Student Life
Turning Food Waste Into a Window of Opportunity
Kent State biology student rescues excess food for educational feast Imagine planning a dinner party for 500 of your closest friends and not knowing what you will serve until almost the last minute. It might sound stressful, but for Erin Shattuck it is a privilege. Ms. Shattuck is passionate a…
Kent State Student’s Fashion Career Takes Her From East Liverpool to New York City
Kendra Snatchko is about to graduate from ºÚÁÏÍø, and her eyes are focused on a bright future. Remarkably, her vision of the future started forming when she was only 12 years old.
Kent State Tuscarawas Golden Eagles Wrestler Zion Clark Makes No Excuses
Born without legs, Zion Clark, ºÚÁÏÍø at Tuscarawas Golden Eagles wrestling phenomenon, overcomes obstacles and gladly accepts challenges both on and off the mat every day with a contagious smile.
Kent State Tuscarawas Student Currently the Youngest Elected Official in the State of Ohio
ºÚÁÏÍø at Tuscarawas student and councilman-at-large Eric Harmon, 19, is currently the youngest elected official in the state of Ohio.
Interview in Your Best Kent State Style
A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression. To bridge the gap, a group of ºÚÁÏÍø faculty and staff members have come together to establish the Kent State Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire …
Kent State Student Blankets Struggling Children with Warmth
A ºÚÁÏÍø student makes blankets to bring comfort to children going through difficult times.
One University Commencement
Dix Stadium was the place to be at 10 a.m. on May 13, 2017, as graduates from all campuses gathered for Kent State’s first One University Commencement Ceremony, and their friends and families joined together to celebrate their achievements. “This approach enables us to honor all graduates f…
Live and Learn
This fall marks the beginning of the second year of ºÚÁÏÍø’s living-learning community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA) students and their allies in the recently renovated Korb Hall. While Residence Services has offered gender-inclusive housin…Learning to Connect
To help new students get acclimated to academic life, during the summer all incoming students to Kent State read the same book, write an essay in response to reading prompts and then talk about it in discussion groups when they get to campus. This year’s Common Reading book, selected by the C…
Humanizing the Heroin Crisis
As the heroin epidemic continues to make headlines and devastate communities across the country, Kent State sophomore public relations major Emelia Sherin found a way to help people better understand what’s going on, who is affected—and what we can do about it.
By Emelia Sherin, as told to Jan Senn / Kent State Magazine