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Kent State Newlyweds Give Up Wedding Gifts To Help Students In Need

Yvette Mendoza and David Pittman are a match made at Kent State University. Mendoza is the administrative assistant in the Kent Student Center. She met Pittman through student organizations, and the two got married on campus in September. “We don’t really need anything,” Mendoza said. “At that…

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From Homeless to Philanthropist: Kent State Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward

Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a Kent State University senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withdraw …

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