Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute on Wednesday, Nov. 29, will welcome 94 fourth-grade students from the I PROMISE School in Akron, Ohio, for a day of activities aimed at sparking their interest in science and technology.  The purpose of the visit is to show the students what types of careers are available in the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and math – and to learn about the brain and its functions.  “It’s a way of introducing students to potential careers in STEM at a real early stage and hopefully sparking their interest in a way tha...

KENT, Ohio – The Kent State Sales Team and Kent Chapter of Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) brought home numerous recognitions and awards from three competitions this fall. Pi Sigma Epsilon is a national co-ed professional fraternity in the fields of sales, marketing and management. The Kent Chapter of PSE received Gold Level Chapter – the first chapter in the nation to earn this status this year – at the PSE Pro/Am competition. The Kent State Sales team was ranked 19th out of 80 teams at the International Collegiate Sales Competition and second overall at the Ohio Collegiate Sales Competitio...

There’s a Kent State alumna behind the card Jason and Kylie Kelce selected for their family’s 2023 holiday greeting: Megan Cash, ’13. She designed the festive plaid template “Madras” for design marketplace/online retailer Minted. “The Kelce family went on Minted and chose my card out of a thousand different designs,” Cash said in an interview with Fox 8 Cleveland. “They worked with them to change the color to match the Philadelphia Eagles green.” The Kelces’ customized card, featuring a photo of the couple and their three children, went viral after the family and Minted unveiled it just ...