Kent State University’s VA Work-Study Program has been working to expand its reach, serving military-affiliated students to help them turn their service experience into academic credit, while providing meaningful hands-on opportunities for student workers.The program allows students who use military education benefits to work in campus roles that directly support fellow veteran and active-duty students. Within the Office of the University Registrar, VA Work-Study students play a pivotal role in evaluating military transcripts and aligning prior learning to university coursework.  “The VA ...

Campus grounds leaders are working to salvage trees removed due to storm damage, disease, the E. Main Street construction project and other causes, transforming them into a resource for future academic and beautification projects.  Leading the efforts is Freeland Southard, manager of FabLAB, and Pamela Evans, Professor Emerita of Interior Design in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. The two say the idea grew from experience and a shared commitment to sustainability.“Just noticing that there have been a lot of trees cut down annually, I saw an opportunity for a resource ...

Dear Members of the University Community,I write to share a leadership transition that will take place this summer.Vice President Valoree Vargo has announced her decision to retire from university service on July 3, 2026. She joined Kent State in 2010 and has provided outstanding leadership as vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement and chief executive officer of the Kent State University Foundation since August 2021.I am appointing Leigh Greenfelder, senior associate vice president and chief operating officer for philanthropy and alumni engagement, to serve as interim vice ...

The Designer Behind the Vision:Sophia Macro, a fashion design major with a minor in entrepreneurship for the arts, is  preparing to graduate in the upcoming weeks.  During her time at Kent over the past four years, she has become an active player on the women’s rugby team and a member of Kent State’s SURVIVOR student organization, while also  working for Kent State Student Media in analytics. In her rising career in fashion, she has completed a study abroad experience and is currently writing a Senior Honors Thesis/Project, covering some of the real-life implicati...

Kent State East Liverpool Observing Earth Day The 2026 Kent State East Liverpool Earth Day observance will be held April 25, from 9 a.m. to noon in Purinton Hall, located at 400 E. Fourth St. The free event is open to the public. This year’s theme is Our Power, Our Planet. Featured speakers are Zihan Lin Ph.D. from Cleveland State University and Kelli Pastore, parks director with the Salem Parks and Recreation Department.Lin is an assistant professor in Cleveland State’s Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences. The topic of her presentation is “Urban Green Spa...