Prioritizing Student Success
Student Success Priority Exceeds Goal
The Forever Brighter campaign’s Prioritizing Student Success initiative now stands at $142 million, surpassing the $100 million goal set at the campaign’s outset in October 2021. This will enable the university to offer more financial assistance to students in need.
Breaking Barriers for Parenting Students is Goal of Professor’s Research
Approximately 5.4 million students with dependent children are enrolled in postsecondary education. Those numbers are only expected to rise in the near future, as a too-often overlooked and underserved population increases. Ashtabula sociology associate professor Jessica Leveto, Ph.D., is focusing her research on the needs of those students as part of a fellowship with the Center for Teaching and Learning that culminates with a faculty workshop on April 21.
Celebrating Women’s History Month at Kent State
This March, Kent State University is celebrating the 2023 Women’s History Month. The theme for 2023 is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”
How Hospitality Management Is Weathering the Great Resignation
In early 2021, during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, masses of employees across the country began resigning their jobs in record numbers, marking what is known as the “Great Resignation.” For students in Kent State's Hospitality and Event Management program, there’s a big opportunity to capitalize on an industry that is in the middle of a large shift in management.
Kent State’s Comedy Improv Troupe Entertains Audiences at Stand-Up Festival
Did you know Kent State has its own improvisation group? It does. What does the troupe do, you ask? Improv. About. Everything.
‘Merchandising Is Both a Science and an Art’
Olivia Meyer, junior Honors College fashion merchandising student, is designing her own success at Kent State and abroad. “I think what I'm most excited for is the unknown,” she muses.
Transforming Global Education
Kent State has a longstanding tradition of excellence in global education. In celebration of 50 years of our study abroad program in Florence, Italy, the university has created the Kent State Global Education Endowment, with a goal to be the largest endowment in university history.
Kent State's I Promise Students Are Proud of LeBron James' Awesome Milestone
Kent State I Promise Scholars let LeBron James know how proud they are of him becoming the all-time NBA scorer.
Kent State Prepares Student To Step Into His Future Career
Kent State's digital media program prepared Morales to succeed his mentor, Joseph Bock, as the multimedia coordinator at Lorain High School, where Morales' future began.
International Student Finds Kent State Engineering Program Too Good to Pass Up
Franck Steve Guepjop Fotso of Cameroon, Africa, chose to attend Kent State because of its impressive engineering curriculum, which matched his career aspirations and had a robust program for international students, at an affordable price that fit into the family budget.