Student Organizations
A Day as an RA
Hello, my name is Leah Bruce! I am a Peace and Conflict Studies major and Psychology minor graduating in Spring 2024. I also work on campus as a Resident Assistant (RA) in Lake Hall. I originally chose to come to Kent State because of the impressive Exploratory pre-major program. Personally, it gave…
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"I Play Video Games for Scholarship Money."
My name is Shawn Davis – I play video games for scholarship money at Kent State University and honestly, it’s pretty rad. I played “Starcraft” as a kid and watched Koreans like Lim Yo-hwan, aka “BoxeR,” on national television play the same game I did, thinking my sub 50-actions-per-minute plays…
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Home Away From Home
Hey, guys! My name is Maria Cecília, but I’m most known as Cece. I am an international student at Kent State from Brazil, majoring in architecture, and I will be graduating in 2025 with my bachelor’s degree. I am part of the American Academy program, which is a dual enrollment program between K…
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Cultivating Community as a Resident Assistant
My name is Jon Evanick. I am a sophomore majoring in Public Health with a minor in Economics and I plan on graduating in the spring of 2025. During my first year at Kent State, I lived in one of the Tri Towers – Koonce Hall. The number of friends I met in the elevator shocked me. The stude…
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Marching Band: A Culture of Camaraderie
*{text-align:left;} As a Music Education major with a minor in Jazz Studies, I, Ryan Freeman, chose Kent State for a lot of different reasons. I mainly chose Kent was because of the opportunities that I would have here. In high school, I knew that I wanted to major in music education, but I also wa…
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On-Campus Employment in Eastway
My name is Charlie Simecek, I use they/them pronouns, I’m a psychology major and will be graduating in the fall of 2022. I got a job at Eastway Dining Hall as a second-semester freshman, and it really shaped my first few years on campus. I heard about the job openings while I was eating at Eastway a…
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Friendship Found with SALSA
As a Toledo native, I wanted to be away from home but still stay in Ohio, so I decided to go to Kent State. I am Tori Hockenberry and I am a Geology major with a concentration in environmental geology with a minor in history. I plan to graduate in 2025, but things can change.It was pretty easy to fi…
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A Passion for Media and Journalism
Marz Anderson here! I’m a senior Journalism major here at Kent State in the School of Media and Journalism. I’ll walk the stage December of 2022 and I can say that Kent State is preparing me for a phenomenal career in media. For me, that could look like working for a radio station, a local news stat…
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First Flight
“CLEAR PROP!” yelled my instructor from the window of Kent 8. With our hands at the controls and our feet planted on the brakes, I turned the key and the Cessna 152 fired to life. After takeoff and climb, I looked down and admired the view below. The labyrinth of connected roads and railway tra…
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Women in Engineering Club hosts first Womxn in STEM Collaborative Meeting
Women in Engineering Club at Kent State University hosted the first Womxn in STEM Collaborative Meeting.
College of Aeronautics and Engineering