Morgan Bowers, a senior Honors College student from Whitehouse, Ohio, is nearing the end of “pitching” a perfect game. As an economics major with a minor in data analytics, Morgan will graduate a year early in the spring of 2022, having only attended Kent State University for three years to earn her undergraduate business degree. While the race to graduate early is becoming more commonplace in the higher education community, what makes Morgan stand out is that she has navigated this educational path while also fielding the position of pitcher on the Kent State’s Division I women’s softball ...

In the late 1980s, the Ohio state legislature recognized the value in fostering arts and culture and supporting artists and craftspeople. They acted on this belief by passing the Percent for Art law which went into effect July 1, 1990. This law provides funding for acquiring, commissioning and installing works of art in any new or renovated public building whose appropriation exceeds more than $4 million. Decades later, this law would come into play when the 2019-2020 Ohio state budget provided funding to create an innovation and research hub focused on advanced manufacturing. And so was born...

On May 1, 2022, the School of Fashion premiered the 2022 Fashion Show Film on YouTube. The film features designs by 30 School of Fashion students, all of whom also displayed their designs in the in-person Annual Fashion Show that took place April 28-30 in Rockwell Hall. Watch the 2022 Fashion Show Film The 2022 Fashion Show Film is presented in two different styles – one with commentary by designers and one without. Watch with Commentary Watch without Commentary    ...

Kent State University at East Liverpool recognized the academic achievements of several students during its Campus Awards Ceremony, while also honoring the service of faculty, staff and community leaders. The awards and recipients are: Student Awards: Outstanding Business Management Student: Gabriel Edwards Outstanding Computer Technology Student: Wyatt Crabtree Associate Degree Nursing Academic Award: Hoi Ming Winski Associate Degree Nursing Service Award: Kim Ewing Associate Degree Nursing Outstanding Student Award: Lindsey Loboy Occupational Therapy Assistant A...

The inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon took place May 2 at the Kent Student Center Ballroom with Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in Kent State University’s Department of English, as the featured speaker. Clewell’s presentation, titled “Remembering the Contested May 4 Memorializing Process,” discussed the contentious and lengthy process of creating a May 4 memorial on the Kent Campus. The lecture series was created to honor the legacy of Lewis, Ph.D., Kent State Professor Emeritus of Sociology, and to advance the scholarship of May 4, 1970 – the day the ...