Great things happen when purposeful organizations collaborate. Officials from Kent State University and New Castle Schools of Trades recently signed an articulation agreement that provides opportunities for graduates of the trade school to earn degrees from the university. According to the agreement, a student who earns a diploma from New Castle Schools of Trades (with at least 1,000 clock hours in a specific program) can enroll at Kent State and receive 30 credit hours toward an Associate of Technical Study degree. The Associate of Technical Study degree requires 60 credit hours and is ...

Chelsie Brush, a computer technology major at Kent State East Liverpool, was one of 12 female students from across the Kent State University campus system to be selected to the Women’s Center SAGE Project, class of 2018. The SAGE Project recognizes female students at Kent State University who demonstrate innovation, creativity, risk-taking and leadership skills in their academic and personal lives.  Brush graduates in May with an associate degree in computer technology, with a concentration in networking. She will continue her studies to earn a bachelor’s degree in computer technology, ...

Kent State University students in the Advanced Television News Producing class have spent the semester learning the stories of middle school students at Cleveland’s Daniel E. Morgan School and within the Hough community. Now, as the semester concludes, they are telling those stories on a larger stage. The class, taught by Thor Wasbotten, professor in Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is made up of juniors and seniors studying journalism and digital media production. The class spent several days in Daniel E. Morgan School and in the Hough neighborhood throughout the s...