Visual Communication Design senior Julia Gray (Spring ’23) has been interested in design before she even knew what it was. “My family had an ongoing joke throughout my childhood that I ‘was born with paper in one hand and a pencil in the other,’” she says. “I had an appreciation for certain brands because of the way they utilized a unique typographic style and incorporated a mix of illustration and photography to emulate a specific feeling to their audience. As a child I couldn't put the feeling as to why I liked it into words, and I had no idea that there was an entire career field centered a...

Kent State University is inviting prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event.   The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at any Kent State campus near you. During the event, each of Kent State University’s seven Regional Campuses, including Kent State Tuscarawas, will provide information about how to:    Get started at Kent State University (no application fees at the event)  Pay for your education — whether you are seeking a certificate, t...

Kent State Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center will be hosts for this multi-campus open house event. Kent State University is inviting prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event.   The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at any Kent State campus near you. During the event, each of Kent State University’s seven Regional Campuses, including Kent State Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center, will provide information about how to:    Get started at Ken...

Kent State University invites prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event.   The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. on March 21 at any Kent State campus near you. During the event, each of Kent State University’s seven Regional Campuses, including Kent State Trumbull, will provide information about how to:    Get started at Kent State University (no application fees at the event)  Pay for your education — whether you are seeking a certificate, two-year ...

Kent State University’s creative recruitment initiatives bring campus to life for many prospective students in a variety of ways. One of the new, most transformative experiences combined with Kent State’s distinctive outreach efforts has application rates on the rise.  One of the ways universities reach out to prospective students is at large events like the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), which holds in-person and virtual college fairs across the United States every year. This February Kent State introduced an innovative booth at the Cleveland and Pitts...

In honor of Women’s History Month, Kent State Today will be looking at the accomplishments of Kent State women who have advanced the cause of women, broken glass ceilings and left a lasting impact on women’s history.  In 1991, Carol A. Cartwright, Ph.D., made history when she was named president of Kent State University, becoming not only Kent State’s first female president, but also the first woman to serve as president of any Ohio public college or university.   Cartwright served at Kent State for 15 years, until her retirement in 2006.    In 2009...

Currently, the United States is the top country for pet ownership with 76 million domestic dogs and 58 million domestic cats, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. We never want to consider the possibility of our pets getting sick, but when they do, it places caregiving responsibilities on the owner. What pet owners may not have considered is the burden and stress that can come with caring for a pet with a chronic illness. Spitznagel with Allo Kent State University professor of psychological sciences Mary Beth Spitznagel, Ph.D., has experienced this burden of c...

Kent State Stark will be a host for this multi-campus open house event. Kent State University is inviting prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event.   The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at any Kent State campus near you. During the event, each of Kent State University’s seven Regional Campuses, including Kent State Stark, will provide information about how to:    Get started at Kent State University (no application fees at the event)  ...

Paul Gaston, Emeritus Trustees Professor and author, will offer a presentation on actions Gaston believes call for society to "confront the existential threat to higher education as we know it posed by politicians who want to remake the academy in their image." His presentation, “Unprecedented: Today, Florida. Tomorrow, Ohio?” is set for Friday, March 10 at 2 p.m. in Satterfield Hall, Room 121.  Ahead of his presentation, Kent State Today asked Gaston to preview his presentation and address what he feels are the practical steps that he feels our leaders need to take.&nbsp...