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Kent State architecture and urban design students stand near the aging waterfront in Havana, Cuba, in an effort to design plans to help restore it. (Photo credit: Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative)

Kent State’s Historic Trip to Cuba Coincides With President Obama’s Visit

From its island greenery and beautiful, clear beaches – to its vintage American cars and aged architecture – Havana, Cuba, is a place where few American college students have explored in more than 60 years. But now that diplomatic relations are being restored between both countries, students from…

Tags: Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Student Success , Success Story

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Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of Kent State, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. The award recognizes outstanding work by student journalists. (Photo credit: Gary Hanson)

2016 Journalism Grad Wins Student Murrow Award for Video Excellence

Vivian Feke, a recent graduate of who studied broadcast journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is the winner of the 2016 Student Edward R. Murrow Overall Excellence Award for video. 

Tags: Awards and Honors , Student Success , Success Story , University News , College of Communication & Information , School of Media and Journalism

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Kent State baseball player Eric Lauer has been named the Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I Player of the Year by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. He also has earned First Team All-America and Academic All-America honors.

Kent State’s Tradition of Athletic Success Continues

’s tradition of athletic success was on full display in early June, earning a national player of the year, a national assistant coach of the year and an honor for excellence throughout its 10 women’s sports. Kent State baseball pitcher Eric Lauer earned two significant awards a…

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Six members of the Kent State softball team are honored prior to the game against the University of Akron. The student-athletes are part of the university’s graduating Class of 2016.

64 Golden Flashes Receive Diplomas in Spring 2016

Kent State Athletes Shatter Record for Highest GPA in Program History The 2016 Golden Flashes have shattered the record for the highest annual grade point average (GPA) in program history. They also broke the record for the most students with a perfect 4.0.  Collecti…

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Commencement , Student Success , Success Story

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Members of Kent State’s Division of Student Affairs and Department of Public Safety pose for a photo with Kent State student Josh Paulin and his mother (fourth and fifth from left) during the presentation of the Public Safety Citizen’s Award.

Eagle Scout Training Helps Kent State Student Save a Life

freshman Josh Paulin is not only a good student, but an exemplary citizen. On March 13, 2016, Paulin saved a man’s life, and now Kent State’s Department of Public Safety is honoring Paulin for his heroic acts.     It all started while he was waiting at…

Tags: Division of Student Life , Department of Public Safety , Student Success , Success Story , University News

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New Kent State graduates pose with family members outside the MAC Center following a Spring 2016 commencement ceremony.

Kent State Holds Spring Commencement Ceremonies on May 13, 14 and 20

held its Spring 2016 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center. The final ceremony will be held Friday, May 20, at Cartwright Hall. Kent State will confer 4,210 degre…

Tags: Commencement , Office of the Provost , Student Success , Success Story

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Dior Delophont, senior fashion design major from France, competes in the long jump during a Kent State track meet.

Kent State Athletics Drives International Student-Athletes’ Success Inside and Outside of the Classroom

“ has allowed me to do just about everything I have wanted to do,” said Dior Delophont, senior fashion design major and standout women’s track and field competitor at Kent State. Many international student-athletes also revealed the university’s Department of Intercollegiate …

Tags: Intercollegiate Athletics , Global Education , Student Success , Success Story

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Kent State students smile at an event on campus. Kent State student organizations sponsor more than 250 events on campus each year.

Kent State Reaches a Record Number of Student Organizations on Campus

officially registered 402 student organizations on campus this spring semester, a record-breaking number for the university, according to the Center for Student Involvement. “Reaching this high number of student organizations on campus reflects the kind of students that are …

Tags: Center for Student Involvement , Division of Student Life , Student Success , Success Story , Student Life

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Kent State student Nahuel Gorostiza poses for a photo in Cartwright Hall. Gorostiza serves as the youth delegate to the United Nations for his home country of Argentina.

Kent State Student Named Youth Delegate to the United Nations

student Nahuel Gorostiza, a freshman digital sciences major, is now the United Nations (U.N.) Youth Delegate of Argentina. Voting in Argentina Gorostiza was born in Argentina and lived there until starting college last fall at Kent State. He had always been intereste…

Tags: Global Education , Student Success , Success Story , Global Reach

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Kent State student Hart Main displays ManCans, masculine-scented candles he created. Part of the proceeds from each candle is donated to soup kitchens, and the candles themselves are made by individuals with development disabilities.

Kent State Student Sells Candles With a Philanthropic Twist

  “Don’t put any idea off as a joke,” said Richard “Hart” Main, a sophomore economics major from New Philadelphia, Ohio. “I almost did that and missed an opportunity.” The 18-year-old entrepreneur, from Kent State's College of Business Administration, is referri…

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Division of Student Life , Business, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship

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