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![Anne Skoch, a junior fashion merchandising major, shares the skyline pillows that will be part of her new online boutique, Anne Cate. Anne Skoch, a junior fashion merchandising major, shares the skyline pillows that will be part of her new online boutique, Anne Cate.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PhotoLead1_1_0.jpg?VersionId=xCgcYfoo95iniA4COyZSLJa8nc52QMTO&h=e6f36a9c&itok=C3f_AOOJ)
For Kent State University student Anne Skoch, a junior fashion merchandising major, her post-graduation career has been in the works since age 13. Upon graduation, she will transition from full-time student to full-time entrepreneur as the owner of the online boutique Anne Cate.
![Kent State Trumbull Chemistry Professor Valerie Cubon-Bell (right) receives her Outstanding Teaching Award last fall. Cubon Bell](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/ProfileCubonBell.jpg?VersionId=MGvtUXIXeafGAwQ8zWXjerY12hToNHl6&h=e6f36a9c&itok=7QiRig0h)
As a professor, Valerie Cubon-Bell is known for creating a welcoming and comfortable environment for all students to learn and thrive.
![Kent State Stark students conduct research in the water retention study pond on campus. Wetlands lead photo](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/REGIONAL%20FEATURE-WIRED-WETLANDS.jpg?VersionId=x1ctzRrLspQc0uVjigCL0WND0Fwtf6PY&h=e6f36a9c&itok=EP1YdmII)
The pond and surrounding greenery within the rolling hills of the campus of Kent State University at Stark is not the average water-retention pond. It’s a living, breathing, vital research tool.
![Tiago Delgado (far right) performs with the Stopper String Quartet at the 2016 International Symposium. Tiago Delgado (far right) performs with the Stopper String Quartet at the 2016 International Symposium.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/SPECIAL%20FEATURE-Tiago%20Delgado%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=MFggCkOw1ZfuIRrDT9u_0HW4A8pvpvfm&h=e6f36a9c&itok=EF4Om_tN)
Meet international student Tiago Delgado, a musician from Brazil who has had an incredible first year playing the clarinet as a master’s student in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University.
![Students attend last year's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Students attend last year's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/MLKLeadNEW.jpg?VersionId=2mihia14lixFFguwP4E2hFdLHUG.3eCq&h=ec98a0f6&itok=uBCsu3nI)
Kent State University will hold its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
![It's a Brand New Gameday on Jan. 21](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/gameday.jpg?VersionId=zO9rtO2XXj559L2HLexcd8RoOC3ytJXC&h=ec98a0f6&itok=fwpYIVvh)
Join colleagues, students, alumni, donors and community members on Saturday, Jan. 21, to cheer on our Golden Flashes as Kent State Athletics launches its new branding and a whole new gameday experience.