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Merit-based scholarship instrumental in helping student earn valuable degree
As a first-generation college student who grew up near campus, Angela Ehrich, psychology, ’17, and her family always viewed Kent State as her best chance to earn a valuable degree without taking on too much student debt. “I started visiting campus on field trips when I was in eighth grade, and I …
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BILL AND MARGARET CLARK
Growing up together in the small town of Mesopotamia, Ohio, Bill Clark and Margaret Reynolds appreciated the benefits of country living. When they decided to marry in 1951, they had already picked out a high spot among the rolling hills of Burton, Ohio, on which to build a home. Bill was inquisit…
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Coming "Home" to Leave A Physical Mark on Kent State University
Gerald (Jerry) Payto’s father taught him an important lesson early on in life. “He used to say, ‘You really don’t receive until you give,’” Jerry said. “That has stuck in my mind my whole life." Gerald (Jerry) ’68, and his wife, Christie, have been involved in numerous Kent State University endea…
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A Family of Flashes Gives Back
Dr. Geneva M. Damron and Dr. O. Rex Damron’s generosity helps give students’ dreams a fair chance to come true. Some family traditions have to do with holidays or seasons. Some have to do with annual vacations or birthdays. But for the Damron family, one significant family tradition began at Kent…
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Study abroad scholarship opens doors to personal growth for students
In 2013 shortly before his death, Cordell Glaus ‘51, endowed a study abroad scholarship in honor of a professor. A year later, his wife, Henrietta, met the first recipient of the scholarship endowed by her late husband, and heard first-hand what a profound impact it had on this student’s life. …
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Photojournalism Program at Kent State University Receives $3 Million Scholarship Bequest
The largest single gift ever made to Kent State University to fund only scholarships will transform the Photojournalism program in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. A Cincinnati man who took a photojournalism class at Kent State in 1941 has left a $3 million bequest to the program.…
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Charlie Thomas, Owner of Kent’s Iconic Ray’s Place, Pays It Forward
Charlie Thomas’ (’74 Marketing) mother graduated from high school and his dad finished eighth grade, so when Charlie was the second in his family to graduate from college (his older brother was the first), it was a personal accomplishment for him. “When I received my degree from Kent State Univer…
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Kent State University expresses gratitude to supporters in a monumental way
"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." - William Arthur Ward Students, faculty, staff and other members of the Kent State University community show their gratitude to the university’s generous supporters in many ways. Always seeking new ways to mak…
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Achieving the Unimaginable
Deona Miller was born in the Republic of Cape Verde, an island country off the coast of Western Africa. Tough economic times during the decades following its independence from Portugal led many of its residents to emigrate to Europe and the Americas. At age four, Deona was one of those immigrants. …
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Honoring his hero: Joseph Rich endows scholarship in his father’s name
When your father is your hero, you want to honor him in any way you can. Joseph Rich found the perfect way to honor his. "I studied Engineering in college because I wanted to be like him," said Joseph Rich about his father, Gary Rich. "While I was never near the engineer my father is, I am fortun…
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