Ronald R. “Ron,” ’88, and Mary L. Rivett, ’72, MS ’84, had a mutual love of science and computers. Although they were both from the same town in Northeast Ohio and attended the same high school, they didn’t get to know each other until a chance encounter in 1971 when she was student teaching. When Ron visited his former high school teacher, Andrew Kmetz, he thought they would have a lot in common and convinced Ron to ask her out. The couple married in 1973 and decided early on not to have children.Before Ron passed away in February 2025 from pancreatic cancer, he and Mary decided to make Kent ...

Second-year business management and finance major Nathan Smith of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, was recently elected as president of Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government, along with his Vice President, Ridwan Olayiwola, a mechanical engineering major. Nathan and Ridwan will officially begin in their leadership roles on April 29, 2026.   Q: Tell us about your involvement at Kent State.A: I have been involved in Undergraduate Student Government (USG) for two years – the first year as an intern, and this year as senator for the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entr...

Managers and supervisors should have received information from the Controller's Office regarding the cut-off dates for financial transactions for the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30. View the deadlines for receipt of information and other year-end announcements online at www.kent.edu/controller under Financial Accounting/Fiscal Year End Deadlines.  The Controller's Office appreciates timely submissions of documents to ensure that a timely year-end cut-off has occurred.The FY2026 year is scheduled to close the evening of July 14, 2026, and the final June Flashline reports should...