Each year, dozens of College of Nursing students open their inbox and are greeted with a message notifying them that they have been awarded a scholarship. These scholarships ignite a chain reaction of positive change in the students’ lives. The ripple effects of our donor’s generosity reach far beyond the lives of individual recipients, touching families, communities, and the entire healthcare system. These scholarships empower students to unlock their potential, pursue their passion for nursing and contribute meaningfully to society. The transformative power of these gifts is witnessed thr...
Kent State University College of Nursing juniors Melina Connell of Mansfield, OH, and Caleb Faust of Columbus, OH, were among 53 Kent State University students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society, America’s most prestigious academic honor society which recognizes a student’s exceptional achievements in the liberal arts and sciences, this past spring. “Phi Beta Kappa is a very prestigious honor,” explained Marsha Kraus, special assistant for Kent State University Honors College. “Fewer than 1% of all college students graduating in any year in the United States receive this recognition. [Con...
In June, the Kent State High-Power Rocket Team attended the 2023 Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The 6-day design build fly style competition is the largest annual collegiate rocketry competition in the world, bringing together nearly 6,000 students from 24 different countries. The Kent State Team, also known as Golden Flashes Rocketry, was just one of 120 teams that competed. Mentored by Dr. Benjamin Kwasa, Steve Eves, Ean Hudspeth, and Julia Taylor, 11 students attending including:Issac Samodell, Senior Aerospace EngineeringGodwin Shitta, Senior Aerospace EngineeringJa...
Health Systems & Facilities Design Graduate Certificate
This 100% online program explores emerging trends in the functional, therapeutic and financial aspects of ever-evolving health care facility design. Appropriate for facilities managers, architects, designers, health care providers, and other public health professionals, the graduate certificate is a unique way to gain expertise in a specialty area with high market demand.
While the Kent State University College of Nursing spring class of 2023 basked in their educational accomplishments during the Convocation pinning ceremony in May, nursing legacy students and siblings Mason and Morgan Copley, along with another nursing legacy, Niko Davis, shared that special moment with their parents, who are also nurses. Legacy students are individuals who have a close family member who has graduated from the same college, or in this case, the same nursing program. Christopher Copley, MSN, CRNA, graduated from Kent State University College of Nursing in 1999 with his Bachelor...
Watch the Announcement Recent data from the Ohio Department of Health shows Ohio averaged over 1,700 suicide deaths between 2016-2021, with those numbers expected to increase over the next reporting period. However, few educational opportunities exist for mental health practitioners prior to being in the field. That’s why Kent State University and the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF) are working to change that through a new evidence-based suicide prevention class offering. OSPF funded the creation and original implementation of the course, called the Interprofessional Educ...
Meet Gianna Jessup, a Graduate College Fellow and masters student in the Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs program. Read on to learn more about Gianna's favorite places in Kent, what she enjoys doing in her free time and what advice she has for incoming graduate students. Where is your hometown? I am from North Huntingdon, PA. Why did you choose Kent State University? I came to Kent State for my bachelor’s degree originally because of the Air Force ROTC program. After a year, I decided that wasn’t the career path for me. I stayed at Kent State for graduat...