A small class assignment in college led to an off-Broadway debut for Kent State University musical theatre alumnus Scott Miesse, ’15, who will be premiering his self-written play titled “Abnormal” in January 2020. “During my senior year at Kent State, I started writing a scene of a little boy talking to his imaginary friend in class,” Miesse said. “Next thing you know, I had notecards with little paragraphs and dialogue taped to the wall, which then evolved into the show ‘Abnormal.’”   Miesse compiled a production team, one of the team members being producer Tessa Faye of Tessa Faye Tale...

Kent State University’s Fashion School continuously finds ways to innovate. Its unique lifestyle boutique, Fashion School Store (FSStore), in downtown Kent recently added a new line called “Sustainability RETOLD.” This collection includes sustainably made clothing, featuring work from five different students and three faculty.   During the Spring 2019 semester, Kendra Lapolla, FSStore director, and assistant professors Chanjuan Chen and Lauren Copeland received a grant from the FSStore to create a collaborative student collection. Students were provided a concept board and encouraged to...

By Olivia Boris Kent State University’s Fashion School continuously finds ways to innovate. Its unique lifestyle boutique, Fashion School Store (FSStore), in downtown Kent recently added a new line called “Sustainability RETOLD.” This collection includes sustainably made clothing, featuring work from five different students and three faculty.   During the Spring 2019 semester, Kendra Lapolla, FSStore director, and assistant professors Chanjuan Chen and Lauren Copeland received a grant from the FSStore to create a collaborative student collection. Students were provided a concept bo...

Kent State University’s architecture and interior design graduates build such impressive skills during their studies in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design that in a national survey, hiring professionals rank them among the most-hired. As part of the national survey, recently conducted by DesignIntelligence, Kent State's interior design students ranked 13th most-hired in its size category based on the average number of graduates each year. Kent State’s architecture students ranked 16th most-hired in its size category.  The rankings were included in the DesignI...

Passion. Commitment. Fearless. Those are some of the words used by Kent State University at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant Technology faculty to describe Lauren Whitten. But they aren’t the only ones who think so highly of the second-year student from Geneva, Ohio, as Whitten was recently named the Sharon Kay Ashworth Outstanding Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Student by the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA). The award is designed to acknowledge student members of OOTA who participate in activities to promote occupational therapy in their community and who cont...

The Paul A. Demshar Foundation is announcing a gift of $10,000 to the Ashtabula Foundation to support Kent State University at Ashtabula’s Rising Scholars program.   The Rising Scholars program supports a select group of promising students who have been identified by their school district as having promising academic ability, but may not have access to social and educational opportunities that will allow them to reach their potential. These students are mentored by current Kent State Ashtabula students with a goal of increasing their high school graduation rates to 90 percent and having...