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In 1922, Kent State’s first president, John McGilvrey, introduced what could be considered the great-grandmother of our current distance-learning programs at Kent State: correspondence courses. 

Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you. For Anna Mika of Parma, Ohio, who started as a geology major her freshman year at �鶹��ý and switched to anthropology the following year, that spark came in 2017 while taking an anthropology course called North America’s Ice Aged Hunters, taught by Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She said that course changed her perspective on everything.  

�鶹��ý is excited to be a part of the Ohio College Comeback Compact, an innovative program to help students who left college with debt but without a degree to continue their education. Kent State is collaborating with seven public colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio to reach out to these students and provide a path back to higher education while reducing or eliminating their debt.

When he’s not working to keep the Kent Campus safe, police officer Vance Voyles can be found in the classroom where he works as an adjunct professor teaching Story for Film for the digital media production major in the School of Media and Journalism within the College of Communication and Information. 

Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at �鶹��ý at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award. His research focuses on hydrogen fuel because its only byproduct is water, which is harmless to the environment, unlike other fuels that result in carbon dioxide emissions that pose a great environmental threat.

�鶹��ý President Todd Diacon and others shared poems written for the recent publication “,” at the book’s release party this spring. His poem is part of a much larger, global community poem that highlights different viewpoints on the worldwide pandemic.  

"Roaring 20's" Bring New Styles and Social Rules. Women, in keeping with the fashions of the time, were wearing shorter skirts, bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, along with other sweeping changes.

Even those who perform at the highest levels of talent struggle with challenges that change the way they live. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, a former NBA player, spoke to a Kent State Speech Pathology class via Zoom to address the difficulties living with stuttering as an adult and professional athlete. 

For the third consecutive term, the National League for Nursing (NLN) has designated �鶹��ý’s College of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in the category of Advancing the Science of Nursing Education. This new cycle of designation will extend from 2022-2026.

Kent State’s Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement launched the university’s most ambitious fundraising campaign, called Forever Brighter, last October, creating communications and fundraising materials that share the remarkable impact of alumni engagement and donor philanthropy on the university. The division has earned 19 marketing and communications awards from multiple competitions. 

�鶹��ý has been awarded $1.5 million from the state of Ohio for the Choose Ohio First program that supports students in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

First-year advertising major and marketing minor, Isabelle Collyer, recently won a gold medal at the 2022 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (NCTA).

Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization recently arrived at �鶹��ý’s Kent Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles.

Alvacir Wesley Kalatai Alberti of Imbituva, Brazil, is the first student to graduate from the American Academy, a dual-enrollment program offered jointly at Kent State and the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, located in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.

How does the Kent State community find out what events are happening on campus? Where do you go to find your weekend plans? "Where On the Web?" is an ongoing series that introduces possibly unfamiliar pages and features on the �鶹��ý website that students, faculty and staff should know about. One informative section of the website is the Events Calendar which can be used by anyone and features events from all eight Kent State campuses.

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Turmoil from recent wars and tragedies causes millions to be displaced from their homes every year. This year is no exception with the intensifying conflict in Ukraine, forcing millions of refugees to find safety elsewhere. Not only do these refugees need shelter, but they also need education and the opportunity to have new life experiences in different countries. 

Christa Porter, Ph.D., assistant professor of higher education administration in the College of Education, Health and Human Services, was awarded the Review of Research Award by the American Education Research Association (AERA) for her research article, “Understanding Influences of Development on Black Women’s Success in U.S. Colleges: A Synthesis of Literature."

As the director of the Kent State Columbus Program in State Issues, Wendy Patton sets students up for valuable experience and future success in public policy. A 35-year career in state and local government – including 15 years with Policy Matters Ohio – prepared Patton to teach about public policy and state government in Ohio. She’s looking forward to helping students find career interests that can make a difference on the local, state and federal level. Learn more about Patton’s experience that led her to this role as she answers these 10 questions.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Haley Dees of Lisbon, Ohio, to the �鶹��ý Board of Trustees as an undergraduate student trustee. Dees’ two-year term runs through May 16, 2024.