Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Renato “Ren” Camacho of North Canton, Ohio, to the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Camacho will serve through May 16, 2032. He succeeds Stephen Perry, who completed his nine-year term on the Board. Camacho brings expertise in both economic development and aviation to the Kent State Board. Camacho currently serves as president and CEO of the Akron-Canton Airport, a position he has held since 2018. He leads a 60-member team of airport employees, strategically plans for the future of the airport and directs all capital improvement projects. He has m...

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of Kent State University’s May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at Kent State on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s. Caplan currently serves as director of education at the National First Ladies’ Library in Canton, Ohio. She will begin at Kent State on July 18. In her new position, Caplan will serve as an integral educational resource in the university’s effort to remember and commemorate the killed and wounded students. Caplan will preserve their stories for future genera...

Deciding on a Study Abroad ProgramCeeJay Scott knew he wanted to study abroad since freshman year. Then, COVID happened and for a moment he thought he wouldn’t actually be able to see the places that caught his attention earlier on—China, Australia, Brazil… “I was very patient and then COVID was kind of dying down a little bit, things started to open up and then that's when I said ‘OK, it might be kind of cool for me to start searching for opportunity or where I wanna go’.” He soon contacted an advisor to learn about all the options available.“And I found Egypt, which stood out to me...