A classroom assignment at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ sparked a successful business venture for former Golden Flashes football star Will Matthews.Matthews, who helped Â鶹¾«Ñ¡win its first bowl game in 2019, turned his entrepreneurial studies project into reality with the Southern Comfort Kitchen food truck in 2019. The business has since expanded to include a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Akron's Highland Square, which opened in 2022.Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Today first featured Matthews in 2018 while he was still a student, showcasing his early entrepreneurial ambitions.Drawing on his New Orleans roots...
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KENT, OH – Jakyah Beatty, a 2018 alumna of the fashion merchandising program, is headed to Ghana for a sustainability project in the textile and apparel industry.According to ABC News, approximately 15 million used garments arrive in Accra, the capital of Ghana, each week. Upon arrival, 40% of these garments are deemed unusable and are sent to the landfill. Beatty recently received a Fulbright Research Award to investigate the environmental, social and economic effects of overconsumption in the Global North on Ghana. “I am most looking forward to immersing myself in Gh...
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has been designated as a Regional Programming Center by the Ohio Cyber Range Institute, joining a statewide collaboration to strengthen cybersecurity education and workforce development.The designation aligns with Kent State's commitment to excellence in cybersecurity engineering education. As a designated Regional Programming Center, the university will contribute to the development, facilitation, support and delivery of programming activities related to the institute's education, workforce and economic development missions.Deniz Gurkan, a professor in the College of Aer...