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Students from South Range High School pose after escaping from ESCAPE in a FLASH

Columbiana County Escape Room Offers Scholarships to Students With Fastest Escape Time

The circumstances are grim: Beloved 麻豆传媒 mascot Flash is stressed out and hasn鈥檛 been able to find the crucial student ID on exam day. You and your friends are the only ones who can help. Your group is frantically scrambling to find the lost ID, but time is running out before it becomes too late for Flash to take the exam. This scenario might sound like something out of a Kent State mystery movie, but it鈥檚 actually the situation in the new escape room called ESCAPE in a FLASH at Kent State鈥檚 East Liverpool Campus.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society

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Students from South Range High School pose after escaping from ESCAPE in a FLASH

Columbiana County Escape Room Offers Scholarships to Students With Fastest Escape Time

The circumstances are grim: Beloved 麻豆传媒 mascot Flash is stressed out and hasn鈥檛 been able to find the crucial student ID on exam day. You and your friends are the only ones who can help. Your group is frantically scrambling to find the lost ID, but time is running out before it becomes too late for Flash to take the exam. This scenario might sound like something out of a Kent State mystery movie, but it鈥檚 actually the situation in the new escape room called ESCAPE in a FLASH at Kent State鈥檚 East Liverpool Campus.

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Kent State Today

Erie, Pennsylvania, community members gather with CUDC students

Urban Design Students Make an Impact on Erie鈥檚 Bayfront

When cities need help imagining new possibilities for their urban places and communities, they call 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC). Most recently, Kent State architecture students had the opportunity to put the skills they learn in the classroom to make an impact on local communities in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Tags: Community & Society, Student Life, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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The FSStore's new line features sustainable fashions, accessories and home goods made by Fashion School students and faculty

Kent State Fashion School Committed to Sustainability

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Fashion School continuously finds ways to innovate. Its unique lifestyle boutique, Fashion School Store (FSStore), in downtown Kent recently added a new line called 鈥淪ustainability RETOLD.鈥 This collection includes sustainably made clothing, featuring work from five different students and three faculty.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

Kent State Today

Ashtabula student Lauren Whitten is the 2019 Outstanding OTA Student Award recipient

Ashtabula Student Named 2019 Outstanding Occupational Therapy Assistant

Occupational Therapy Assistant student Lauren Whitten was recently named the Sharon Kay Ashworth Outstanding OTA Student by the Ohio Occupational Therapy Association (OOTA).  Whitten shared her thoughts on the award and her experiences at Kent State Ashtabula in a Student Spotlight video.

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Nick Lee, junior painting major, produces a class assignment on a 3D printer in the Student Multimedia Studio

Makerspaces Create Innovative Ecosystem on Campus

A makerspace is a 鈥渄o-it-yourself鈥 space where people can gather to create, invent, build and learn. Makerspaces can exist in many forms and be equipped with a variety of tools and equipment, but at Kent State, makerspaces go beyond making and encourage collaborating and sharing knowledge.

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Kent State Today

Six Amazing Kent State Internship Stories

From Classroom to Real World: Six Amazing Kent State Internship Stories

What do NASA, Porsche, the National Park Service, Walt Disney World, New York Fashion and C-SPAN all have in common? 麻豆传媒 students gained valuable experience and showcased their education and skills this year at each. In the spring, summer and fall semesters of 2019 at Kent State, 2,740 students completed an internship for credit. Internships are a valuable real-world experience that provide students vital on-the-job training in their chosen fields.

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Kalin Bennett (left) is congratulated by his teammates for playing in his first college basketball game.

Kent State Men鈥檚 Basketball Wins Season Opener, Freshman Player With Autism Makes History

The 麻豆传媒 men鈥檚 basketball team started the 2019-20 season off on a high note with four players scoring in double figures for a 97-58 opening-night victory over the Division III Hiram Terriers at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center on Nov. 6. Freshman Kalin Bennett, the first true freshman diagnosed with autism to sign a letter of intent in Division I men鈥檚 basketball, made history when he checked into the contest.

Tags: Student Life, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics

Kent Campus

PRSSA members receive Teahan Award for Outstanding Chapter

Kent State Public Relations Students Earn National Recognition

The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) awarded PRSSA Kent the highest national honors for a chapter, the 2019 Outstanding Chapter Award. Public relations major Vanessa Gresley, PRSSA Kent鈥檚 vice president of professional relations, earned the Gold Key Award, the highest PRSSA honor for students.

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School of Media and Journalism

麻豆传媒鈥檚 Newest Flashfleet

Flashfleet Debuts New Bike-Share Program

麻豆传媒鈥檚 newest Flashfleet is changing the landscape of using a bike-share program on campus. Flashfleet is available to students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members.

Tags: Student Life, Health

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