Honors College
As a high school senior just three years ago, Hannah Fender was not overly excited about attending Kent State University. Now, she loves it so much, she’s staying for graduate school.
![2024 Honors College Graduates 2024 Honors College Graduates](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/_DSC3900_3.jpg?VersionId=1I.0bh50nD4maj.P2qtCjqYY1xU1Zahh&h=102fd86d&itok=1Hp7z3a2)
Honors College students graduating in spring, summer and fall 2024, along with distinguished faculty and alumni were honored at a special luncheon event in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
![The Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors was held on April 5 The Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors was held on April 5.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20240405_Undergraduate%20Research%20Symposium-3.jpg?VersionId=.o.9wVWr5tDtH.tUdfVyksqGJn6jaDDu&itok=fFASDDoS)
More than 300 student presenters displayed their research and creativity on Friday, April 5, at the Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors.
![Two whiteboards with the NASA presentation being projected on to them with students sitting at tables.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/original-6012DD14-DBCF-45E4-BD53-9E2CBAF89357.jpeg?VersionId=lj20BLXj3uU8jid4i.B9kLcdxO_RlmoF&itok=oLD8WBO1)
![Kent State alumna and designer Anne Skoch Kent State alumna and designer Anne Skoch](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Anne%20Skoch.jpg?VersionId=Pd9wPSEML0gOK0A_VuzmqgJG_s4OwTLT&itok=X8nGCbpe)
Most college students start to worry about job interviews as their graduation day nears. But before Kent State University alumna Anne (Skoch) Johnson had even entered her senior year, her post-graduation employment plans were already mapped out.
![Senior Hannah Fender is preparing to defend her honor's thesis. Senior Hannah Fender is preparing to defend her honor's thesis.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%20%282%29.png?VersionId=YiEjHshCGWUtAk2uFA3enuPUybGMPz9N&itok=1G6VJn9v)
Hannah Fender is entering the home stretch.
She crunched her bachelor’s degree studies into three years, packed them full of research and other activities and now she is staring down the final 10 weeks of her undergraduate college career.