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East Main Street to Get a $25.5M Makeover

A federal grant will help restart a major improvement project for a highly trafficked area of downtown Kent. Changes to East Main Street will include wider sidewalks, bike and pedestrian paths and crossings, and two roundabouts.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Town-Gown

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Kent State Alumna Jennifer Schuller Named President of Lake Erie College

New Lake Erie College President Is a Kent State Alumna

Kent State alumna Jennifer N. Schuller has been named president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. She is the first woman to lead the institution in 75 years.

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Students take part in the Stark County Summer Math Academy for high school students at the Kent State Stark Campus.

Math Camp for High Schoolers Seeks to Ready Future College Students for STEM Jobs in Ohio

Kent State-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.

  

 

Tags: Kent State Works , Research & Science , Community & Society , Community Impact , Student Life

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Professor Karl Kosko shows a Kent-area public school teacher how to use a 3-D printer.

Creativity + Technology = Help for Math Teachers Here and Abroad

Teachers from northeast Ohio and from thousands of miles away in sub-Saharan Africa have been learning to create inexpensive math teaching tools thanks to the efforts of some Kent State University professors. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Organizational Sustainability , Global Reach

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Dog Days of Summer 2023

IN A FLASH: Four-Legged Flashes on Campus

Kent State canines and their human companions came to the Kent Campus for the Dog Days of Summer. 

Tags: Alumni , Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement , Community Impact , Community & Society , University News , Police Services , In a Flash

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Kent State grad Josh Budd, teaches at Stow-Munroe Falls Schools

Honors College and Education Abroad Gave Kent State Grad Tools For Success

Honors College ranked high when graduate Josh Budd was deciding whether to attend Kent State because it offered him a challenging experience through its thesis programs and its education-abroad program. Studying abroad helped him develop more empathy and connection with people of backgrounds different from his own. 

Tags: University News , Community & Society , Honors College , Kent State Works

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The Kent State balloon at the Balloon Classic.

IN A FLASH: Balloons and Horses on Campus

Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited Kent State University at Stark. 

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Interior designer Madelyn Orcutt traveled abroad and in New York City as a student at Kent State

Kent State Prepared Graduate for a Future in Interior Design

For Madelyn Orcutt, an interior designer who works for Richardson Design in Cleveland, the Kent State’s personal touch, beautiful campus and proximity to her Canton, Ohio, home influenced her decision to attend the university.

Tags: University News , Kent State Works , Architecture and Interior Design , Design at Kent State , Community & Society

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Stock Image of Pills

Drugs and Behavior: How Societal Trends Impact Addiction

Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, Kent State University’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today. 

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Laura Wilson, Holly Cesaszar and Peyton Turner brought home the wins to CAE

Celebrating Kent State's Air Race Classic Winners and Flight Instructor of the Year

This is the second year in a row that the Flying Flashes have won the Air Race Classic and the Certified Flight Instructor of the year awards. Last year’s flight instructor competition was also won by one of our female students.

Tags: University News , College of Aeronautics and Engineering , Community & Society

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