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Priorities

Priorities

What Lies Ahead is Up to Us

Our purpose is to help students find theirs. No matter who they are or where they want to go, it’s up to us to open doors of opportunity. Through scholarship support, top-tier faculty and facilities, global education and high-impact experiences, our Golden Flashes will light up the future.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Raising funds to align with scholarship needs is our first priority at Kent State, and ensures that we support our students from the day they receive their letter of acceptance to the day they receive their degree.

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Global Education

Global Education

When Kent State students immerse themselves in places like Florence, New York, Ghana or Paris, they return with new perspectives and a sense of purpose that will illuminate the world.

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Beyond Academics

You belong here. It’s a promise we make to our students when they arrive, and it’s one that we fulfill through award-winning programming and resources to truly make Kent State University feel like home while they earn their degree.

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Expanding University Initiatives

Athletics successes and collaborative additions to the university —like the Brain Health Research Institute and Design Innovation Initiative— have elevated our reputation and cemented our place on the world stage.

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Building the Future - Campus Improvements

Our physical spaces must reflect the innovative thinking, learning and creating that is happening inside. Imagine what we can accomplish if we give our minds room to grow in modern learning environments. 

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$383M

Total amount raised

$156M

Student Success amount raised

66,310

Number of campaign donors

Making An Impact

Our students, alumni and donors all help make the world Forever Brighter. Learn more about some of our most impressive community members.

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Ivana Krsteska
Prioritizing Student Success, Rewarding Achievement, Enhancing Experiences

Student Enjoys Eclectic Experience

After spending her younger years in a variety of volunteer roles with non-governmental organizations in her native Macedonia, Ivana Krsteska chose Kent State to study sustainable architecture and also serves as a Kent Student Ambassador.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Enhancing Experiences

Nursing Students Immerse in Lakota Culture

Kent State Salem nursing students visit the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota each year as part of a study away experience. As they immerse themselves in the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe, they embark on a journey of cultural understanding.

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Building the Future, College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Back-to-Back Wins at Air Race Classic Competition

Two female Kent State pilots completed the four-day, 2,685-mile, all-female race with the best score to win the overall, collegiate, fastest Cessna and fastest Women in Aviation International team competitions. This is the second year in a row that Kent State pilots have taken to…

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Prioritizing Student Success, Enhancing Experiences

Celebrating 50 Years in Florence, Italy

Fifty years after a handful of architecture students first studied in the city, the Kent State University Florence Center now hosts hundreds of Kent State students annually, serving as the university’s flagship study abroad and international center.

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Timothy Mikes
Prioritizing Student Success

Family Creates Scholarship in Son’s Memory

Timothy Mikes, ’17, MPH ’23, was a College of Public Health (CPH) graduate student committed to public health and a champion for the autistic community and students with learning disabilities. A new scholarship created by his family will support future CPH students.

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Prioritizing Student Success

First-generation Student Finds Purpose

Blaine McCurdy joined Kent State’s Rising Scholars program in sixth grade after learning about the program and its opportunities for a college education in Columbiana County. Blaine, who is a first-generation college student, is studying psychology at Kent State Salem.

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Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D.,
Expanding University Initiatives, Endowing Employee Talent

Endowed Professor Receives Research Award

Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., The Elliot Professor in Healthcare Design in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design was featured in Healthcare Design magazine for her leadership in the healthcare design program.

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Building the Future, Crawford Hall

Crawford Hall Commemorative Beam Signing

A commemorative beam signing event was held in April for Crawford Hall, the new home for the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. The beam was signed by university leadership, the college’s National Advisory Board and building project donors.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Scholarship Supports Student Leader’s Goals

Jenna Gilbreath, ’23, had a chance encounter with Michael John Gallagher II, '19, during one of her student visit days. He gave her some great advice about her future as a Kent State student.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Rising Scholars Students Partner With NASA

Rising Scholars students at the Columbiana campuses are partnering with NASA to create personal hygiene kits that astronauts may use during simulation training exercises. The goal is for each scholar to complete one hygiene kit.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Roe Green, MA ’80, To Receive Honorary Degree

Kent State’s Board of Trustees will award Roe Green, MA ’80, a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree in recognition of her contributions to the university and her advocacy for the arts in Northeast Ohio, the nation and around the world.

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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.

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