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 Danielle Sarver Coombs, associate professor in Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, lectures in a Franklin Hall classroom during an afternoon journalism class.

Kent State Journalism Professor Says Clinton Nomination Highlights Double Standard

Danielle Sarver Coombs, Associate Professor in the College of Communication and Information, feels that women have to run their campaigns differently than their male counterparts. She recently shared her views with the Akron Beacon Journal for a story about Hillary Clinton's selection a…

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A Kent State student stands vigil at the spot where Allison Krause was shot on May 4, 1970.

Kent State Observes 46th Annual May 4 Commemoration

Kent State University held its 46th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place April 26 through May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the t…

Tags: May 4 , May 4 Commemoration , May 4 Task Force , May 4 Visitors Center , College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story , Community & Society

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Kent State student Ashley Flowers poses under a bridge in downtown Kent with a bag full of items she hands out to the homeless in downtown Cleveland.

Kent State Student Creates Care Packages for the Homeless

When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at Kent State University, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items. A native …

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Division of Student Life , Community & Society

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Shanice Cheatham worked with Kent State’s College of Public Health and LaunchNET Kent State to help her company, Endemic Solutions, develop its Endemic Filtration Portable Handwashing System.

Life-Changing Event Inspires Kent State Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases

In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor’s degree from Kent State University in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo…

Tags: College of Public Health , LaunchNet Kent State , Student Success Story , Success Story , Community & Society , Health

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Kent State University President Beverly Warren, pictured here with Kent State students, has personally matched $25,000 for donations made to Kent State on Giving Tuesday.

A Very Special Thank You to the Kent State Community for Its Generosity on Giving Tuesday

The Kent State University community gave generously on Giving Tuesday this Dec. 1, far exceeding expectations. As promised, President Beverly Warren personally matched $25,000 in a gift to the Distinctive Kent State Fund, a fund that will support the university’s five priorities for a distinctive Ke…

Tags: Office of the President , Division of Institutional Advancement , Success Story , Community & Society

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Kent State Community Members Share What They Are Thankful for This Year

Happy Thanksgiving! Watch this video to find out what members of the Kent State University community, including President Beverly Warren, are thankful for this year.  

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Kent State students, including members of its athletics teams, fraternities and sororities, joined community members to restore the Mitchell/McClelland Ballpark in the McElrath neighborhood of Ravenna Township, Ohio.

Kent State Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Kent State University has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement.  The Corporation for National and Community …

Tags: Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement , University College , Student Success , Success Story , Community & Society

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REMINDER: Kent State Invites Community to Final Public Meeting for Airport Master Plan

The final public meeting for the Kent State University Airport Master Plan has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, from 6-8 p.m. at the Stow-Munroe Falls High School Auditorium, located at 3227 Graham Road in Stow, Ohio. The first public meeting was held in 2013 to introduce the project to the comm…

Tags: College of Applied Engineering Sustainability and Technology , Aeronautics , Division of Finance and Administration , Kent State University Airport , Community & Society

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Kent State Researchers Use LEGO Camps to Build Relationships With the Community

A special classroom at Kent State University turned into a LEGO® city filled with roaring lions, speeding cars and spinning tops. The moving creations are part of a unique summer camp, LEGO WeDo™ Robotics, put on by the Research Center for Educational Technology in the College of Education, Healt…

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , Community & Society

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Kent State Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Kent State University has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement.  The Corporation for National and Community Se…

Tags: Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement , Center of Nutrition Outreach , School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies , Awards and Honors , Community & Society

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