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This is a Campaign of Brilliant Proportions

 

We are all radiant on our own, but for this university to truly excel, it’s going to take all of us. By Prioritizing Student Success, Expanding University Initiatives and Building the Future—we will illuminate a stronger Kent State. This is a campaign of brilliant proportions.

Beyond Academics

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06 Dec, 2023
Prioritizing Student Success

Helping Students Thrive

You belong here. It’s a promise we make to our students when they arrive, and it’s one that we fulfill through award-winning programming and resources to truly make Kent State University feel like home while they earn their degree.

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Global Education

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18 Dec, 2023
Prioritizing Student Success

Transforming Global Education

Kent State has a longstanding tradition of excellence in global education. In celebration of 50 years of our study abroad program in Florence, Italy, the university has created the Kent State Global Education Endowment.

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  • What Sets Us Apart Is How We Come Together

    This is a campaign built for all of us, by all of us. Together we are a force for the future - and a source for good. Together we will make the world Forever Brighter. Help us achieve our goal of raising $350 million to support our students.

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    Prioritizing Student Success

    First-Generation Student Success

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    25 Aug, 2021
    Prioritizing Student Success

    Help Them Set the World Alight

    Raising funds to align with scholarship needs is our first priority at Kent State, and ensures that we support our students from the day they receive their letter of acceptance to the day they receive their degree.

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    Expanding University Initiatives

    DI Students Receive BioDesign Award

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    25 Aug, 2021
    Expanding University Initiatives

    Champions of the Body and Mind

    During the past few decades, Kent State has gone from an academic and economic driver in Northeast Ohio to a thought-starter and innovation leader at the national and international level.  

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    Building the Future

    Using Hands-On Learning

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    16 Aug, 2021
    Building the Future

    More Than Just Bricks and Mortar

    New and updated facilities will lay the foundation for a continuous expansion of what’s possible when our physical spaces accurately reflect our stellar programs.

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    Forever Brighter Campaign News

    Read more about our students, programs and building projects.

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    Student Success Priority Exceeds Goal

    The Forever Brighter campaign’s Prioritizing Student Success initiative now stands at $142 million, surpassing the $100 million goal set at the campaign’s outset in October 2021. This will enable the university to offer more financial assistance to students in need.
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    24 Mar, 2023
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    Rising Scholars Students Partner With NASA

    Rising Scholars students at the Columbiana campuses are partnering with NASA to create personal hygiene kits that astronauts may use during simulation training exercises. The goal is for each scholar to complete one hygiene kit.
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    20 Apr, 2023
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    Roe Green, MA ’80, To Receive Honorary Degree

    Kent State’s Board of Trustees will award Roe Green, MA ’80, a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree in recognition of her contributions to the university and her advocacy for the arts in Northeast Ohio, the nation and around the world.
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    30 Mar, 2023
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    Building the Future

    Rocket Team Earns Top Competition Finish

    Kent State’s High-Power Rocket Team was recognized at the 2022 Spaceport America Cup Awards Ceremony for its first place win in the 10,000 ft AGL apogee student researched and developed (SRAD) solid rocket propulsion system.
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    08 Aug, 2022
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    Alumnus Supports Brain Health Research

    Earl K. Miller, ’85, Ph.D., and his wife Marlene M. Wicherski have pledged $2 million to support research programs and students in Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI).
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    24 Feb, 2022
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    Pictured are (left to right) Ambassador Edward F. Crawford; Deborah Spake, dean of Kent State University’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship; Mary Crawford, Ambassador Crawford’s wife; and Kent State President Todd Diacon.
    Building the Future

    Historic Gift Names College and Building

    The largest single philanthropic gift in Kent State University history will complete the capital campaign to enable the construction of a new building for the college on the university’s Kent Campus.
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    19 Oct, 2021
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    Scholarships Make Graduation Possible

    Finances had become tight as Ciana White, ’21, was preparing to start the final semester of her senior year. She and her mother worried how they would make the next tuition payment.
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    25 Aug, 2021
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