Join fellow Kent State alumni for an unforgettable game day experience in downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 28, as we cheer on the Pittsburgh Penguins, Golden Flash style.
Your evening kicks off with an exclusive pregame alumni reception at the Cambria Hotel Pittsburgh – Downtown, where you’ll enjoy light snacks, great company, and the excitement of game day building all around you. Your ticket includes access to the reception, a donation to the Kent State Scholarship Fund and an exclusive Pittsburgh Penguins College Series quarter zip.
My name is Madelyn Lands, and I am an honors student majoring in Public Health with a concentration in Clinical Trials Research and a minor in Environmental Health. Additionally, I’m a part of Kent State University’s combined bachelor-master’s program and will proudly graduate in May 2026!I’m originally from Toledo, Ohio, and from the moment I toured Kent State, I fell in love with the energy of the campus and the natural beauty of northeast Ohio. I was also drawn to the region’s world-renowned medical systems and Kent’s Exploratory Program. In high school, I wasn’t completely sure what c...
Office of Global Education
Ali Kiphart recently completed her Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Italian Studies at Kent State University. She has now returned to Kent State to pursue a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate, which trains individuals to teach English to non-native speakers. Having studied abroad in Florence, Italy during her undergraduate degree, Ali is now headed back to Florence this summer to complete her TEFL practicum. Adding an Italian Studies Minor Inspired Her to Study AbroadIn her freshman year at Kent, Ali decided to take Italian for her foreign language requir...
Aubreigh Kitzmiller is a freshman at Kent State University and a Choose Ohio First scholar. Aubreigh is studying to get her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Before enrolling at KSU, she interned in community outreach through University Hospitals & Geauga Growth Partnerships. Now at Kent State, Aubreigh has already joined multiple student organizations. She is part of Cru, as well as Nurses of Faith Fellowship (NOFF) as their secretary for the current school year, and the Student Nurses Association.When asked about how the COF scholarship has helped her, Aubreigh said, "Financially wit...
College of the Arts
The Kent State School of Fashion Master of Fashion Industry Studies program offers unique opportunities for students seeking deeper insights into the fashion industry, blending marketable skills across disciplines for a well-rounded experience. Hear from one of the M.F.I.S. program's 2024 graduates, Jodi Frontino, who was able to share her experiences in this program and how it ultimately led to her job as assistant buyer with Burlington. "The M.F.I.S. program is strong due to its well-rounded coursework. In addition to learning about the ins and outs of the fashion industry, students are...
Join the College of Architecture and Environmental Design for the Spring 2026 Lecture Series as Antoine Picon presents “Architecture and the Dream of the Machine: From Renaissance Proportion to Artificial Intelligence." An engineer, architect, and historian, Antoine Picon is the G. Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A member of the French Academy of Technology and the French Academy of Architecture. He works on the history of the relations between architecture, cities, and technologies.
Join the College of Architecture and Environmental Design for the Spring 2026 Lecture Series as Adam Furman presents “Productive Exuberance." Adam Nathaniel Furman (he/him) is an internationally recognized artist and designer based in London, trained in architecture, whose work critically engages ornament, color, and aesthetics as cultural and political agents within the built environment. His practice spans products, furniture, interiors, and large-scale public works, uniting historical reference with contemporary theory through rigorous material and formal exploration.
Join the College of Architecture and Environmental Design for the Spring 2026 Lecture Series as Lisa Tziona Switkin presents “Sensing Place." Lisa Switkin is a Partner at Field Operations, where she leads transformative projects at the intersection of ecology, urbanism, and community. Lisa will share her approach to the public realm as a dynamic medium—one that holds memory, enables discovery, and shapes experience.
Join the College of Architecture and Environmental Design for the Spring 2026 Lecture Series as Merrill Elam and Mack Scogin present “Recent Works". Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam are esteemed American architects widely recognized for their innovative and thought-provoking architectural designs. Together, they have built a formidable partnership, blending their distinct design sensibilities and intellectual rigor to create structures that push the boundaries of traditional architectural conventions.
Knit Futures is a symposium to energize the advancement of knitting to support people, environment, and place across disciplines, and to engage researchers from both academia and industry for conversation, knowledge exchange and collaboration.
The second biannual KnitFUTURES event is scheduled for March 4 through 6, 2026, at the School of Fashion KnitLAB. We are looking forward to another impactful event and hope you can join us.