Summer Commencement 2025 Table
| Name | Date | Time | College/School | Degree | Major | Honors Type | Honors | Project Type | Project | Faculty Title | Faculty | Armed Forces | Phi Beta Kappa | Legacy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samiha Binte Abdullah | Saturday, Aug. |
“Always in our thoughts, forever in our hearts," is inscribed on a plaque at the Kent State Student Memorial Garden on Manchester Field on the Kent Campus. It was created in 2015 in remembrance of all Kent State students who have died. The inspiration for the Student Memorial Garden came from Undergraduate Student Government and other student organizations who advocated for a permanent student memorial on campus. The garden is maintained by University Facilities Management and features seasonal plantings, stone benches and a waterfall, designed to mask the sounds o...
Additional Information
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Judging Information
Judging is done by the Kent State Alumni Association. The alumni association will review and make determinations for all award categories and reserves the right to suggest alternate awards based on the nominee’s qualifications and experience.
Important Eligibility Information
- Current Kent State full-time staff members who are alumni are only eligible for the Outstanding Staff Member Award.
- Alumni who are previous Kent State staff members will not be considered for another Alumni Award category sooner than five years after the individual’s separation from Kent State as an employee, and consideration of eligibility, accomplishments and service for any given award shall be for the time period after separation from the university as an employee.
Things That Happen While You Are Doing Other Things
Image: Changing Room by Rashawn Griffin
While on a campus tour last year, Copley High School senior Grant Hyne and his mom, Allayne, noticed there wasn’t a specific area where students could hang hammocks and just chill out. Their discovery opened the door to Hyne combining his desire to do an Eagle Scout service project with the need for an outdoor hangout space on Kent State University’s Kent Campus.Hyne developed the Hammock Hangout, a space located near the volleyball sand pit just adjacent to Tri Towers.While participating in Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts of America, hanging out in hammocks has been one of Hyne’s favori...
Orange barrels will soon appear on a three-quarter-mile stretch of Ohio Route 59/East Main Street that runs through Kent State University’s Front Campus, marking the start of a three-year construction project to make the thoroughfare safer and more attractive.The $25.5 million rehabilitation project is a joint effort between Kent State University, the city of Kent, the Portage Regional Transit Authority, the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study and the project’s Citizen Advisory Committee.Two-way traffic, with a center turn lane, will be maintaine...