The School of Peace and Conflict Studies is accepting applications for May 4th Legacy Scholarships.   There are four scholarships available in the amount of $3,000 each.  These scholarships were established in memory of the students killed at Kent State on May 4th 1970: Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder.  The deadline for applications is May 1, 2024. May 4th Legacy Scholarships are available to undergraduate students majoring in a program of study in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies.  Students pursuing an MA in Peace and ...

From humble beginnings, in her sophomore year Stopher-Johnson dorm room and just one sewing machine, to becoming a retailer with national clients and a loyal customer base, Anne Johnson’s story serves as an inspiration to us all. Johnson is a Kent State University Honors College alumna from Mentor Ohio, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in fashion merchandising with a minor in entrepreneurship in 2018. Johnson was honored at the 2024 Senior Honors Luncheon on Saturday, April 20th, 2024 in the Kent State University Ballroom, as the 2024 Distinguished Honors Alumni winner, ...

Rachel LoMonaco-Benzing’s journey to becoming an inspiring and impactful professor was anything but typical. After graduating from the University of Rhode Island and receiving a Bachelor of Science in textile, fashion, merchandising and design, with an apparel design focus and a Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature, she began working for the Peace Corps. In Guinea, she used her extensive French language skills and during this time, she was sure that teaching was far from her path. However, her love for textiles called her back to the United States to earn her master's d...

Joel Semancik, a senior architecture major and honors student, is the creator of Gulp Radio. This radio program and podcast airs on Kent State’s Black Squirrel Radio, and during each episode, Joel and his guests discuss five songs that have special significance to them. They talk about the songs, enjoy the music and converse about the guests and their life stories.A new program will foster a stronger sense of belonging to address research that demonstrates that graduate students are less likely to feel a sense of identity attached to their graduate school than those connections to undergraduat...

Kent State has received two $1 million donations in support of Global Education experiences for students. These gifts will make education-abroad experiences available to more students through the Global Education Endowment fund that was created in 2022.This fund was created in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Kent State’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy, and has a goal of raising $20 million to provide every incoming undergraduate student with some level of scholarship support for an education-abroad experience.“At Kent State, we believe that experiencing other cultures...