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Success Stories Archive - January to March 2011

January - March 2011

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Soledad O'Brien speaks to a crowd of students gathered in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
March 7, 2011  
Kent State University hosted an evening with CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien on March 10 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
Fans celebrate with the team as the Golden Flashes beat Akron to win the MAC regular season championship.
March 4, 2011  
It was more than two decades in the making, but Kent State became the first team to repeat as outright Mid-American Conference champions since 1990 with a 79-68 victory over rival Akron Friday night in the MAC Center. The Golden Flashes finished the regular season 21-10, including a 12-4 mark in conference play.
Dr. Lester A. Lefton talks with Campus Environment and Operations employees (from left to right):  Ed Hardy, Mike Adams, Erica Pelz and Terry Sells.
March 1, 2011  
Kent State University faculty and staff members got together for a very special event for the Kent State family on March 2. “TOGETHER: Excellence in Action” celebrated our shared commitment to excellence and showed appreciation for the faculty and staff that demonstrate “Excellence in Action” every day.
Kent State student Jessica Miller, a junior business administration and German translation major from Kent, Ohio, spent nearly 11 months applying for scholarships and grants to cover the costs to study abroad in Germany. Here, Miller is pictured in Dresden, Germany, in front of the river.
March 1, 2011  
Study abroad programs are popular at universities across the world, but the thought of extra expenses and tuition can be overwhelming at times. Jessica Miller, however, wasn’t going to let her financial circumstances stop her from traveling during her time at Kent State University. 
Since 2001, Campus Kitchens has engaged more than 25,000 student volunteers, including this student volunteer, in recovering more than one million pounds of donated food and delivered one million meals to their communities.
March 1, 2011  
The Campus Kitchen at Kent State University, part of a national food recovery effort to feed hungry families, celebrated its grand opening Feb. 23. The grand opening event took place in the Beall Hall cafeteria on the building’s second floor and featured foods representative of those that will be prepared in The Campus Kitchen at Kent State.
Students from Kent State's College of Nursing participate in a yoga session at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center as part of the "Care for the Caregiver" program.
February 22, 2011  
The notion of a partnership between Kent State University and fashion mogul Donna Karan isn’t such a strange thing to imagine. Kent State’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising is recognized as one of the top fashion schools in the country. So it may come as surprising to learn that the new collaboration between Kent State and Karan involves not fashion, but the university’s College of Nursing.
Kent State University student Justin Pierce, a senior finance major and executive director of the university’s Undergraduate Student Government, will participate in President Obama’s “Winning the Future” forum on Feb. 22 in Cleveland.
February 21, 2011  
Kent State University student Justin Pierce was invited to participate in President Barack Obama’s “Winning the Future Forum on Small Business” on Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Cleveland at the Wolstein Center. Pierce was one of a few students on a panel discussing youth issues.
Doug Goldsmith, an assistant professor in the School of Visual Communication Design at Kent State, critiques student work during a class in the Art Building.
February 15, 2011  
Kent State University’s School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) was recently featured as a “Top-Ranked Communications Design School” by the popular “how-to” website, eHow.com.
Students participate in a variety of community service activities during alternative spring break trips. This year some students will help build playgrounds and improve local parks.
February 8, 2011  
While many college students spend spring break lying on the beach in Florida or working hard at jobs in Kent, other students take the week away from classes to volunteer.
Emeritus Athletic Director Laing Kennedy walks onto the basketball court to be recognized as a member of the Varsity "K" Athletics Hall of Fame during halftime of the basketball game.
February 5, 2011  
The Kent State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics bestowed its highest honor on the eight-member Varsity “K” Athletics Hall of Fame class on Saturday, Feb. 5.
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