Donating a kidney to her father was not how Maggie Martin expected to begin her sophomore year at Kent State University. But when the Cleveland Clinic cleared her and her father, James “Jamie” Martin, for the surgery, his health took priority over classes. Preparing for Surgery Ms. Martin, 19, started her school year Aug. 23 by explaining to her professors that she was having surgery the following day to donate a kidney to her father. “Everyone was really nice,” says the interior design major from Stow. “Especially in this college, they are very helpful and understanding.” ...

The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved a $3.2 million contract with Akron’s Signet Real Estate Group to lead the design phase for the new home for the College of Business Administration, a marquee building that is proposed to anchor the first phase of the Gateway to a Distinctive Kent State master plan, also called the Kent Gateway Plan.     The project is part of the university’s Kent Gateway Plan, a $1.2 billion master plan to transform the Kent Campus and improve facilities over 10 years. The new College of Business Administration building will serve as an anch...

The 2018 Akron Children's Hospital Akron Marathon Series, which includes a marathon, half-marathon and team relay, will be held in downtown Akron on Saturday, Sept. 29, beginning at 7 a.m.    The event will celebrate heroes of all kinds, including the doctors, nurses and courageous patients at Akron Children’s Hospital. Kent State University, a Hero Zone sponsor for this year's event, is honored and excited to sponsor Wonder Girl Layla Popik. Layla, a patient at Akron Children’s Hospital, is 10 years old and was born in China with achondropla...

The Kent State Salem Campus hosted the first-ever STEM University, a free day-long event organized by the Columbiana County Educational Service Center for area students in pre-K through fifth grade. Several local businesses and organizations provided more than 30 different fun hands-on activities for kids to learn how STEM subjects are used every day by firefighters, police, nurses, pilots, farmers, teachers, those who work with animals and many more. Representing Kent State Salem were faculty and students from the nursing, rad tech, horticulture and early childhood education programs.&n...

  See green technologies in our campus and community including renewable energy, green building and clean transportation. The Kent Green Energy Ohio Tour will take place Saturday, Sept. 29, from noon-4 p.m. at multiple locations at Kent State University and in the city of Kent. This free self-guided open house is the 2nd Annual Kent Green Energy Ohio Tour and is part of the 16th Annual Green Energy Ohio Tour that highlights sites that are using innovative technologies that benefit the environment. Participants can stop at the multiple tour sites at the times listed or take a gu...

Kent State’s College of Business Administration is a training ground for global business leaders who will transform their future industries across every aspect of society. Our rankings are soaring, and our teaching practices are more collaborative than ever – highlighting a need for a larger, tech-forward, interactive space on campus. We are the largest provider of business graduates in Northeast Ohio, which positions Kent State as a hub for business innovation in the Midwest and around the world. The College has prepared business alumni to ascend to careers in the C-suites of America’s t...