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Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
Mar. 4, 2025 - 9:00 am to Jun. 3, 2025 - 5:00 pmSpring Opera: Fairies and Fantasy
Saturday, March 29, 20257:30 pm to 9:30 pm
The School of Theatre and Dance Presents Spring Faculty Dance Concert
Saturday, March 29, 20257:30 pm to 9:30 pm
FlashFest 2025 feat. Tinashe
Thursday, April 3, 20258:00 pm to 10:00 pm
2025 Spring Pitch Competition
Thursday, April 17, 20254:00 pm to 7:00 pm
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Martin and Susan Goetz
It was love at first sight for Marty Goetz. The 18-year-old Long Island native and recent high school graduate was simply visiting a friend who attended Kent State when the campus worked its magic on him. To help honor Hoobler, Andra Polasky, director of planned giving, assisted Marty in creating a legacy gift that expressed how much the university played a defining role in his life. Marty and his wife, Susan, have made a bequest to the Atkinson-Hoobler Scholarship Fund that supports student (peer) tutors at the Trumbull Campus.
WKSU Legacy Gift Keeps Window on the World Open
Sondra's bequest to WKSU benefits many thousands of people throughout the station's listening area. "Sondra Constant's generosity was extraordinary," says Dan Skinner, executive director of WKSU.
David and Patricia Grutzmacher Keep the Giving Circle Growing
If you've ever been a "band nerd," you have a lot in common with David and Pat Grutzmacher. When the two met in college, they shared a love of music (he played trumpet and she the oboe) and went on to share their lives as well. Today, David is a vice president at a small manufacturing company, and Pat is planning her "official" retirement from Kent State after 38 years in a variety of roles at both the Stark and Kent campuses: first as a graduate student, then as a professor, coordinator of music education, and a developer of degree programs. She and David are also planning their giving legacy by establishing the Patricia and David Grutzmacher Endowed Scholarship for Music Education with a bequest to the university.
Ed and Peg Hall - All Roads Lead to a Giving Legacy
Inspired by late faculty colleagues Jim Rinier (geology) and Art Herrick (biology) who designated Kent State in their estate plans, Ed and his wife, Peg, have funded a gift annuity, which at maturity will benefit the Map Library in the Kent State University Libraries.
Why I'm Leaving a Legacy: Randall Keller, '08
What's your motivation to give back?
Why I'm Leaving a Legacy: Patricia Grutzmacher, '85
Patricia Grutzmacher, '85, professor emerita of music education, remembers that as a student it was important for her to have time to study, reflect, philosophize and actually learn. Now, it's important to Patricia to give back to help future students have those same opportunities.
Why I'm Leaving A Legacy: Marilyn Seifert Flower, B.S. '61, M.E '86
Marilyn Flower and her late husband, Don, were passionate supporters of the men's basketball and wrestling programs at Kent State, and Marilyn loves Porthouse Theater as well.
Why We're Leaving a Legacy: Andy, '73 and Micheal, '72 Sonderman
Andy and Micheal Sonderman have fond memories of their time as students at both the Trumbull and Kent campuses. That's why they decided to make a planned gift that will benefit both.
A Heart for First-Generation Students
Rick and Janis Krumel remember well what it was like to be the first in their families to attend college. The Krumels funded the DeLong-Krumel Family Endowed Scholarship over a five-year period. They're turning their scholarship into four individual Founders Scholarships by adding funds to it through their estate plan's retirement accounts.
Her Gifts Keep the Music Coming at KSU
Lovers of classical music and all other things NPR will find a friend in Sandie Kramer. The retired social studies teacher and long-time volunteer at WKSU turned her passion for the station's programming and outreach programs into two legacy gifts that will touch many other lives in the future.
His Charitable Trust Gifts the MPA Program
"It's important to me to give back because I had such a good experience at Kent State," says Jim. "I have a revocable living trust currently that will convert to a charitable trust after I pass. Every year it will spin off a certain amount of money for the university." Jim's gift will support the Master's of Public Administration Program by establishing and staffing a Service Learning Center. Jim explains that both MPA students and faculty will benefit from the program.
Legacies Change Lives
Even though he passed away in 2011, Brittany Caldwell, a sophomore at the East Liverpool campus, feels like she knows Gus Markanton well. "I know he owned Gus's Party Center and was full of encouraging words to people who wanted to continue their education," she says. "I really wish I could have met him -- and tried one of his sandwiches!"