Alumni
Kent State Announces Recipients of the 2020 Alumni Awards
The Kent State University Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2020 Alumni Award recipients. These awards honor alumni who, through leadership, character and hard work, have made exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Kent State University. The Alumn…
Alumni and Giving
Kent State Emergency Grant Fund Helps Students With Basic Needs
The Kent State Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.
Alumni and Giving
Kent State Geauga Campus BSN Program Graduate to Serve as Nurse in New York City Hospital to Help Combat COVID-19
Kent State University Geauga Campus Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program 2018 graduate Bailey Hill has been selected by The Cleveland Clinic as a nurse who will spend the next four weeks at New York Presbyterian Hospital—an area in the COVID hot zone with a shortage of nurses. When Bail…
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Flashes Learn: Kent State Faculty Member Publishes Research on Secret Brand Consumption
Kent State Alumni is proud to present its first, Faculty Lecture Highlight. Faculty Lecture Highlights allow Kent State faculty to share their most recent research with alumni and friends.Watch this quick video as Kent State faculty member Robert Jewell, Ph.D., highlights his published res…
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Golden Flashes Making a Difference at Home
When graduates found out Alumni Day of Service was cancelled because of precautions surrounding COVID-19, they still wanted to spread kindness and cheer in their communities. Two proud alumni share what compelled them to give back.Making Capes for Kids Jessie Cottage, ’11, was excited to volunt…
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LOU RAFFIS RECOGNIZED AS DISTINGUISHED HONORS ALUMNUS
Lou Raffis, a 1981 graduate of Kent State University’s Honors College, was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Honors Alumni Award. He recalls his time at Kent State, saying that he truly benefitted from the academic preparation the Honors College gave him to attend graduat…
Honors Education
Watch Dr. Jeffrey Hess, ’87, on "Today"
Kent State students, faculty, staff and alumni are doing great things during the COVID-19 crisis. Alumnus, Dr. Jeffrey Hess, ’87, chief medical director for General Motors, is keeping workers safe at the Indiana GM plant to make ventilators as well as protective masks. Hess received a bach…
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Kent State Intends to Offer In-State Tuition for Graduate Programs to Out-of-State Residents
Out-of-state residents who have earned a bachelor’s degree in Ohio will soon be able to save on tuition for graduate programs at Kent State University thanks to a new in-state tuition option offered by the university.
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Kent State Creates Emergency Fund to Help Students Financially During COVID-19 Crisis
Kent State University announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alumni and Giving
University and Alumni Events Cancelled
Please be advised that in light of precautions surrounding COVID-19 (coronavirus), Kent State University is cancelling all university-sponsored. This includes events on all Kent State campuses as well as university-sponsored events scheduled for other locations. Below is a list of Kent State Alum…
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