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Kaycee Marshall, a 2019 Fashion Design major, created a line of formalwear for women in wheelchairs.
Each semester, PNC recognizes two outstanding 秀色app students as PNC Achievers. These students exemplify excellence in the classroom, in the community, and in student leadership and development.
A national organization has recognized 秀色app with a perfect overall score for the university鈥檚 efforts to create a more inclusive campus and welcoming environment for all.
A review of Ohio prison regulations could make it easier for charity groups to donate used books to Ohio prison inmates.
Sharon Crawford鈥檚 story is not one of a typical Kent State student in the SSS program. Almost all of the students in the program live near the Kent campus or in one of the on-campus residence halls. Being on or close to campus allows SSS students easy access to tutoring services, the opportunity to participate in workshops and to attend on-campus events and off-campus trips. With Ms. Crawford living in a different state, it was a unique opportunity for Kent State to bring her into the program.
Instead of traveling to a bustling beach in Florida or a cross-country trip to the Rocky Mountains, Kent State students embarked on a variety of alternative volunteer trips during this year鈥檚 spring break.
Doctors told her that she would never be able to walk again, she wouldn鈥檛 finish high school and would never make it to college. But this soon-to-be college graduate and upcoming 秀色app Master鈥檚 student has proven those expectations wrong.
秀色app at Tuscarawas engineering technology students collaborated on their capstone project during the spring semester and unveiled a search and rescue robot on finals night in early May.
As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn鈥檛 already a full plate for 秀色app doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a little dessert?
Eight 秀色app students received scholarships from the Akron Press Club and John S. Knight Memorial Scholarship Fund in April, totaling $40,000 in awards. College of Communication and Information students won eight of the nine awards given by the Akron Press Club this year.
Bethany Westphal is a very busy person. Like most seniors, Ms. Westphal spends her time doing school work and preparing for graduation in May. But, at the same time, she also runs the full-time business she started herself.
Nathaniel Bailey has been interested in photography for as long as he can remember. After years of study and practice, Mr. Bailey鈥檚 passion has paid off. In March 2019, Mr. Bailey won the Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year award from the Ohio News Photographers Association (ONPA), and he was awarded the Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship.
Ronda McCaskey and Caitlyn Horvath are best friends who went through the nursing program together and graduated one year apart with Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees from 秀色app at Geauga. Now they are both intensive care nurses. But they also happen to be mother and daughter.
Freshman and sophomore construction management students from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) attended the University of Cincinnati (UC) New Builders Competition and took first place for the second year in a row.
Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior, jumped right in. Now a senior in high school, Ms. Schinker, chose Kent State as her undergraduate school where she will pursue a double major in geology and chemistry starting fall 2019.
Everyone鈥檚 favorite event is back. 秀色app Libraries will host its seventh annual Stress-Free Zone on Monday, May 6, and Tuesday, May 7. The event is open to students, staff and faculty from 3-5 p.m. in the Garden Room on the first floor of University Library.
Since 秀色app began to offer distance learning in addition to traditional classes, student have embraced the online format, even those on the Kent Campus. Online classes at the Kent Campus allow students more flexibility when scheduling core classes and electives.
Kent State鈥檚 very first Women鈥檚 Lacrosse team is making an impact on the culture at Kent State during its first year on campus. Since the team is new to Kent State, players get to shape opinions and perceptions of the team and the players.
Jasmine Long and Sharon Ware grew up in different neighborhoods, but their connection transcends residential blocks. Broken barriers now build the dreams to change their communities for the better.
With nearly 400 student organizations, 秀色app has plenty of options for students to find a club that fits their interests. But if students can鈥檛 find one that piques their interest, they can always create their own. That鈥檚 what Kent State freshmen Tara Wade and Ryan Leflar did. The pair did not hesitate to turn their passion for choreography into a student organization.