent State Holds Fall Commencement Ceremonies on Dec. 16 and 17
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ will hold its Fall Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, Dec. 16, and Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State will confer 2,544 degrees, including 1,773 bachelorās degrees, 715 masterās degrees, 55 dā¦
Student Journalist Traverses Nation to Document Voting Rights Challenges
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ journalism major Jimmy Miller recently spent 10 weeks traveling the country examining the political views of white, working-class Americans, a group now credited as a difference maker in the successful campaign of President-elect Donald Trump. The project was part ā¦
Kent State Menās Basketball Displays Unity During National Anthem
The Kent State's men's basketball student-athletes select fans of all races to stand with them in solidarity during the national anthem.
Senior Architecture and Interior Design Majors Find Creative Expression in Florence
During International Education Week, which runs from Nov. 14-18, Ā鶹¹ū¶³ās College of Architecture and Environmental Design will showcase the creative projects of seniors Zach Barber, Ben Brannan and several others who studied abroad in Florence, Italy, during the pā¦
On-Campus Garden Helps Provide Vegetables to Local Students in Need
Sarah Burns, a second-year masterās student in the Nutrition and Dietetics program at Ā鶹¹ū¶³, shows off a tomato that she and others in the program helped to grow over the last few months. Under the direction of Nutrition and Dietetics faculty member Natalie Caine-Bish, Ph.D., Burns aā¦
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ Student Earns National Attention for Research about Youth Education in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ global communication studies graduate student Daniel Sochaās research on a non-profit organizationās efforts to support youth education in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently caught the attention of National Public Radio (NPR). In May, Socha traveled to the DRC to study and report on Project Kirotshe, a non-profit that provides funding for youth in the village of Kirotshe and surrounding areas to attend school.
Sochaās travel was funded through a fellowship by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. He was one of only 31 students nationwide to receive a fellowship to complete an international reporting assignment; the center provides funding for students to report on international issues as part of the centerās Campus Consortium educational initiative. One of the stories Socha developed for his reporting assignment was published on .
āIt was awesome to see my article on NPRās website,ā Socha said. āTo see my words and to know that I did that ā I wrote that ā was amazing.ā
Kent State Students Form New Autism Student Organization
Group created by students with autism spectrum disorder to highlight diversity, not disability Ā鶹¹ū¶³ is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: Kent State has a new student organization on campus thā¦
Kent State Students Form New Autism Student Organization
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: Kent State has a new student organization on campus that joins the few of its type in the nation. Autism Connections Kent has been created by students wā¦