Profiles

After graduating from the Salem Campus radiologic technology program in 2007, Tabitha Lockhart worked fulltime as a mobile X-ray technologist traveling throughout Ohio. At the same time, she took classes through Kent State and earned her bachelor’s degree in public health in 2012. 

Aimee Crane (Visual Communication Design - BFA ’09, MFA ’12) has the distinction of being the Kent State graduate whose work might just go the farthest. The farthest away from the Earth, that is. Currently the Artemis Brand Manager for NASA, Crane designed the mission patch for the Artemis I Mission which accompanied the Orion spacecraft on its orbit around the moon. We recently spoke with her about her own voyage from Kent State to NASA.

The combination of passing on a love of Earth science while acting as a mentor for students is a perfect match for Eric Taylor, associate professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Kent State University at Stark.  

Empathy, warmth and kindness are things that Kathy Dwinnells, Ph.D., RN, CNS, CNE, associate professor in the College of Nursing at the Trumbull Campus, believes are important parts of a nursing education.

At Kent State’s fall commencement on Dec. 17, 2022, Jaiden Morales earned his bachelor's degree in digital media production, an accomplishment motivated by passion that was ignited at Lorain High School. The Kent State program has prepared Morales to succeed his mentor, Joseph Bock, as the multimedia coordinator at the high school where his future began. 

Kent State professor of history, Elaine Frantz, provided historical insight to a recent Mississippi hate crime case.

In over 100 years of football, Kent State University has had the honor of sending roughly 50 players to the National Football League. With the 2022-23 football season underway, what better time to celebrate them than to honor these legends who graced the field at Dix Stadium before making their mark in the NFL?

Vaneet Kaur, Ph.D., assistant professor of Management and Information Systems at Kent State University’s Stark Campus recently was featured in The Repository, Canton, Ohio newspaper for her work on promoting business ideas to help the local economy. 

Ever visit a restaurant or a coffee shop whose environment just simply made you feel... home?! Well, that's exactly how Field Hockey Player Katie Wuerstle felt during her first visit to Kent State. 

For a half-century, Kent State alumnus Tom Batiuk has penned the adventures of the students and staff of the fictional Westview High School, but now, "Funky Winkerbean" is coming to an end. Kent State Today sat down with Batiuk to talk about his life's journey as a comic strip writer.