A future in entrepreneurship may sound daunting to some, but at Kent State, students are prepared to start successful businesses with the help of LaunchNET.The Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab, LaunchNET’s summer accelerator program, has been offered to students since 2022. Participants are paid to work on their business and are provided a collaborative experience with fellow student entrepreneurs.“We have specific projects,” said Zach Mikrut, Director of LaunchNET Kent State, “ranging from business model canvas work, to prototyping, to customer interviews.” LaunchNET caters to what the students need, so ...

Welcome to Flash Focus! In this series, we introduce you to fascinating student Flashes from all walks of life.Meet Karissa Wahl, a member of the Honors College and a second-year public health major with junior standing from Mansfield, Ohio. She has a concentration in allied health and also minors in psychology, disability studies and community inclusion.  Wahl was particularly excited to visit and tour the Kent State University campus as a junior in high school, as both of her parents are proud Golden Flash alumni.  “My mom and I came in the peak of the spring season, so the campus ...

By Mercury FosterUndergraduate Student InternAs we prepare to welcome three poets from the Cincinnati area to Kent State, we at the Wick Poetry Center want to introduce them and their unique perspectives before their readings onstage. The poems that they will share at the reading in the Murphy Auditorium are only pieces of their identities as poets. We hope that through asking some of our guest poets about their experiences and opinions, their answers will help crystallize the fragments their poems give us into a fuller image of them. My name is Mercury. I’m a Wick intern who helped craft...

University Hospitals (UH) has longstanding history of extraordinary support for both Kent State University and the College of Public Health. CPH students work with UH in a variety of ways, including internships, volunteering, and shadowing opportunities. Together, these initiatives create a strong partnership that benefits students, the hospital, and the surrounding communities. Robert Naymik serves as the business development manager as well as the lead for the community outreach and education team for UH Portage Medical Center. In this position, he plays a key role in integrating public heal...

Students in the Kent State School of Fashion’s fashion visuals class, led by Professor Archana Mehta, recently visited the Kent State University Museum to engage directly with "LeRoy Neiman: A Keen Observer of Style," an exhibition highlighting the artist’s early work as a fashion illustrator. The course introduces students to elements and principles of design and color theory to create effective composition in 2D and 3D form. The museum offers a setting where students can apply those concepts through close looking, visual analysis and discussion in the galleries. Surrounded by Neiman’s s...