alumni-news

‘Absolute Thrill!’ Kent State PR Graduate in the Middle of Washington Nationals Historic Run to World Series
As the champagne flowed Oct. 15 in the clubhouse of the National League Champion Washington Nationals, there was a Â鶹´«Ã½ connection in the middle of the frenzy that capped the team’s first trip to the World Series.

Kent State Honors Seven Alumni With 2019 Alumni Awards
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2019 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Kent State.

Kent State’s New President Todd Diacon to Serve as 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal
Last year, Â鶹´«Ã½ celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of Kent State Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

Kent State to Gather for 49th Annual May 4 Commemoration, Host Renowned Journalist Bob Woodward
Â鶹´«Ã½ will hold the 49th commemoration of the historic events of May 4, 1970, where protesting students, observers and soldiers gathered on that fateful day when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others on the Kent Campus.

Mother-Daughter Duo Go Through Kent State Geauga Nursing Program Together
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 Â鶹´«Ã½ at Geauga. Now they are both intensive care nurses. But they also happen to be mother and daughter.

Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center Celebrates Life With “Bill: An All-American Boy†Exhibition
From April 22 to Aug. 1, Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s May 4 Visitors Center will honor Bill Schroeder’s life with an exhibition titled “Bill: An All-American Boy.†Mr. Schroeder’s sister, Nancy Tuttle, and nephew, David Tuttle, helped create the exhibition by loaning some of his personal items to the May 4 Visitors Center.

Alumni Spotlight - Ali Salih ’05
Ali Salih ’05, IT consultant at Blue Chip Consulting Group.