Only a first-year in a competitive program, Nathan Heid's ambitions, conceptualizations, and hard work caught the eyes of the jury at the state level, ultimately leading to him winning an Honorable Mention Award by the 2024 AIA Ohio Student Design Competition. With a true mechanical element stemming from an engineering background and hours spent meticulously prototyping, Heid’s project “Machine on the Horizon” paves a new path for first-years and students beyond to design with risk and brilliance.The AIA Ohio Student Design&...

  Turkmen culture came to Kent State this week when members of a visiting delegation from Turkmenistan played traditional music while dancers performed on Risman Plaza.   As part of Kent State's worldwide effort to promote education as the path to global understanding, the university has entered into an agreement with the Turkmenistan Ministry of Education to explore the possibility of creating an educational partnership with several of the country's national institutes of higher learning. The Turkmen delegation came to Kent State to sign a memorandum of understanding....

Kent State's Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement recognized three former EHHS students in it's 2024 Alumni Awards. Congratulations to Erica Dovin, '21, Vanessa Dianna Johnson, '79, '81, and Bea Shaheen McPherson, ’43, for being one of the 2024 recipients. Dovin, the recipient of the Outstanding New Professional Award, secured a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Science.     Johnson is the winner of the Professional Achievement Award. She received a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism and a master’s degree in Higher Education Admi...