Kent State University College of Nursing juniors Melina Connell of Mansfield, OH, and Caleb Faust of Columbus, OH, were among 53 Kent State University students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Society, America’s most prestigious academic honor society which recognizes a student’s exceptional achievements in the liberal arts and sciences, this past spring. “Phi Beta Kappa is a very prestigious honor,” explained Marsha Kraus, special assistant for Kent State University Honors College. “Fewer than 1% of all college students graduating in any year in the United States receive this recognition. [Con...
In June, the Kent State High-Power Rocket Team attended the 2023 Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The 6-day design build fly style competition is the largest annual collegiate rocketry competition in the world, bringing together nearly 6,000 students from 24 different countries. The Kent State Team, also known as Golden Flashes Rocketry, was just one of 120 teams that competed. Mentored by Dr. Benjamin Kwasa, Steve Eves, Ean Hudspeth, and Julia Taylor, 11 students attending including:Issac Samodell, Senior Aerospace EngineeringGodwin Shitta, Senior Aerospace EngineeringJa...
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In June, the Kent State University Combat Robotics Team took on another weekend of fierce competition in the National Havoc Robotics League. After making some key modifications to their bot Flash-BANG, which made its NHRL debut in March, the team was prepared to face their biggest challenge yet. The bot, Flash-BANG, was originally built in just three weeks ahead of the March 2023 competition. “The bot is inspired by Battlebots you see on TV that are big hitters. However, unlike the bots on TV we have a very modest budget. So, there are design elements that set us apart from other bo...
While the Kent State University College of Nursing spring class of 2023 basked in their educational accomplishments during the Convocation pinning ceremony in May, nursing legacy students and siblings Mason and Morgan Copley, along with another nursing legacy, Niko Davis, shared that special moment with their parents, who are also nurses. Legacy students are individuals who have a close family member who has graduated from the same college, or in this case, the same nursing program. Christopher Copley, MSN, CRNA, graduated from Kent State University College of Nursing in 1999 with his Bachelor...
The Flying Flashes have won the 2023 Air Race Classic, claiming back-to-back titles! The team, consisting of Laura Wilson and Peyton Turner, brought home four titles: 1st place Overall Competition Class, 1st place Overall Collegiate Challenge Award, 1st place Fastest Cessna Award, and 1st place Fastest Women in Aviation International (WAI) Team. The competition spans 4 days and includes 10 legs of flying, covering a grand total of 2,685 miles from Grand Forks, North Dakota to Homestead, Florida. Wilson and Turner competed alongside 42 other teams, of which 18 were other collegiate c...
Watch the Announcement Recent data from the Ohio Department of Health shows Ohio averaged over 1,700 suicide deaths between 2016-2021, with those numbers expected to increase over the next reporting period. However, few educational opportunities exist for mental health practitioners prior to being in the field. That’s why Kent State University and the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF) are working to change that through a new evidence-based suicide prevention class offering. OSPF funded the creation and original implementation of the course, called the Interprofessional Educ...