Students First
![Meg Gidley of Blazing Bats](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/MegGidleyBanner.jpg?VersionId=UNVqAPsjzQIvzTQZPhUHjckY78ycukhT&h=013d9b62&itok=QFq6Hrys)
Senior entrepreneurship major Meg Gidley has loved softball since she was three years old. It was in her blood. Then, injuries sidelined her playing career. So she started a coaching business.
![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.
![Students canoeing Students canoeing](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Untitled%20design%20%285%29_0.jpg?VersionId=o_G0xwYRlbnS_X22IX0kNu9pg1Y2W3in&h=810b98a3&itok=SzqSd07z)
The temperature is rising, trees are blooming and the sun is shining. Spring makes for the perfect weather to get outside and try something new. That is one of the main goals of the Adventure Center, housed in Recreation and Wellness Services at Kent State University.
![Flash Friday: Penelope Cervantes](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Flash%20Friday%20Header%2024.4.19%20hp.jpg?VersionId=y7P3v.BpnHeR0DrNq6NS3CnMFKKtjVau&h=1aa8ba58&itok=Mvye1TZR)
Meet Penelope Cervantes, a senior biology major with a Spanish minor from Toledo, Ohio. With a passion for science, Cervantes’s choice to study biology was easy.
![What Were You Wearing Exhibit for Sexual Assault Awareness Month](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/WWYWBanner2.jpg?VersionId=UDIcb._Wcjetff0_tk71kGPvhBX8WdNv&h=a07ed020&itok=9pbgPq4I)
The powerful “What Were You Wearing?” art installation in the Center for Visual Arts is more than just clothes.
![The Maybelline Tour Bus stopped by Kent State to share tips and tricks with the community’s ‘Baybellines’](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/MaybellineBanner.jpg?VersionId=zIe9S_bI4uPaDXNm2m0wcOS7bs83GPbz&itok=htYQK7Lz)
With a line wrapped around Risman Plaza, students from all over Kent State University’s campus joined the Maybelline Tour Bus and student ambassadors on Thursday, April 4, and Friday, April 5 to experience the New York City makeup brand’s tried and true products.
![Art students recreate ancient artifact using modern technology Art students recreate ancient artifact using modern technology](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%202024-03-25%20at%204.44.16%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=el5bIdUoiEaEKwLTmGb5FyFMDbRn7F2Z&itok=GSuarW9J)
Students in Kent State's School of Art had the opportunity to use modern methods to recreate an ancient Chinese wine vessel.
![The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees free speech. The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees free speech.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%282%29_9.png?VersionId=Kxq.ssAD.CdPYmUMBirVv7l_c0_Q5RjB&h=596c9eaa&itok=_o7Na5iP)
Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies and School of Communication Studies has organized a panel discussion to talk about free speech and protest on campus to educate students about their rights and responsibilities.
![Darwin Boyd works with a student in the mechatronics program](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/MechatronicsBanner.jpg?VersionId=WiHIu1tCu9t6OrNO4GFYdr7mhkZoxAE7&itok=-mIlwj_r)
The Aeronautics and Engineering Building is home to many classes and majors, including two categories of accredited mechatronics majors, Mechatronics Engineering Technology and Mechatronics Engineering and some dynamic related student groups.
![Flash Friday Nashya Poole](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Flash%20Friday%20banner%20Header%2024.4.12%20hp.jpg?VersionId=98HwKWDCGAmnlcw7kUSKmuFumKwBsDr4&h=ead97be6&itok=r4wS2f8_)
Meet Nashya Poole, a junior business management major with a minor in entrepreneurship from Cleveland, Ohio, who has made the most of her time at Kent State University through leadership roles and student organizations.