Kent State University’s Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs Program celebrated a diamond (60-year) anniversary with a reception for alumni and friends at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center.   Familiar faces were seen at the gathering recognizing when Kent State awarded its first three doctoral degrees in June 1964 in what was then the College of Education. Since its inception, the higher education program has grown to offer a variety of degrees in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs, including the M. Ed., Ed.S. and P...

  Most of Kent State's student population are first-time voters in this election, with others being first-time voters in a presidential election.   Kent State Today visited the polls and saw a steady stream of students coming in to cast their votes at three polling locations near campus. We spoke with two first-time voters and one upperclass student who was casting their first vote for a presidential candidate. They said they felt "excited and energized" about voting.  Leading up to the election, Kent State Votes worked to inform and inspire student voters.&n...

The past year was quite meaningful for Antoinette Fitzgerald.First, she graduated in May 2023 with her associate degree in nursing from Kent State East Liverpool. Then, she was hired by Akron Children’s Hospital as a float nurse for the Boardman location, making history as the first ADN student to complete the hospital’s Career Launch program.And, just recently, she completed her first year as a registered nurse in the special care nursery at Akron Children’s Boardman location and graduated from its Nurse Residency program.Fitzgerald explained that the Akron Children’s Career Launch progr...