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Priorities

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.

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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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Global Education

Global Education

When Kent State students immerse themselves in places like Florence, New York, Ghana or Paris, they return with new perspectives and a sense of purpose that will illuminate the world.

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Beyond Academics

You belong here. It’s a promise we make to our students when they arrive, and it’s one that we fulfill through award-winning programming and resources to truly make Kent State University feel like home while they earn 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

2X

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.

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I Promise Students
Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access Scholarships

Team LeBron Wins for I Promise Scholars

Team LeBron had a big win in the NBA All-Star game and an enormous win for Kent State’s I Promise Scholars, a program that provides higher education opportunities for underserved students in Northeast Ohio.

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Issac Vance
Expanding University Initiatives, Intercollegiate Athletics

Senior Wins Humanitarian Award

Senior scholarship recipient Isaac Vance, ’22, received the Humanitarian Award at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl football game in late December. 

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Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Building the Future, Crawford Hall

Board Approves Crawford Hall Spaces

Designated spaces in the new Crawford Hall building to be constructed on the Kent State campus to house the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship have been approved by the Board of Trustees.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Expanding University Initiatives, Building the Future

Giving Tuesday Giving Sets Record

Kent State’s Giving Tuesday Campaign concluded on Nov. 30 with a record setting $7,712,753+ raised from more than 3,000 donors who generously donated to make the world Forever Brighter for our students.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access Scholarships, Enhancing Experiences Scholarships

Significant Giving Tuesday Donations

Kent State’s Giving Tuesday Campaign that began in early November has already received countless gifts including the first-ever in-kind gift and a number of significant planned gifts.

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Earl Miller, Ph.D.
Expanding University Initiatives, Brain Health Research Institute

Brain Health Grand Opening

The Brain Health Research Institute celebrated the grand opening of its new lab spaces in November with an afternoon of activities that included a keynote presentation, space dedication, tours and student research demonstrations.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access Scholarships, Expanding University Initiatives, Design Innovation Initiative, Building the Future, College of Aeronautics and Engineering

First-Gen Student Paves His Own Path

Delonte Goodman, ’22, interned at NASA in high school and is the first member of his family to attend college. He is pursuing a degree in mechatronics engineering while participating in research and serving as a Design Innovation Fellow.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access Scholarships

Adult Students and Veterans Access

Kent State will establish an Educational Opportunity Center on the Kent Campus to serve 850 low-income adult students and veterans in this region, providing counseling, assistance with financial aid, testing and more.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Expanding University Initiatives, Building the Future

Giving Tuesday Campaign Launches

Kent State University, which has gained national recognition for its creative and successful Giving Tuesday campaigns, launched its month-long celebration of philanthropy on Nov. 1.

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Pictured are (left to right) Ambassador Edward F. Crawford; Deborah Spake, dean of Kent State University’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship; Mary Crawford, Ambassador Crawford’s wife; and Kent State President Todd Diacon.
Building the Future, Crawford Hall

Historic Gift Names College and Building

The largest single philanthropic gift in Kent State University history will complete the capital campaign to enable the construction of a new building for the college on the university’s Kent Campus.

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Expanding University Initiatives, Design Innovation Initiative

DI Maker Program Is Among World’s Best

Kent State’s Design Innovation Maker Program has been included in Newsweek’s 2021 list of Best Maker Schools in Higher Education that includes 200 universities worldwide.

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Expanding University Initiatives, Brain Health Research Institute

SkyHack 3.0 - Design Innovation Challenge

SkyHack 3.0 features student teams who will create an interactive toy ‘universe’ based on the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII and their training base, Avenger Field.  

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Whether your gift supports scholarships, programs or new campus buildings, your generosity will help make our students’ futures Forever Brighter.

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