Community Impact
![Earth Fest 2024 Earth Fest 2024](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/EF%20small%20IMG_2077.jpg?VersionId=UUzAkRR6bR_cnFrRMORx8tokFAO.kxn0&itok=2l5oTmRv)
Kent State celebrated Earth Month with an exceptionally full schedule of events, not the least of which were the activities on campus surrounding the total solar eclipse!
![High school students, transfer students and parents walk through campus during a 2024 Summer Preview KSU event. High school students, transfer students and parents walk through campus during a 2024 Summer Preview KSU event.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/2024%20Summer%20Preview%20KSU_259%20-%20WEB.jpg?VersionId=xFIziNxRHA4fSq1vmPj2Z31vIpBN7ytp&h=94324629&itok=IBOzm7Tp)
On July 19 and 26, Kent State University Admissions welcomes high school students and transfer students to campus for student-led tours. Visiting students and their parents learn about life at Kent State, support services, programs of study and, sometimes, get to meet campus celebrities.
![Crawford Hall progress BW Crawford Hall progress BW](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20240702_BC_Crawford%20Hall_115.jpg?VersionId=T_VyNfZ1kQP1eaeZG8wLMlp2KDwFoBxE&itok=S9p2hzur)
Recently, university photographers were invited inside Crawford Hall, the new home of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, to capture images of the progress in its construction.
![Crawford Hall progress Crawford Hall progress](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20240702_BC_Crawford%20Hall_115-2.jpg?VersionId=T3gJdfD3NN2RFAHyhLhxoXP2._kLmCMj&itok=CczhY_FZ)
Anticipation grows as construction on the new home of Kent State's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship nears completion. The university's newest and largest building will house innovative, state-of-the-art spaces for learning, collaboration and engaging in valuable, hands on business experiences.
![2024 ARI-AHEC Scholar Graduates 2024 ARI-AHEC Scholar Graduates](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/cohort1500x600.png?VersionId=BYrJehlD3vClkb15pshGDRZV_sRV179l&itok=Q8Vgd70P)
Kent State student Elizabeth Marhefka recognized as ARI-AHEC’s 2024 Scholar of the Year. The senior biology and premed student was honored for her passion for medicine and commitment to community engagement.
![CAED final projects presentation CAED final projects presentation](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/443943881_997834489011655_7224851560040262950_n.jpg?VersionId=9yk8dUfs.GHkpG9.xQwuEWnKBRDIPbvd&itok=3nDtuAFC)
The final weeks of the Spring Semester bring a flurry of activity to the College of Architecture and Environmental Design as students prepare to present their final projects.
Each spring, students in Kent State's Child Development Center look forward to "Bioblitz." It's a day spent in the woods near their center with exploration, discovery and hands-on learning about nature.
![The new Signal Akron newsroom in Akron, Ohio is brimming with Kent State journalism graduates. The new Signal Akron newsroom in Akron, Ohio is brimming with Kent State journalism graduates.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20240613_BC_SignalAkron_017.jpg?VersionId=c6muJUgo9p3Fb5j15IMecK9i_5cpRsJe&itok=SEkX3toi)
When longtime Kent State University journalism professor Susan Zake decided to pursue a new career with the non-profit online news source, Signal Akron, she made a hiring list from the many Kent State graduates she had mentored over her 17-year career.
![Scene from "Nunsense" at Porthouse Theater Scene from "Nunsense" at Porthouse Theater](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20240703_BC_Nunsense_058.jpg?VersionId=DteY2g5Ory_HLEJl78VkdWOsMBfN4oHG&itok=zSHljn5v)
The whimsical musical "Nunsense" takes the stage at Kent State's Porthouse Theater from July 5 - 13.
![Michele Taylor Scott, CEO of College Now Michele Taylor Scott, CEO of College Now](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/taylor%20scott%20hi%20res.jpg?VersionId=5WBwFyVeiXU6bya7OvN.FArXi1TKLzAR&itok=aBDLHy4q)
In an announcement about her new role, Michele Scott Taylor expressed her commitment to enhancing educational access and supporting the local community’s economic vitality through higher education – sentiments that align with Kent State’s commitment to higher education access for all.