Mathew Blasio, an Honors College junior musical theatre major with a dance minor from Cleveland, Ohio, completed an internship during the summer of 2019 with Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, New York. During the summer, he acted in four productions: “Mamma Mia!,” “Newsies,” “Hair,” and a version of “Alice in Wonderland.” This kind of production schedule throughout the summer is referred to as “summer stock” in the theatre community, and it is commonly sought after by college students.   In order to get a position working in summer stock, Mathew traveled to New York City in January 2019 ...

For college students in many areas of study, an internship experience may be a requirement for graduation from their program or an otherwise necessary step to reach the next stage in their education and their eventual careers. Regardless of whether or not it is required, students in all majors can benefit from having a quality internship experience with a company or organization relevant to their field of study and desired career. Many Honors College students at Kent State take the opportunity to complete unique internships to supplement their academic work and prepare them for the future. ...

Lou Raffis, a 1981 graduate of Kent State University’s Honors College, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Alumni Award. He recalls his time at Kent State, saying that he truly benefitted from the academic preparation the Honors College gave him to attend graduate business school at Harvard University. Raffis says that his Freshman Honors Colloquium course in particular, taught him “how to think, to debate, and to write, which prepared me for the challenging and intense academic environment that I confronted at Harvard.” In addition, the honors business and...

William Perrine, a senior lecturer of fashion design and merchandising in The Fashion School at Kent State University, has been teaching at the university for fourteen years. He was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Faculty Award. When asked how the environment at Kent State and in the Honors College allows him to thrive as a faculty member, Perrine said that professors receive a great deal of support for the ideas they have and the initiatives they want to implement. Perrine has experienced this support firsthand: he started The Fashion School’s Germany...

Nuclear physics researchers at Kent State University and all over the world have been searching for violations of the fundamental symmetries in the universe for decades. Much like the “Big Bang” (approximately 13.8 billion years ago), but on a tiny scale, they briefly recreate the particle interactions that likely existed microseconds into the formation of our universe which also likely now exist in the cores of neutron stars. To better understand these properties, the STAR Collaboration researchers develop precision particle detectors for experiments (collisions of gold nuclei) and analyze...

In this time of nationwide uncertainty, Kent State Student Media continues to provide top-notch reporting on COVID-19 and its impact on Kent and around the world. KentWired.com has a tab dedicated to Coronavirus updates that houses articles dating back to March 14, 2020. Since that day, our student reporters have posted over 50 articles detailing the pandemic on a local, state, national and worldwide level. View KentWired.com's Coronavirus Hub Eager to get back on-air, our TV2 team went live beginning Monday, April 6, from students’ at-home studios for the first time after b...

Whew. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind. Now that we’re back from spring break and settling into this new normal, we wanted to take a moment to check in and share how social media came into play during the transition to remote learning. As the university’s social media team, we’re in a unique position. Not only do we have the chance to interact with our Kent State community directly on a daily basis, but we also see such a high volume of posts that we are able to get an overall sense of how our audiences are feeling. Social media really does offer the pulse of what’s happening. ...

In accordance with the order of Ohio Department of Health director Amy Acton, M.D. to stay at home to slow the spread of COVID-19, Porthouse Theatre regretfully announces the cancellation of its 2020 season, scheduled for June 11 – August 9, 2020. As a result of this difficult decision, the productions of Little Shop of Horrors, BKLYN, and West Side Story will not take place as scheduled and Porthouse’s grounds will be closed. “I can’t imagine a summer without our Porthouse family,” said producing artistic director Terri Kent, “but, more importantly, I can’t imagine a world without you a...

February was an exciting month for the Kent State community. Let’s take a look at some of our top-performing posts of the month! The announcement of Kent State’s partnership extension with the LeBron James Family Foundation earned a top spot across our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts.  Instagram Specifically, on Instagram, the post announcing that eligible students in the oldest I PROMISE Network class would receive free tuition for four years and free room and board for one year garnered 3,073 likes.         View th...