Alumni Spotlight

“People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.” -Elon Musk Have you thought about what you would like to do with your degree once you graduate? Do you dream of working for a company at the forefront of their field? Well, don’t stop dreaming!  Alumni, Patrick Baker, is ...

Kris Palcho came to Kent State University feeling connected from her very first visit as a high school student. From the start, she remembers the interest that faculty and staff took in her learning and success and has always felt a part of the Kent ‘family’. “In all aspects of my life I’ve tried to pay forward that spirit of care for and ...

“My communications degree gave me the ability to think critically and look at issues from multiple perspectives. It also instilled in me a natural curiosity and those are all skills needed to write, publish, and market a book." Christine Rich | Communication Studies | Class of 2002 Kent State University alumna Christine Rich, ’02, ...

“The beauty of having a Communication Studies degree is that you are an expert at communicating, so you can talk, understand, and listen. All of my professors did this so well which really made a huge impact on my life.” Paul Starr | Communication Studies | Class of 2002 Communication Studies alumnus Paul Starr’s car...

Since the start of his career in marketing and public relations almost four decades ago, Media and Journalism alumnus Mike Jackson, '78, has been setting and exceeding expectations in the industry.   After studying journalism at Kent State in the seventies, Jackson wanted to be the next Walter Cronkite, in that he had a big lo...

Ohio native Amy Likar (BM ‘91) grew up in Cuyahoga Falls and began studying piano when she was 8 years old with Jane Butcher. When Amy was 10, she began playing flute in Lincoln Elementary’s band, directed by Michael Corbissero, also a Kent State alumnus. At his suggestion, Amy began taking flute lessons with Kent State alumna Michelle Wor...

The Heimat String Quartet had their Carnegie Hall debut on Monday, March 4. They presented Mozart’s String Quartet No. 14 in G Major, Dvorak’s String Quartet No. 14 in Ab major, Op. 105, and premiered a newly commissioned work by composer Anthony Vine. Founding members of the quartet, violinists Aubrey Holmes and Patrick Shaughnessy, gradu...