Kent State entrepreneurship graduate Evan Schumann ’17 and his wife Marisa Sergi were recently recognized in the Food & Drink category of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list. Schumann is co-owner of L’uva Bella Winery with Sergi, whose family has been in the wine business for over 15 years. Following graduation from Kent State, Schumann started a company in the chemical industry. He then began working in consulting and mergers and acquisitions. In 2020, he and Sergi acquired L’uva Bella. The company currently distributes in nine states across the Midwest and East Coast and will launch in a 10t...
The keyword is collaboration. At the beginning of the 2022-23 school year, a new educational partnership between Kent State University and Geauga County’s Berkshire Local School District took shape with the opening of the new pre-K-12th-grade Berkshire school building on the Kent State Geauga Campus in Burton. Effectively creating shared resources and enhanced learning opportunities for all students along life’s timeline, PRIME (Partners in Rural Innovative Models of Education) is the guiding principle behind the innovative K‐16 approach toward education in Geauga County. As the...
KENT, Ohio – As she prepares to graduate from Kent State in December, senior Sophia Edmunds reflects on an unexpected achievement that capped off her senior year. On Dec. 1, Edmunds – a senior fashion merchandising major and marketing minor – took first place in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Idea Pitch competition for her idea, REVEIL. The competition, hosted by the John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship, helps Kent State students develop their startup companies and pitch their business ideas to a panel of executive judges to...
KENT, Ohio – Amy Grincewicz, Ph.D., Director of Instructional Design at the Kent State Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, was recently recognized by Quality Matters with the Quality Matters (QM) Directors’ Award for Exceptional Service to Quality Matters. According to the organization’s news release, “Dr. Grincewicz has made a major mark on the University’s deepening investment in quality assurance, bringing QM practices and certification to several courses through her roles as a QM-certified Master Reviewer and facilitator of three QM professional developmen...
Congratulations! Kimberly Peer, Ph.D. A professor and Sports Medicine Program Coordinator in the School of Health Sciences, Kimberly has been elected to the Class of 2023 Distinguished Fellows of the National Academies of Practice in Athletic Training. The Class of 2023 Fellows will be recognized during an induction ceremony at NAP's Annual Meeting and Forum, March 30 – April 1, 2023, in Washington, DC. ...
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SPCS faculty member Dr. Johanna Solomon was recently the featured guest on the Solutions to Violence program on WFMJ radio, speaking on the topic of Identify in Peace & Reconciliation. Listen to her interview at https://soundcloud.com/wfmp-forward-radio/solutions-to-violence-features-johanna-solomon-11-29-220 ...