Gerald (Jerry) Payto’s father taught him an important lesson early on in life. “He used to say, ‘You really don’t receive until you give,’” Jerry said. “That has stuck in my mind my whole life." Gerald (Jerry) ’68, and his wife, Christie, have been involved in numerous Kent State University endeavors, including establishing The Joseph Schidlowski  Visiting Professorship in Architecture in 2009. In addition, Jerry was the architect for phase one renovations of the School of Art in 2005. Now, Jerry’s firm, Payto Architects of Cleveland, has won the bid for the renovation and constru...

By: Cody Carson    Kent, Ohio   As the spring semester kicks into full swing, so do the spring sports. The Golden Flashes begin full-team, full-contact practices after three weeks of positional work, which were essential to the teams potential for success. Attackman Cody Carson was quoted saying "One of our biggest weaknesses in the fall was our fundamentals. We realized we needed to get ourselves to a higher level before we went full go. Three weeks of stick work, conditioning, and offensive and defensive scheme work will put us way ahead of schedule so we...