Student Success
°µÍø½ûÇø Student Helps Congress Change Child Welfare Laws
The pain of moving from one home to the next, time and time again, for four years straight is helping Keri Richmond speak out for other foster children without a voice. Richmond, a °µÍø½ûÇø junior majoring in public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, s…
Kent Campus
From Homeless to Philanthropist: °µÍø½ûÇø Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward
Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a °µÍø½ûÇø senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withdraw …
Kent Campus
President Warren Talks With WKYC About Making a Global Difference
As °µÍø½ûÇø students get ready to return for the fall semester, President Beverly Warren is gearing up for her second year as president. President Warren told WKYC’s John Anderson about her goals to make a global difference and how she is matching °µÍø½ûÇø’s world-class programs wi…
Kent Campus
°µÍø½ûÇø Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward
Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a °µÍø½ûÇø senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withd…
Kent Campus
°µÍø½ûÇø Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies
°µÍø½ûÇø held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). °µÍø½ûÇø conferred 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelor’s degrees, 453 master’s degrees, 76 doctoral degrees and 16 educa…
Kent Campus
°µÍø½ûÇø Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language
Anna Hoffman, a °µÍø½ûÇø global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship from the Pulitzer Center on Cr…
Kent Campus
°µÍø½ûÇø Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language
Communication studies student’s project earns international media attention for research efforts Anna Hoffman, a °µÍø½ûÇø global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national langua…
Kent Campus
°µÍø½ûÇø Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
°µÍø½ûÇø has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement. The Corporation for National and Community …
Kent Campus
°µÍø½ûÇø’s Stephanie Haugh Named the MAC’s 2015 Bob James Award Winner
Stephanie Haugh of °µÍø½ûÇø’s women’s soccer team has been named the female recipient of the 2015 Bob James Memorial Award by the Mid-American Conference Faculty Athletics Representatives. The announcement was made by the league office today. In its 27th year, the Bob James Memorial Aw…
Kent Campus
°µÍø½ûÇø Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015
Sarah Hider, a °µÍø½ûÇø graduate student from Wooster, Ohio, has been crowned Miss Ohio 2015 after competing at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio, on June 20. Hider is the second °µÍø½ûÇø student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a °µÍø½ûÇø broadcast jo…
Kent Campus