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![Two Kent State University students help turn leftover food into meals for the needy in the Campus Kitchen at Kent State. Two Kent State University students help turn leftover food into meals for the needy in the Campus Kitchen at Kent State.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/04.10.18%20Photo%20from%20Campus%20Kitchen%20at%20Kent%20State.jpg?VersionId=EFBFTLTD1twzPXuLVj5eoU8K.snnFu6X)
Inaugural event celebrates the impact of philanthropy, service and gratitude
Kent State University’s connection to philanthropy runs deep. The very land used for the creation of the university in 1910 came from the charitable gift of a 53-acre farm by William S. Kent. Since…
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![J.R. Campbell, professor and executive director of Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, will become the inaugural executive director of Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative. J.R. Campbell, professor and director of Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, will become the inaugural executive director of Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/04.09.18%20Photo%20of%20J.R.%20Campbell.jpg?VersionId=TN2XK20G477N1th08tbEi0jLuAweCkaR)
Kent State University Community Members:
I am pleased to announce that J.R. Campbell, professor and director of Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, will become the inaugural executive director of Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative.
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![Kent State senior Erin Shattuck (left) travels to the Netherlands where she took classes in sustainable development. Kent State senior Erin Shattuck (left) travels to the Netherlands where she took classes in sustainable development.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/erin%201.jpg?VersionId=9Rj0poXwKieVmdrUyzFuCkeJ1rCtfYmN)
Kent State biology student rescues excess food for educational feast
Imagine planning a dinner party for 500 of your closest friends and not knowing what you will serve until almost the last minute. It might sound stressful, but for Erin Shattuck it is a privilege. Ms. …
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![Linda Spurlock, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Kent State, discusses her field of study, which includes forensic art, reconstructing fossils and more. Linda Spurlock, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Kent State, discusses her field of study, which includes forensic art, reconstructing fossils and more.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/spurlock-video-012015.jpg?VersionId=NZN4GnBYE2Y9LqXJJV3tzz8XONwlNVgk)
Strength, tenacity, courage and unrelenting persistence.
March is Women’s History Month, and all across our country, we are honoring women who have shaped America’s history by working together and showing their strength, tenacity and courage to not only overcome great…
M.L. Schultze named Reporter of the Year
WKSU staff was honored with 11 awards from the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors (OAPME) in a ceremony held March 24 in Columbus, Ohio. Top honors went to WKSU for General Excellence – Radio, the fourth consecutive year the newsroom…
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![Kent State University’s Greater Cleveland Alumni Chapter hosted volunteers at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank for the 2017 Alumni Day of Service. Kent State University’s Greater Cleveland Alumni Chapter hosted volunteers at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank for the 2017 Alumni Day of Service.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.27.18%20-%20Alumni%20Day%20of%20Service%20-%20Photo%201.jpg?VersionId=U3iocS0Ydpaxty7E_PhGzOjnOZ_gvX0P)
Each year, hundreds of Kent State University Golden Flashes gather across the globe to make a difference in their communities. Kent State alumni and friends have the opportunity to participate in the 10th annual Alumni Day of Service on Saturday, April 21.
Sponsored by the Kent…
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Robert S. Frost of Lakewood, Ohio, to the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Mr. Frost’s appointment runs through May 16, 2026. He fills the seat of former Trustee Stephen Colecchi, whose term expired in 2017.
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![Two Kent State University students sit beneath the trees at the Behind the Brain Plaza along Terrace Drive on the Kent Campus. Two Kent State University students sit beneath the trees at the Behind the Brain Plaza along Terrace Drive on the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.15.18%20Photo%20of%20trees%20on%20Kent%20State%20campus.jpg?VersionId=7S7eI0Z6.6GW2PftTp7Hgu8abD580iwY)
Trees fill the sky every season as far as the eye can see as Kent State University students walk down the Lefton Esplanade on the Kent Campus. Large oaks provide shade on a warm summer day, glistening maple trees leave a blanket of orange and red on the ground as students move…
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![Kent State Police Officer Anne Spahr, pictured here with K-9 Coco, was recognized as one of the 2017 Crisis Intervention Team Officers of the Year by the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County and the Portage County Police Chief’s Association. Kent State Police Officer Anne Spahr, pictured here with K-9 Coco, was recognized as one of the 2017 Crisis Intervention Team Officers of the Year by the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County and the Portage County Police Chief’s Association.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-Spahr1.jpg?VersionId=LY.sCPyZRT_sOwFFdN7Um_XZGiZqAsE9)
Police officers rarely find out how victims are doing after a crisis. But Kent State University Police Officer Anne Spahr recalls the moment when she knew she had saved a life.