Nate Giesen helped open the Thistledown Racino as a VLT Manager, and later led the transition from Caesars to JACK Entertainment, leading initiatives on guest service and team member satisfaction, and taking on the VIP Marketing department.
Michael Guerriero serves as the president of Digitell Inc., and has served in a variety of roles over his 30-year career in the meeting and events industry. Guerriero is active in the hospitality industry and is a member of PCMA, MPI and IAEE and previously served on the Kent State University Hospitality and Event Management Advisory Board.
Four decades before Geena Davis donned a catcher’s mask as Dottie Hinson in the iconic 1992 film “A League of Their Own,” Kent State alumna Lois Youngen, ’55, was earning her college tuition playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).Lois started her baseball career in 1951 as a 17-year-old, playing catcher for the Fort Wayne Daisies before being loaned to the Kenosha Comets. She played another two seasons with the Daisies and two seasons with the South Bend Blue Sox. From 1951 until 1954, Lois was behind the plate or in left field from June through August, wi...
Kent State University men's basketball coach Rob Senderoff has reaffirmed his commitment to the Golden Flashes program he has led for 14 seasons.𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘!#GoFlashes⚡️ pic.twitter.com/hSU4SBAj3n— Kent State Men's Basketball (@KentStMBB) March 28, 2025Senderoff, who took over the program in April 2011, has transformed Kent State basketball through sustained success and community engagement. After the 2024-2025 campaign, he has totaled 288 wins, and has guided the program to nine 20-win seasons, the most by any coach in school history.Kent State Sports announced Senderoff's ext...
Jeremy Umansky gets funky in his modern-day delicatessen, Larder in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves up koji-aged pastrami sandwiches and much more. His work with innovative aging techniques and stellar bites earned him the 2019 Culinary Innovator award at the Certified Angus Beef ® Annual Conference, hosted in Asheville, N.C. In this video, Jeremy shares how mold (yes, mold!) became his secret weapon for making unforgettable dishes like koji-aged pastrami. It’s a fun peek into the mind of a chef who’s turning science into seriously tasty bites.
