Kent State has been awarded a grant that will allow the College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE), the Design Innovation (DI) Initiative and the College of Applied and Technical Studies (CATS) to provide education and training in cybersecurity, manufacturing and the healthcare fields.  The award is for a $264,000 RAPIDS 6 (Regionally Aligned Priorities in Delivering Skills) grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education to invest in equipment that will help Kent State’s programs and colleges address workforce needs in these areas and enhance the growth of students and businesses...

Students from Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design recently presented the city of Warren with a variety of plans for how the site of the town’s former St. Joseph Hospital can be reused.  The old hospital has been vacant for many years, becoming an eyesore and a haven for vagrants and criminal activity in this Trumbull County city.  Warren is in the process of demolishing the structure and is looking for ways to redevelop the site.  A dozen students from associate professor Bill Willoughby’s course on site design spent the semeste...

College students expect themselves and their peers to deal with emails, assignments and exams. What they are not expecting is to find out that some of their classmates experience homelessness. And what you also probably aren’t expecting is that 43% of four-year institution students nationwide experience some sort of housing insecurity with 14% being labeled as “homeless” in 2020, according to a report from The Hope Center. Jonathan Evanick, sophomore in the College of Public Health (CPH), is someone who never thought about homelessness impacting college students. Not until he attended a...

The Kent State University alumni family grew by more than 2,500 new graduates as the university held its fall Commencement ceremonies. The accomplishments of the Fall Class of 2022 were recognized with in-person ceremonies for all colleges and degrees on Dec. 17. The two fall Commencement ceremonies were livestreamed at www.kent.edu/commencement. In total, 2,571 degrees were conferred this fall, consisting of 613 associate degrees, 1,478 bachelor’s degrees, 425 master’s degrees, 52 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees. More than 1,200 of the graduating students ...

Sophomore Baidy Ba's journey from Columbia, Maryland, to Kent State meant finding the right sport before he could find the right university.  ...

The Kent State University Bookstore is the perfect place for students to find exactly what they're looking for with its array of Kent State gear, books and electronics. But with all those choices in there, have you ever wondered what the top sellers are? We wondered, so we asked. Check out the top 13 items purchased at your bookstore (other than textbooks). We think you’ll be surprised. We were! 1. Kent State Fleece – Women’s Zoozatz Applique Gold Crew and Men’s Champion Navy Crew Keep warm this winter with this Kent State fleece sweatshirt. This is an obvious fan favorite, so get you...

The November/December issue of Ohio Magazine featuring the city of Kent as one of its Best Hometowns for 2022-2023 is now available online.   The Best Hometown honor recognizes Kent as a great place to live, work and visit. The magazine’s editors chose Kent for its vibrant downtown, strong campus-community connection and focus on supporting residents and students alike.  Kent is one of five cities to be selected as a Best Hometown for 2022-2023, along with Athens, Bellefontaine, Perrysburg and Versailles.  To determine this year’s honorees for Best Hometown, Ohio M...

Kent State University professor of history, Elaine Frantz, provided historical insight to a recent Mississippi hate crime case. The man in question pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge for burning a cross in his yard to intimidate Black neighbors. Frantz provided context surrounding the history of cross burning, linking it to the Ku Klux Klan. She told the Washington Post that the actions committed in the trial were similar to early Klan activity. “This is exactly what the Klan is for,” said Frantz. “The Klan has always been about someone’s dog in someone else’s yard.” To ...

A video team from Kent State University interviewed students in the American Academy program in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The team in is Brazil, along with university leaders to meet with the administrators, faculty and students and to attend the Winter Commencement ceremonies on Friday night.  The American Academy (AA) is a dual-enrollment program offered jointly by Kent State University and the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), located in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Launched in July 2018, the program allows students to complete their first two years of u...