Prioritizing Student Success
The Oct. 1 Opening File Date for FAFSA Is Fast Approaching
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ freshman Gracie Ford remembers well sitting with her laptop in the bedroom of her North Canton, Ohio, home to begin the important task of filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA.
Kent State’s LaunchNET Marks 10 Years of Helping Clients Pursue Their Dreams and Turn Their Visions Into Reality
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s LaunchNET program is celebrating 10 years of helping members of the university community pursue their entrepreneurial ventures.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ receives an NSF grant for quantum computing training
Co-PIs Dr. Michael Strickland (Professor and Chair, Physics), Dr. Qiang Guan (Assistant Professor, Computer Science), and Dr. Barry Dunietz (Associate Professor, Chemistry) have received a $500k grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a quantum computing (QC) training program at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡.
Undergraduate Student Government Wins 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from National Student Government Group
Kent State's Undergraduate Student Government, the student organization responsible for being the direct line of communication to the administration to make students’ voices heard, was honored with the 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from the Conference on Student Government Associations.
American Academy’s First Graduate
Kalatai Alberti, ’22, enrolled in the American Academy (AA) in Brazil when it launched in 2018. AA is a dual-enrollment program offered jointly at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ and the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana (PUCPR), located in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
New Scholarship Funds For STEM Students
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has been awarded $1.5 million from the state of Ohio for the Choose Ohio First program that supports students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Rising Scholars Enjoy Summer Activities
Students in Kent State’s Rising Scholars Program were involved in a wide variety of activities, workshops and programs this summer as part of their yearlong participation in this immersive regional campus program.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Freshman Receives Gold Medal Recognition at The National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships
First-year advertising major and marketing minor, Isabelle Collyer, recently won a gold medal at the 2022 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (NCTA).
New Police Officer Training Program Grant
Kent State’s Basic Police Officer Training Academy has received a grant to fund a program to increase the competency of cadets as well as to develop their communication skills during interactions with Black community members.
Senior Receives Fulbright Scholarship
In an impressive close to her undergraduate career, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Honors College senior Mallory Woods, ’22, was recently awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Award (ETA).
