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Celebration! Dan Armelli is doused with champagne during the Washington Nationals Oct. 15 celebration of winning the National League pennant.

‘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.

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Alumni Association will honor seven alumni with its 2019 Alumni Awards.

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.

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New Â鶹´«Ã½ President Todd Diacon will serve as Kent State’s 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal on Saturday, Sept. 21.

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.

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Photographs of the four students killed on May 4, 1970, sit on the stage in the Kent Student Center Ballroom during the 48th annual May 4 Commemoration.

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. 

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Ronda McCaskey and Caitlyn Horvath together

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.

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Kent State Today

Personal items of Bill Schroeder, including his Eagle Scout Award and Boy Scout sash showing his merit badges, are on display in a new exhibition at Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s May 4 Visitors Center called “Bill: An All-American Boy.â€

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. 

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Alumni

Head Shot Of Ali Salih

Alumni Spotlight - Ali Salih ’05

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

 

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