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Breaking Barriers for Parenting Students is Goal of Professor鈥檚 Research

Approximately 5.4 million students with dependent children are enrolled in postsecondary education. Those numbers are only expected to rise in the near future, as a too-often overlooked and underserved population increases. Ashtabula sociology associate professor Jessica Leveto, Ph.D., is focusing her research on the needs of those students as part of a fellowship with the Center for Teaching and Learning that culminates with a faculty workshop on April 21.

Tags: Sociology

Kent State Ashtabula

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Celebrating Women鈥檚 History Month at Kent State

This March, 黑料网 is celebrating the 2023 Women鈥檚 History Month. The theme for 2023 is 鈥淐elebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.鈥

Tags: University News, Student Life, Students First, Community Impact, Featured Story

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How Hospitality Management Is Weathering the Great Resignation

In early 2021, during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, masses of employees across the country began resigning their jobs in record numbers, marking what is known as the 鈥.鈥 For students in Kent State's Hospitality and Event Management program, there鈥檚 a big opportunity to capitalize on an industry that is in the middle of a large shift in management. 

Tags: Community and Society, Student Life, Students First

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Kent State's Improv Group the Black Squirrel Improv Troupe

Kent State鈥檚 Comedy Improv Troupe Entertains Audiences at Stand-Up Festival

Did you know Kent State has its own improvisation group? It does. What does the troupe do, you ask? Improv. About. Everything.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact

Kent State Today

Olivia Meyer, senior fashion merchandising student.

鈥楳erchandising Is Both a Science and an Art鈥

Olivia Meyer, junior Honors College fashion merchandising student, is designing her own success at Kent State and abroad. 鈥淚 think what I'm most excited for is the unknown,鈥 she muses.

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Nationally Distinctive

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Transforming Global Education

Kent State has a longstanding tradition of excellence in global education. In celebration of 50 years of our study abroad program in Florence, Italy, the university has created the Kent State Global Education Endowment, with a goal to be the largest endowment in university history.

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LeBron James Breaks Scoring Record

Kent State's I Promise Students Are Proud of LeBron James' Awesome Milestone

Kent State I Promise Scholars let LeBron James know how proud they are of him becoming the all-time NBA scorer.

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Kent State's I Promise Students Are Proud of LeBron James' Awesome Milestone

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Kent State Prepares Student To Step Into His Future Career

Kent State's digital media program prepared Morales to succeed his mentor, Joseph Bock, as the multimedia coordinator at Lorain High School, where Morales' future began.

Tags: University News, Student Life

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Franck Fotso, mechatronics major from Cameroon, Africa, chose Kent State because it has a top notch engineering program that is affordable.

International Student Finds Kent State Engineering Program Too Good to Pass Up

Franck Steve Guepjop Fotso of Cameroon, Africa, chose to attend Kent State because of its impressive engineering curriculum, which matched his career aspirations and had a robust program for international students, at an affordable price that fit into the family budget. 

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New Scholarships Support STEM Students

Kent State will receive $960,000 in new scholarships through the Choose Ohio First program that supports students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

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