Last October 2025, Kent State University Housing won first place in the Social Media category at the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International ACUHO-I Marketing Awards. The recognition highlights innovation and excellence within the division in connecting with students and their on-campus housing experience. The ACUHO-I Marketing Awards recognize creative and impactful communication efforts that promote campus housing programs and initiatives. Established in 2016, the awards celebrate excellence across ACUHO-I member institutions and spotlight marketing strategi...

Bryan Webb’s talents span live radio production, creative concept development, artist and label booking, relationship management and creating compelling content across multiple platforms. In this conversation, he reflects on how his Kent State University education — and his time with Student Media — shaped the success he enjoys today.1. What drew you to Kent State?I started off my college career as a broadcast major, so the College of Communication & Information initially piqued my interest. I’m also from the Northeast Ohio area, so it was a very easy transition from high school to college...

Student Media magazines are back in full force. In November, The Burr, A Magazine and Fusion hit the racks with their Fall 2025 issues. This spring, The Kent Stater debuted The Playbook, its first-ever sports preview magazine, now available on stands and online. The Playbook will publish at the beginning of each semester, serving as both a recap and a preview of Kent State athletics, complete with features on teams and players.Student Media is also welcoming back Uhuru, which returns to stands this April after a four-semester hiatus. Joining Uhuru on racks this spring are new issues of The Bur...

In 2026, The Kent Stater turns 100. Searchlight was the first student newspaper, beginning in February 1926. A few months later, Searchlight disbanded and was replaced by The Kent Stater, which published its first issue July 29, 1926, under the leadership of its first editor-in-chief, Peg Hayes. Since that time, The Kent Stater has remained an independent, fully student-run news source, training generations of journalists, designers, photographers and media leaders.To mark the centennial, Student Media and The Kent Stater are planning a year of celebration and reflection. This spring, ori...

As another semester comes to a close, Kent State Student Media enters a season of transition, one that brings both heartfelt goodbyes and exciting new beginnings. This semester, we celebrate two graduating student leaders who stepped into their roles for just one term and made an extraordinary impact: Kay Simmons, audience engagement director, and Adriana Gasiewski, The Burr editor-in-chief.Adriana joined The Burr after working in other spaces such as The Kent Stater and Her Campus, bringing with her a renewed energy and vision. In just one semester, she grew the magazine's staff to nearly 30 ...

Sydney Roche is thriving as a first-year law student at Case Western Reserve University on a full-ride scholarship, and she credits much of her success to the foundation she built at Kent State University. Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, the 2025 graduate discovered Kent State through a friend's enthusiastic recommendation. Though the university hadn't been on her radar initially, one campus tour changed everything."I went and I toured and I loved it, and I noticed that they had a pre-law center," Roche said. "They had the degrees I was looking for."She enrolled in fall 2022, was acce...