eInside - Week of October 10, 2016
![Six-year-old Matthew Dougard was about to soar higher than his childhood imagination could have ever taken him, thanks to Kent State University's Aeronautics Program. Six-year-old Matthew Dougard was about to soar higher than his childhood imagination could have ever taken him, thanks to Kent State University's Aeronautics Program.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/01PHOTOLEAD-Pilot1.jpg?VersionId=2LiK20FLK6dGPPbgpDWF4V_Cqeml1FLt&h=ec98a0f6&itok=st3dmw2I)
Anticipation and excitement consumed every inch of his face. Grinning from ear to ear, Matthew Dougard knew his dream of flying was about to come true.
News Briefs
![Kent State Assistant Chief of Police Bill Buckbee talks with students at the first-ever Coffee With a Cop event in the Nest. Kent State Assistant Chief of Police Bill Buckbee talks with students at the first-ever Coffee With a Cop event in the Nest.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/02PROFILES-Coffee1.jpg?VersionId=zhjHdoNnoRXxYhNZChSutxTh9pMzFAHO&h=ec98a0f6&itok=PBx95Ho5)
The Kent State University Police Services hosted its first-ever Coffee With a Cop event in the Nest in the Kent Student Center on Sept. 14.
![Kent State University alumnus and Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal Josh Cribbs cuts the ribbon to start the 2016 Homecoming Parade. Kent State Celebrates Homecoming 2016](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Homecoming%202016%20video%20thumbnail.jpg?VersionId=QmfhATNO9JaYlsI_2s_OaJQbCG5YH0JF&h=ec98a0f6&itok=4-UbrJWO)
Homecoming 2016 featured a fun, family-friendly parade with alumnus and Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal Josh Cribbs, Kiss on the K, the football game and much more. Go Flashes!
![The contemporary a cappella sensation VoicePlay will be on stage at the Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center on Oct. 15. The contemporary a cappella sensation VoicePlay will be on stage at the Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center on Oct. 15.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/03REGIONAL-VoicePlay1.jpg?VersionId=UhozKTTenGmj2pK83Z0hAxvy37UgTIHv&h=ec98a0f6&itok=FxwILiz8)
The contemporary a cappella sensation VoicePlay will be on stage at the Kent State University at Tuscarawas Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 15.
A graduate student project at Kent State University grows into a countywide food insecurity prevention program.
New Face
Sarah Schmidt
Outreach Program Coordinator
Office of Global Initiatives
Kent State University at Stark
Familiar Face
Dave Day
Director of Advancement
Institutional Advancement
Kent State University at Geauga
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