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Out-of-state residents who have earned a bachelor’s degree in Ohio will soon be able to save on tuition for graduate programs at �鶹��ý thanks to a new in-state tuition option offered by the university.

�鶹��ý announced the creation of the Pay It Flash Forward Emergency Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Please be advised that in light of precautions surrounding COVID-19 (coronavirus), �鶹��ý is cancelling all university-sponsored.

The Division of Information Technology needs your help in taking steps to ensure the security of your personal information and university data.

As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, �鶹��ý has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.

U.S. News & World Report has named two �鶹��ý programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2020. Kent State is recognized in the Best Online MBA Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings. U.S. News released its 2020 Best Online Programs rankings Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Kindness means something different to everyone, but to Stephanie Sweany, ’05, it means making a stranger’s day a little better by simply smiling at them. Stephanie started the Canton Kindness Coalition to “make kindness contagious” in November 2018.

Claudia Kovach, ’03, M.A. ’09, has been part of her family business, City Machine Technologies, Inc since 2006. Her time and dedication to the company has proven successful, as Claudia was recently named the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Champion of Ohio.

Leslie Srodek-Johnson, ’01, a �鶹��ý journalism graduate, mother of two and lead decorator and baker at Stan’s Northfield Bakery, received the call of a lifetime in December 2018. It was from the Food Network asking her to be a part of the “Christmas Cookie Challenge.”