The Environmental Science and Design Research Institute Graduate Student Award was founded in 2025 and has funded new research inquiries for 8 graduate students to date. The ESDRI Graduate Student Award operates on a bi-annual award cycle with application periods each February and September. Kent State University graduate students advised by an ESDRI-affiliated faculty member from any campus are eligible. They may be awarded once during their degree program, and not during their final semester. More information about the ESDRI Graduate Student Award, including full guidelines and sco...
The President’s Award of Distinction honors Kent State staff members who demonstrate exceptional achievement, leadership and dedication in advancing the university’s core values and strategic priorities. Full‑time employees with at least three years of service were eligible for nomination, and this year nearly 200 nominations were submitted. President Todd Diacon recently announced the eight recipients for 2026, each receiving a $1,500 award. Among this year’s honorees is Stephanie Boyle, recognized for her outstanding contributions to both the Athletics Business Office and the Univ...
The museum’s current heating and cooling system must be upgraded to store and preserve the collection in a climate-controlled environment. The system replacement will ensure the historically and culturally significant items in the museum’s care maintain their integrity and survive long into the future.
(Expected cost: $4.5 million)
Course Name: FDM 30089 Crafting Italian Fashion: Hertigae Techniques (ELR)
Course Name: FDM 32089 Italian Fashion Sustainable Practice (ELR)
Porthouse Theatre is Kent State’s summer professional theatre and entertains more than 20,000 visitors every year in its unique 500-seat outdoor setting. A highly regarded educational program, Porthouse provides opportunities for student artists to work and learn alongside professionals in all aspects of the theatrical arts from performance to management and everything in between.
The Kent State University Museum holds one of the world’s most important collections of fashion, costumes, textiles and decorative arts. With more than 10,000 annual visitors, the museum offers year-round exhibitions and programming for the community and serves as an educational resource for students as well as domestic and international scholars.
As Kent State University’s School of Fashion celebrates the 20th anniversary of its New York City Fashion program, Kent State Today takes a look back through photos taken during the program’s first semester. The NYC Fashion program is a semester-long, education-away experience embedded in the heart of Manhattan’s historic Garment District.Kent State students began studying at the NYC Fashion program in spring 2006. There were 26 students in that first group of Kent State students who enrolled in the program and studied in New York City. Twenty years later, the program now i...
