Date: Friday, January 16, 2026Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.Location: Marriott Meeting Room 5 | Tampa, FloridaConference: Florida Music Education Association (FMEA) Annual ConferenceKent State Online faculty continue to share their expertise at national and state conferences across the country. This January, Dr. Jay Dorfman, Professor and Coordinator of the online Master of Music in Music Education (MMME) program at Kent State University, will present “Help Them Rock: Techniques for Guitarists in Popular Music” at the 2026 Florida Music Education Association (FMEA) Conference in Tampa.Among the...
A chance glimpse at a campus banner pushed Loustella to enroll at Kent State Stark – ultimately leading her from the mall food court to study abroad adventures, campus leadership and a future built around her passion for writing.
This past September, three undergraduate students from Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design earned three of the five awards presented at the 2025 AIA Ohio Student Design Awards. These awards are characterized by innovative design that combines conceptual strength with technical and social awareness.First-year student Carmella Buffone earned second place for “Observatory for Natural Forces: Celestial Ascension,” a project that elevates celestial observation into a spatial journey. Inspired by the striking basalt formations of Giant’s Causeway in Norther...
For Beth Murray, returning to college decades after graduating from Warren Western Reserve High School in 1986 was not part of her original plan. But, after witnessing the courage and compassion of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, she knew it was time to answer a new calling.Murray, a patient care assistant at Mercy Health St. Joseph’s Hospital, is now pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Kent State University at Trumbull, with plans to graduate in 2028.Her path to nursing wasn’t straightforward. Murray first enrolled at Kent State in 2013, studying psychology with a f...
Kent State University celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) with the annual Three-Minute SURE Research Presentation Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 17, highlighting outstanding undergraduate research projects presented by students from across disciplines. The event recognized first and second-place winners for their ability to explain complex research in just three minutes to a general audience. The ceremony welcomed distinguished guests including Kent State President Todd Diacon and Doug Delahanty, vice president for research and economic ...
