In 1996, Kent State University at Stark began recognizing distinguished alumni who attended Kent State Stark. Award recipients are recognized for excellence in a profession, service to the community and service to Kent State Stark. This summer, Kent State Stark proudly named Joseph French as the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Joseph French has chosen to make his life’s mission to help children understand that their today does not dictate their tomorrow. French said he believes that you must do everything you can to make the world a better place — especially for children. T...

Students in Kent State University's Kigali Summer Institute visited the Lycee Saint Marcel de Rukara reconciliation village in Rwanda to learn about the path to forgiveness after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, when more than 1 million members of the Tutsi tribe were murdered in a 100-day span by the government-backed Hutu tribe. Today, both survivors and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide live together in peace here in the village. Kent State students and faculty listen to accounts of the massacre that occurred in the village church. A Tutsi survivor shares h...

Richland Source reports that EHHS grad Hayden Gray, BSE ’21, Mansfield, Ohio, is the Richland Source reporter for Shelby and the northern part of Richland County. --Photo courtesy Richland Source ...

School of Fashion Senior Lecturer, Professor Trista L. Grieder has had the unique opportunity to design and produce a garment, the Jade Gown, inspired by Diana Dempsey’s novel, “The Unstoppable Eliza Haycraft.” Diana Dempsey wanted to create a stand-out visual element to promote the novel. She said, "The Jade Gown screamed to be made: it’s the first gown for an evening that Eliza has ever worn and fuels her ambition to step up in life." The Jade Gown is an important symbol in the novel, “To Eliza Haycraft, a real 19th-century woman born into poverty who never learned to ...