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• $5 Million Gift Is Largest Made to the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton announced today a $5 million gift from John and Fonda Elliot through the family’s foundation which will create the “Elliot Studios for Design†at the new building planned for the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State. The gift also will fund endowments for The Elliot Program for Healthcare Design, The Elliot Scholars and The Elliot Professorship in Healthcare Design.
  - Posted Jun. 17, 2013
• The Firefighter and the Philosopher What’s the most unique friendship you’ve ever seen? The 500-pound gorilla who kept a kitten for a pet? Felix the neat freak and Oscar the cigar-chomping slob? How about a 45-year-old firefighter with three kids and a distinguished 60-something professor of philosophy?
  - Posted Apr. 29, 2013
• Kent State University Holds Third Annual Alumni College The Kent State University Alumni Association will host the third annual Alumni College. The event offers Kent State graduates and friends an opportunity to reconnect with each other and the university. The 2013 Alumni College will focus on topics from the university’s College of Arts and Sciences with renowned faculty members, as well as former NASA astronaut and Kent State graduate Carl Walz.
  - Posted Apr. 25, 2013
• Kent State Golden Flashes Heading to GoDaddy.com Bowl On Sunday, Dec. 2, Kent State University accepted an invitation to play in the GoDaddy.com Bowl, marking the program’s first bowl appearance in 40 years. The Kent State Golden Flashes will take on Arkansas State University on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala.
  - Posted Dec. 3, 2012
• Easing the Financial Burden on Students Psychology Professor David Riccio, Ph.D., has had one job since he graduated from Princeton University nearly 50 years ago – teaching and conducting research at Kent State University.
  - Posted Oct. 22, 2012
• Kent State’s Homecoming Celebration Takes Place Oct. 20 Kent State University’s Homecoming will take place Saturday, Oct. 20. Sponsored by the Kent State University Alumni Association, the day will be filled with tradition and exciting activities.
  - Posted Oct. 3, 2012
• Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Of Football and Family Ask Golden Flashes Head Football Coach Darell Hazell what the key to a championship team is and he’ll sum it up in one word: “Family.â€
  - Posted Sep. 10, 2012
• Entry Deadline Approaches for the “Battle of the Decades†in the 2012 Kent State Homecoming Parade Kent State University and the city of Kent invite businesses, organizations and individuals to participate in Kent State University’s 2012 Homecoming Parade. The registration deadline for entries is Friday, Oct. 5.
  - Posted Sep. 4, 2012
• Tailgate Event Kicks Off Sheryl Crow Concert at Kent State’s Dix Stadium If three fantastic bands, terrific food and wine sampling sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday evening, then join in the fun at a special tailgate party going on before the Centennial Campaign Concert at Kent State University’s Dix Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 8. The concert features headliner Sheryl Crow, along with O.A.R. and Los Lonely Boys.
  - Posted Aug. 30, 2012
• Kent State Alumni Association Appoints National Board of Directors Officers and New Members The Kent State University Alumni Association Inc. announces the following new members for its National Alumni Board of Directors.
  - Posted Aug. 6, 2012
• Limited Offer for Faculty, Staff and Alumni of Kent State University
  - Posted Aug. 6, 2012
• O.A.R. Joins Sheryl Crow and Los Lonely Boys for Sept. 8 Centennial Campaign Concert at Kent State Platinum-selling group O.A.R. has been added to the Sept. 8 Centennial Campaign Concert at Kent State University, joining Grammy Award-winning artists Sheryl Crow and Los Lonely Boys. The three acts will perform at Kent State’s Dix Stadium.
  - Posted Jul. 30, 2012
• Kent State University’s Centennial Campaign Raises Record-Breaking $265 Million With the launch of the Centennial Campaign, Kent State University took on an aggressive agenda to raise $250 million to fund the university’s endowment, capital projects and operating needs, with a particular emphasis on student scholarships.
  - Posted Jul. 16, 2012
• Kent State University’s Centennial Campaign Raises Record-Breaking $265 Million With the launch of the Centennial Campaign, Kent State University took on an aggressive agenda to raise $250 million to fund the university’s endowment, capital projects and operating needs, with a particular emphasis on student scholarships. The university has officially closed the Centennial Campaign and reports it raised a record-breaking $265 million, surpassing its goal by $15 million.
  - Posted Jul. 10, 2012
• Largest Cash Gift Ever Made to Kent State University Museum The Kent State University Museum has received a $1.1 million donation – its largest cash gift ever – from local business leader and Kent State alumnus Gerald Schweigert. The donation, in the form of a charitable gift annuity, will be instrumental in the preservation and future support of museum collections and activities.
  - Posted May. 23, 2012
• Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Balancing the Books on Opportunity From early childhood, Casey Frame’s (Accounting, ‘12) mother told her that she would have to pay for college someday. Frame estimates that by the time she was ready to start school at Kent State University, she had saved roughly $10,000.
  - Posted Apr. 30, 2012
• Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Improving Grades and Retention, One Student at a Time For many students, their first few undergraduate years can be an eye opening, and sometimes overwhelming, experience, especially when they find themselves in first-year lecture classes like General Chemistry or Math.
  - Posted Apr. 23, 2012
• Sheryl Crow Headlines Kent State’s “Centennial Campaign†Concert on Sept. 8 Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow will headline a concert at Kent State University on Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. at Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio. The “Centennial Campaign†concert to benefit the Campaign for Change Scholarship Fund serves as a celebration of the conclusion of Kent State’s Centennial Campaign, a $250-million fundraising effort timed around university’s 100th anniversary in 2010 and the largest campaign in Kent State’s history.
  - Posted Apr. 16, 2012
• Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: A Mentorship Made in Media Heaven Stepping into the TV2 news studio in Franklin Hall is like transporting onto the bridge of the starship Enterprise – a little disorienting, very cool, and so high-tech it makes the facilities at many small-market TV stations look positively stone age by comparison.
  - Posted Apr. 16, 2012
• Sheryl Crow Headlines Kent State’s Centennial Campaign Concert
  on Sept. 8
  - Posted Apr. 16, 2012

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