A group of artists, educators and volunteers worked together to produce “We the People,” an outdoor art exhibit at Kent State University that pays tribute to refugees from around the world who have made Northeast Ohio their home.   The exhibit spanned the Lefton Esplanade throughout the spring showcasing large photographs of individuals who fled their home countries and now live in Northeast Ohio.   Françoise Massardier-Kenney, Ph.D., professor of French translation in the College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies and co-director of the Glo...

Twenty-two women from across Ohio will competed in this year’s Miss Ohio Scholarship Program June 15 at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield. Among the contestants three were Kent State University students who hold the titles Miss Oxford, Miss Akron Canton and Miss South Central.   Miss Oxford   Niles native Caitlin Seifert, 19, a fashion merchandising major, possesses a talent in baton twirling. Ms. Seifert’s platform, Unity in the Community: Making Your Community a Better Home through Volunteerism, emphasizes the importance of children of all ages becoming volunteers. ...

Phillip Grant Jr., a Kent State University honors student and Kent native, recently served as a tour guide for WKYC’s Danielle Wiggins as she explored all that the Tree City has to offer as part of WKYC’s Unzipped Series.   The series highlights the unique features of the cities and locations throughout Northeast Ohio region.   Mr. Grant, 22, a broadcast journalism major, grew up in Kent, and knows his way around town from popular restaurants to the most frequented recreation spots.    “Kent has really changed throughout the years,” Mr. Grant told WKYC’s Ms. Wiggins. ...

  Seven students from the Kent State High-Power Rocket Team traveled to Huntsville, Alabama to participate in their first NASA Student Launch Competition. Students came from around the country with the goal to design, build and fly a rocket and payload that would deploy upon landing. The name of the team’s rocket was “Flash…Ahh Ahh!” In reference to the classic Queen song and the Kent State Golden Flashes. This was Kent State’s first entry into the year-long NASA high-power rocket competition, which consisted of seven events and report submissions. The team placed 23 out of 45 teams. ...

    Kent State University’s (KSU) Kenzie Alge ’19 and Alex Johnson finished fourth place among collegiate competition teams and 12th place overall in the 2019 Air Race Classic!  The team finished with zero penalties. These results are the best since KSU began competing in the ARC in 2016.  The flight technology students were racing against a tough handicap speed and had a lot of challenging decisions with weather. See the Collegiate Challenge winners and more. The Air Race Classic’s began in Jackson, Tennessee and ended in Welland, Ontario, with the team flying a Cessn...

Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Jasmine Hoff of Cleveland, Ohio, to a two-year term as a graduate student trustee of the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Ms. Hoff’s term began June 11 and ends May 16, 2021. She replaces Jessica Peck, whose term as a graduate student trustee recently ended. Ms. Hoff holds three nursing degrees – associate, baccalaureate and master’s – all from Kent State. She currently is pursuing a doctorate in Nursing Practice and an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner graduate certificate, which provides nurses who already have a graduate nursing deg...