Dozens of students participated in this year’s GA Days, a three-day event hosted in February by the Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs program for graduate students pursuing graduate assistantships in the M.Ed., Ed.S. and Ph.D. programs.The event kicked off with prospective students for the master’s program gathering in the Read Room in White Hall, where they were welcomed by Higher Ed program coordinator Tara Hudson, Ph.D. Hudson was joined by Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., and Associate Professor Martha Merrill, Ph.D., who spoke about internships and program certif...

 On a brisk and snowy Saturday, 279 outstanding Kent State students arrived at Cartwright Hall to be welcomed into Kent State University’s chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta: The Honors Society for First-Year Academic Success (ALD) at the annual induction ceremony.ALD is a certified member of the Association of College Honors Societies that is committed to providing high-achieving students with valuable service, leadership and scholarship opportunities. For over 100 years, ALD has been inviting first-year students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher to join a community of like-minded scholars pur...

The Kent State Design, Build, and Fly Team began test flights after completing their prototype remote aircraft. The project is part of the two-course capstone sequence for engineering and engineering technology students. Students work as members of an integrated product team under a faculty advisor to develop a conceptual design/prototype of a complex system that accomplishes a set of functional requirements. These projects can take the form of state, regional or national design competitions; governmental-sponsored projects; or industry-sponsored projects.This project is sponsored by...