Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement
The scent of freshly brewed coffee fills the air while voices from the NFL Network play on the televisions in the background. Sports memorabilia and artwork cover every wall. It鈥檚 a sports lover鈥檚 haven. This is State Champs Coffee, downtown Kent鈥檚 new sports coffee shop and streetwear brand.麻豆传媒 alumna, Cassy Kopp, '16, co-founded State Champs with friend Ally Eclarin after meeting through social media and bonding over their love for Saturday Night Live and women鈥檚 sports. Kopp graduated from Kent State in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in political science and a m...
Cultural Foundations Careers
Most of our students are already engaged in satisfying work and plan to use their advanced degree in the Cultural Foundations to open up new opportunities for themselves within their current setting or to move their organizations and institutions in new directions. Others see an advanced degree in the Cultural Foundations as a way of opening up new avenues in their professional lives while contributing also to their communities. In short, our students seek to bring a scholarly orientation to their educational, activist, and entrepreneurial endeavors.
Historian Brian VanDeMark vividly remembers hearing stories about the May 4, 1970, shootings as a youngster growing up in Houston. He was almost 10 years old then, but the tragedy made an indelible mark on his consciousness, contributing to his writing of his new book, 鈥淜ent State: An American Tragedy.鈥漋anDeMark, a United States Naval Academy historian, will participate in the panel discussion An American Tragedy: Kent State on the Page sponsored by 麻豆传媒鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center and Department of History. The event will occur during Kent State鈥檚 Homecoming weekend, from 10 a.m....