Alumni Success
![Kent State’s Giving Tuesday 2020 raised more than $2.2 million to support students as they endeavor to earn their degrees.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/GT_RESULTS_DRUPAL_1500x600_0.png?VersionId=2lR6SBrpHm._F95tKzNOZt9KWy6FTBMQ&h=e6f36a9c&itok=NvMwsSWJ)
Despite the economic impact of COVID-19, alumni, friends, faculty and staff came together to raise $2.3 million to support more than 2,300 students.
![Kent State’s Giving Tuesday campaign raises funds to keep students on track to graduation, like the students pictured here who are safely participating in their class while adhering to the university’s COVID-19 guidelines.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20200902_BC_200504_Covid_teaching_079a_0.jpg?VersionId=qP3wk8TNtTUtLFvaYi_cJd1cKK3FPGn9&h=58c8a5e7&itok=6PTP6z9D)
Kent State launched its month-long celebration of philanthropy, Giving Tuesday, on Nov. 9 and highlighted a fundamental belief that “Flashes Take Care of Flashes.”
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The legendary meteorologist and Kent State graduate passed away on Aug. 4. Goddard graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
![Kent Campus](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/DA67_051%20%283%29_0.jpg?VersionId=Mkec._zlh8rgTzziTx8ZfAL5BcQFIlJk&h=f16edf14&itok=4Y1YkYJ0)
Kent State University was recently notified of a security breach at one of our vendors, Blackbaud. According to Blackbaud, data accessed by the cybercriminal may have contained public information such as name, title, date of birth, spouse, phone numbers, gender and addresses. Blackbaud has reported that no other information was compromised.
![Alumni Awards Kent State University Alumni Association](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/21ALR000_AlumniAwards_Drupal_Header_1500x400_2.jpg?VersionId=GvErHQgufuv4oiu3.APUKSgeYyCOk3Ju&h=96cb6d4a&itok=VsFqm5bI)
The Kent State University Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2020 Alumni Award recipients.
![Members of Kent State University's Undergraduate Student Government Painted "Flashes Take Care of Flashes" on the Rock on Front Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/03.30.20%20Photo%20of%20USG%20members%20painting%20the%20Rock-web_0_2.jpg?VersionId=NTDanF2jcm8Blx0HCBuqEqmydvrFxxqe&h=e6f36a9c&itok=kLqJuFeF)
The Kent State Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.
![BSN graduate Bailey Hill smiling in NYC subway](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/bailey%20nursing%20student%20new%20york%20covid%202_Square.jpg?VersionId=uNgdxrDEFusdWh6ESctrsbeR5VMHHA3Q&h=ab622562&itok=lE8lNgZd)
Kent State University Geauga Campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program 2018 graduate Bailey Hill has been selected by The Cleveland Clinic as a nurse who will spend the next four weeks at New York Presbyterian Hospital—an area
![Photo of alumna with Kent State quilt](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/LoriB2_1.jpg?VersionId=0W6CQEHd4wZj.4Bl7or3YwoA3dztL4MC&h=0e5c37cf&itok=9ZtCdiv1)
From making her mark on campus during Destination Kent State to joining the recreational skate team, Marissa Belock, a sophomore biology major, has already created so many amazing memories during her college career. Thanks to her mother and Kent State alumna, Lori Belock, ’86, these memories are now wrapped up in a beautiful quilt of blue and gold T-shirts.