Few names in fashion footwear evoke the kind of response that the mere mention of Donald J Pliner does. Pliner is one of America’s most successful designers of high-end footwear to grace the shelves of the best retailers in the country. The label can be found in the closets of well-dressed women and men around the world. In April 2025, the iconic designer will be recognized as the 2025 inductee of Kent State University’s School of Fashion Hall of Fame, which Pliner considers the highest honor of his life. Joining Pliner at his induction ceremony will be his wife, muse and design partner, ...

  That’s FIVE in a row, for everyone who’s counting. The Kent State Golden Flashes women’s basketball team defeated their arch-rivals, the Akron Zips 73-51 in their fifth consecutive meeting early in February.   The game, played at Kent State’s Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, was a "gold out" event celebrating 50 years of women’s basketball.   Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photos should be framed -horizontall...

Since Devesh Petwal earned a Master of Science in Business Analytics degree in 2020 from Kent State University, he has landed positions as a data professional in corporate settings and academia. As a student in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Kent State, Petwal, an international student from India, gained expertise in advanced machine learning algorithms, data visualization and the business acumen to analyze data through a strategic lens – all skills that employers seek in the field of analytics. And, as a teaching assistant at Kent State, he also taugh...

Vinyl record collecting has been a hobby since the first needle hit those grooves, but today’s college-age generation may be single-handedly helping keep this trend alive and thriving.  Generation Z is now the driving force behind vinyl’s current popularity, says the Vinyl Alliance, the world’s leading industry collective for vinyl. Gen Z commonly refers to people born between 1997 and 2021, which includes today’s traditional college students.But what is the draw to vinyl over more accessible and portable media such as MP3s and streaming services? “I started collecting vinyl because ...