When Jessica Mazias walks into the operating room today, she carries more than a decade of experience and a connection to the next generation of nurses following in her footsteps at Kent State University at Trumbull.A 2015 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduate, Mazias now serves as an RN manager of perioperative services at Mercy Health Boardman, where she not only leads surgical teams but also helps guide current BSN students through their earliest clinical experiences.Each spring, sophomore nursing students from Kent State Trumbull step into the hospital setting for the first time an...

Kent State University is aware of an incident today in which a person confronted a student organization that was exercising its right to free expression on the student center plaza. The individual used scissors to pop the group's balloons and directed profanities at the students. This disruptive and violent behavior has no place at Kent State, and university police are now investigating the matter.4/30/26 UPDATE: The individual from this incident has been identified and criminally charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors....