When Kent State University alumnus Justin Horoiwa attended the university from 2005 to 2009, he left here empty-handed without earning his bachelor’s degree. But thanks to Kent State’s Degree Completion Program, Horoiwa returned to Kent State and completed his degree in 2016.Since then, he has spent time serving in the Peace Corps in Africa, earned a graduate degree and in recent years has contracted as an information officer with an international relief agency.All of this would not have been possible if Horoiwa had not enrolled in Kent State’s Degree Completion Program, giving him t...

Ohio voters were seeing red at the ballot box on Tuesday in choosing Republican candidates for both major national races. For the third time, voters supported Republican Donald Trump for president while also sending newcomer Republican Bernie Moreno to the U.S. Senate.Kent State University political science expert Mark Cassell said that supporting one party in both national races was not a complete surprise.“We're still digesting what it means,” said Cassell, professor of political science. “Ohio voted much like the rest of the country. Trump and Republicans down the ballot outperformed 2...

She’s staying in the nation’s capital.Emilia Sykes, who earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kent State University, was reelected Nov. 5 to the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio’s 13th Congressional District, which includes the Kent and Trumbull campuses and the Twinsburg Academic Center. Sykes, a longtime Akron Democrat, defeated Kevin Coughlin, a Republican who had previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate.Born and raised in Akron, Sykes was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives to represent her hometown in November 2014. Sykes ...