Research conducted by Associate Professor Tara D. Hudson (pictured left) and colleague Alyssa Rockenbach, both members of the 2024-25 class of Fellows with the University of California National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, was recently released.Titled, “The Promise and Perils of Interpartisan Friendships for Fostering Democratic Learning and Reducing Values-Based Polarization on Campus,” Hudson and Rockenbach's report chronicles the stories of college students’ interpartisan friendships, and translates their findings into educator and student toolkits that provide actionable st...

Hello, my name is Angel Guinn! I am currently in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, and I am majoring in mechatronics engineering with a minor in sustainability!Although seemingly an odd combination, Kent was the best choice for doing all three disciplines! I went to a STEM school in Akron, in which I was exposed to engineering, and I learned I wanted to do electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and sustainability.Kent State was the only college in the state where I was able to do that effectively, and it is currently one of the four accredited mechatronics engineering program...

Aireanna Tyson didn’t always see college in her future. Growing up in Canton’s inner city, she knew what it was like to feel far from the classroom — where real life could pull your focus away from school, and college felt like something for someone else.“I wasn’t really going to classes. I wasn’t doing homework,” she said. “It hit me that if I didn’t buckle down, I wouldn’t even graduate.”...