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Priorities

What Lies Ahead is Up to Us

Our purpose is to help students find theirs. No matter who they are or where they want to go, it’s up to us to open doors of opportunity. Through scholarship support, top-tier faculty and facilities, global education and high-impact experiences, our Golden Flashes will light up the future.

Prioritizing Student Success

Raising funds to align with scholarship needs is our first priority at Kent State, and ensures that we support our students from the day they receive their letter of acceptance to the day they receive their degree.

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Expanding University Initiatives

Athletics successes and collaborative additions to the university —like the Brain Health Research Institute and Design Innovation Initiative—have elevated our reputation and cemented our place on the world stage.

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Building the Future - Campus Improvements

Our physical spaces must reflect the innovative thinking, learning and creating that is happening inside. Imagine what we can accomplish if we give our minds room to grow in modern learning environments.

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280+

student participants in Rising Scholars program

100%

increased graduation rates since 2011

increase the number of endowed employee positions

Making An Impact

Our students, alumni and donors all help make the world Forever Brighter. Learn more about some of our most impressive community members.

Prioritizing Student Success, Rewarding Achievement Scholarships

LaunchNET Boosts Alumni Businesses

Thanks to support from the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, LaunchNET Kent State is providing microgrants to alumni entrepreneurs to expand their businesses.

Friday, September 29, 2023

Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access Scholarships, Intercollegiate Athletics

Scholarship Creates Opportunity

Alexandra Sacker, senior, was so impressed with Kent State’s field hockey program she decided to “cross the pond” to Kent, Ohio, from her home in Tunbridge Wells, England, and an NCAA scholarship made her Kent State journey possible.

Monday, September 11, 2023

Prioritizing Student Success, Rewarding Achievement Scholarships, Enhancing Experiences Scholarships

Student Enjoys Eclectic Experience

After spending her younger years in a variety of volunteer roles with non-governmental organizations in her native Macedonia, Ivana Krsteska chose Kent State to study sustainable architecture and also serves as a Kent Student Ambassador.

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Prioritizing Student Success, Enhancing Experiences Scholarships

Nursing Students Immerse in Lakota Culture

Kent State Salem nursing students visit the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota each year as part of a study away experience. As they immerse themselves in the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe, they embark on a journey of cultural understanding.

Thursday, August 31, 2023

Building the Future, College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Back-to-Back Wins at Air Race Classic Competition

Two female Kent State pilots completed the four-day, 2,685-mile, all-female race with the best score to win the overall, collegiate, fastest Cessna and fastest Women in Aviation International team competitions. This is the second year in a row that Kent State pilots have taken to…

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Prioritizing Student Success, Enhancing Experiences Scholarships

Celebrating 50 Years in Florence, Italy

Fifty years after a handful of architecture students first studied in the city, the Kent State University Florence Center now hosts hundreds of Kent State students annually, serving as the university’s flagship study abroad and international center.

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Prioritizing Student Success

Family Creates Scholarship in Son’s Memory

Timothy Mikes, ’17, MPH ’23, was a College of Public Health (CPH) graduate student committed to public health and a champion for the autistic community and students with learning disabilities. A new scholarship created by his family will support future CPH students.

Friday, May 26, 2023

Prioritizing Student Success

First-generation Student Finds Purpose

Blaine McCurdy joined Kent State’s Rising Scholars program in sixth grade after learning about the program and its opportunities for a college education in Columbiana County. Blaine, who is a first-generation college student, is studying psychology at Kent State Salem.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Expanding University Initiatives, Endowing Employee Talent

Endowed Professor Receives Research Award

Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., The Elliot Professor in Healthcare Design in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design was featured in Healthcare Design magazine for her leadership in the healthcare design program.

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Building the Future, Crawford Hall

Crawford Hall Commemorative Beam Signing

A commemorative beam signing event was held in April for Crawford Hall, the new home for the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. The beam was signed by university leadership, the college’s National Advisory Board and building project donors.

Monday, May 08, 2023

Prioritizing Student Success

Scholarship Supports Student Leader’s Goals

Jenna Gilbreath, ’23, had a chance encounter with Michael John Gallagher II, '19, during one of her student visit days. He gave her some great advice about her future as a Kent State student.

Friday, April 28, 2023

Prioritizing Student Success

Rising Scholars Students Partner With NASA

Rising Scholars students at the Columbiana campuses are partnering with NASA to create personal hygiene kits that astronauts may use during simulation training exercises. The goal is for each scholar to complete one hygiene kit.

Thursday, April 20, 2023

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Priorities

What Lies Ahead is Up to Us

Prioritizing Student Success

Expanding University Initiatives

Building the Future - Campus Improvements

Making An Impact

Making An Impact

LaunchNET Boosts Alumni Businesses

Scholarship Creates Opportunity

Student Enjoys Eclectic Experience

Nursing Students Immerse in Lakota Culture

Back-to-Back Wins at Air Race Classic Competition

Celebrating 50 Years in Florence, Italy

Family Creates Scholarship in Son’s Memory

First-generation Student Finds Purpose

Endowed Professor Receives Research Award

Crawford Hall Commemorative Beam Signing

Scholarship Supports Student Leader’s Goals

Rising Scholars Students Partner With NASA

Support Our Students

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