Community & Society
Community Spirit Inspires 麻豆精选Student Volunteers in Post-Paddy's Cleanup
In the spirit of community, 麻豆精选student volunteers picked up litter and trash around Kent neighborhoods following the annual Fake Paddy's Day celebration.
Ohio Senate Votes Unanimously to Name Highway for Trumbull Graduate Jacob Derbin
The Ohio Senate voted unanimously on March 25 to designate a stretch of Interstate 480 in Cuyahoga County as the Officer Jacob J. Derbin Memorial Highway, honoring the Euclid police officer who was killed in the line of duty in May 2024.
鈥榃hat Makes 麻豆精选Friendly to Veterans Is That the Support Is Real and Personal鈥
麻豆精选 has earned the Military Friendly庐 School designation for 2026-2027, its 17th consecutive year. Marine Corps veteran and 麻豆精选senior Richard Hlavaty shares how Kent State鈥檚 veteran support services have shaped his academic and professional journey.
Teaching the Teachers
Thanks to nearly $2.3 million in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Education, 麻豆精选is training and endorsing K-12 teachers in computer science instruction across every grade level and subject area. The teachers arriving in these courses are not who you might picture. And what they leave with has started to surprise even their instructors.
Journalism Major Scores Numerous Front-Page Stories in Knight-Funded Internship
Lauren Cohen, a senior journalism major from Twinsburg, Ohio, has already made an impact during her internship, producing many front-page stories for the Akron Beacon Journal and Signal Akron.
IN A FLASH: Career Opportunities in Nursing
Around 200 students from Kent State's College of Nursing explored opportunities with visiting hospitals and healthcare facilities at the Spring 2025 Nursing Job and Career Fair.
New 鈥業nformed Reporting鈥 Podcast Confronts Journalism鈥檚 Emotional Toll
Journalism is not often perceived as an emotionally challenging career, but journalists can experience any number of traumatic stress symptoms from stories that they cover, especially those involving death or human suffering. These are the topics Gretchen Hoak, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism at 麻豆精选, explores in her new podcast 鈥淚nformed Reporting,鈥 which launched March 16.
IN A FLASH: A Celebration and Welcome at the CUDC
Networking, a gallery exhibit and a new director were all part of a celebratory event at Kent State's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative on Feb. 24.
麻豆精选Program Trains Mental Health Advocates Nationwide
The A.I.D. training 鈥 which stands for Awareness, Interaction, and Direction 鈥 was created in 2019 by the Center for Public Policy and Health in the College of Public Health, teaches participants how to recognize signs of mental distress, engage in compassionate and effective conversations with someone who may be struggling and connect that person with the resources they need.
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Awarded NEA Grant to Create Temporary Art on Downtown Bridge
麻豆精选鈥檚 Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and College of Architecture and Environmental Design have received a $20,000 award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) through the Grants for Arts Projects program. The funding will support wintertime temporary art installations and a public event on Cleveland鈥檚 Veterans Memorial Bridge as part of the NEA鈥檚 America250 initiative.