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![LaunchNET's February Pitch and Ponder event. LaunchNET's February Pitch and Ponder event.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20241502_KW_Pitch%26amp%3BPonder%20event_DiHub-5.jpg?VersionId=cY9T40v24OmgXVRP0A7WqkfJPxXWhZph&itok=X70FvHr9)
LaunchNET Kent State hosts special events for student entrepreneurs to network, practice business pitches and share ideas with their peers.
![Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, tours the May 4 Visitors Center. Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, tours the May 4 Visitors Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%20%281%29.png?VersionId=1zP9Rqe6wxi8FmQXwFn4n.hMMrBxBb0E&itok=YoYHiKGU)
Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, one of Kent State University's oldest student organizations, is working to maintain the legacy of the organization credited for starting the formal observance of February as Black History Month.
![Virginia Doherty Flash Friday collage](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Flash%20Friday%20Header%2024.2.16.jpg?VersionId=rIu9R5AWIxvszRt91OCy4TBVDhFO4NJq&h=9f1ce58c&itok=66eQIZEc)
Meet Virginia Doherty, a junior triple major of history, art history and economics with minors in marketing and ancient, medieval and renaissance studies from Pittsburgh.
![Sophomore Fashion Design major Timothy Green is pictured next to Culinary Services Cook DeVante D. Williams with Timothy’s submission of Brown Sugar Fried Chicken](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/BHM%20Culinary%20Services.jpg?VersionId=cktjm6BZ3gBaBj8rO.Gwr4tWxS.8D39P&itok=mua4TCvL)
In a celebration of Black History Month, Kent State University Culinary Services has transformed the month’s menu into a melting pot of different dishes. Led by Executive Chef Edward Shawn Hardin Sr., Culinary Services is offering a unique menu built upon students’ family recipes, highlighting the diversity of Black history.
![Zachery Pfouts](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/PfoutsBanner.jpg?VersionId=ZSYPzhdse.izbsxvzXiOIaSifSxVWzh6&h=a23379f4&itok=iISPnF5m)
Zachery Pfouts’s journey to the job of his dreams looked more like a mountain trail than a straight path. Along the way, Pfouts found Kent State University at Tuscarawas. The campus’s distinctive Bachelor of Science and Engineering Technology degree turned out to be the key to his success.
![dog sleeping dog sleeping](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Untitled%20design%20%2832%29.png?VersionId=Uvq69Uzw49wzp16XCXRn6YALCt8Sc_3C&h=2e5fd910&itok=VXNeArZn)
Puppy love was in the air Tuesday, Feb. 13, on the second floor of the Student Center where Paws for a Cause hosted its annual puppy kissing booth.
![A refrigerator open, showing food inside](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/InsideFridge.jpg?VersionId=k9vNJh5iz6e9bgrz4BPJnqVSx9OLbsgm&itok=8IZp3-nu)
Graduate student Sara Gallimore and her husband Nick recently won an award for iHungry, a smart fridge and mobile app pairing that works to catalog your food and revolutionize the weekly grocery shopping experience.
![Kent State alumna Alexus Kellow, '21, stationed with the U.S. Army in South Korea, began her master's program in the College of Public Health online. Kent State alumna Alexus Kellow, '21, stationed with the U.S. Army in South Korea, began her master's program in the College of Public Health online.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Alexus%20Kellow%20main%20image.jpeg?VersionId=vdGj9_vPVl4iWzQQtIPZrhpxYp6EIJQm&h=2e271597&itok=-JZryokJ)
Active military members are embracing online master’s degree programs in Kent State University’s College of Public Health for the flexibility and ease with which they can earn an advanced degree.
![Students at the School of Art Valentines Sale sell ceramic mugs](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/ValentinesSaleBanner.jpeg?VersionId=tP3X3.EQWpYo_bNVFBuny5LKtv.StPI_&h=f948ed30&itok=XwZcJuW8)
Art students excitedly staffed tables, spreading their love of aesthetic creations to all who came to the Valentine’s art sale on Friday, Feb. 9, in the Center for the Visual Arts. Artistic masterpieces were on display, ready to bring joy to lucky buyers.
![Summer Job and Internship Fair Spring 2024](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Internship%20Fair-Banner.jpg?VersionId=2V6ZWVRTbRygyPSiHOUd985eM4iiszl.&itok=azBfoNcg)
Finding a job for the summer can sometimes be a burden, but for students at Kent State University, it’s easier when the employment prospects come to you. Students and professionals gathered on the second floor of the Kent Student Center on Feb. 6 to kickstart their connections and discuss opportunities for this summer.