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Priorities

Priorities

What Lies Ahead is Up to Us

Our purpose is to help students find theirs. No matter who they are or where they want to go, it’s up to us to open doors of opportunity. Through scholarship support, top-tier faculty and facilities, global education and high-impact experiences, our Golden Flashes will light up the future.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Raising funds to align with scholarship needs is our first priority at Kent State, and ensures that we support our students from the day they receive their letter of acceptance to the day they receive their degree.

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Global Education

Global Education

When Kent State students immerse themselves in places like Florence, New York, Ghana or Paris, they return with new perspectives and a sense of purpose that will illuminate the world.

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Beyond Academics

You belong here. It’s a promise we make to our students when they arrive, and it’s one that we fulfill through award-winning programming and resources to truly make feel like home while they earn their degree.

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Expanding University Initiatives

Athletics successes and collaborative additions to the university —like the Brain Health Research Institute and Design Innovation Initiative— have elevated our reputation and cemented our place on the world stage.

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Building the Future - Campus Improvements

Our physical spaces must reflect the innovative thinking, learning and creating that is happening inside. Imagine what we can accomplish if we give our minds room to grow in modern learning environments. 

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$383M

Total amount raised

$156M

Student Success amount raised

66,310

Number of campaign donors

Making An Impact

Our students, alumni and donors all help make the world Forever Brighter. Learn more about some of our most impressive community members.

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Expanding University Initiatives, Design Innovation Initiative

DI Students Receive BioDesign Award

Two dozen students from seven different majors (including biology, fashion, architecture, environmental studies, and computer technology) worked in teams to create biodesign projects.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access

First-Generation Student Success

“Having scholarships allowed me to devote more time to school and extracurriculars. Scholarships truly change the lives of students like me,” said John McDermott, ’20.

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Erin Taylor '22.
Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access

Rising Scholars Makes College a Reality

“The Rising Scholars program made it seem like I was made to go to college, that I was smart enough and that I was good enough,” Erin said.

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Roe Green May 2018
Expanding University Initiatives, Endowing Employee Talent

Donor Funds Visiting Director Series

 The Roe Green Foundation donated $2.2 million to support The Roe Green Visiting Director Series within Kent State’s School of Theatre and Dance that invites a guest professional director each year to work in residency with students.

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An'Jeanette Beverly at Kent State Stark
Prioritizing Student Success, Fostering Completion

Scholarship Ensures Graduation

Business student receives Last Dollar Scholarship support to ensure she receives her degree in business management.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Enhancing Experiences

Increasing Cultural Competency

Kent State at Salem nursing and early childhood education majors have been visiting the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota since 2011 as part of an experiential learning program. 

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Expanding University Initiatives, Design Innovation Initiative

Design Innovation Connects Students

The Design Innovation Hub connects students, faculty and the community to a network of existing spaces, or DI Nodes, makerspaces and resource laboratories across the university. 

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Cheyenne Clawson
Prioritizing Student Success, Fostering Completion

Scholarship Helps Dream Come True

When I discovered that I might not be able to graduate, I fell apart. Then I received a Last Dollar Scholarship.

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Deborah and Bill Asbury
Deborah and Bill Asbury
Expanding University Initiatives, Intercollegiate Athletics

Supporting Our Student-Athletes

While a student-athlete, Bill Asbury fell ill with acute renal failure; Kent State supported him then, and now Bill and wife Deborah support current Golden Flash student-athletes.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Rewarding Achievement

Columbiana Student Is Goldwater Scholar

Hayley Shasteen, ’21,  received a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The foundation awards scholarships annually to students from across the country studying mathematics, natural science or engineeri…

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George R. Newkome, Ph.D.
Expanding University Initiatives, Endowing Employee Talent

Alumnus Creates Professorship

George R. Newkome, Ph.D., and his wife, Mary Jane Saunders, Ph.D., pledged $1 million to fund this first-ever professorship in materials science in ’s College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Newkome is a two-time Kent State alumnus.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Rewarding Achievement

Alumna Receives Fulbright Grant

Sarah Schlosser, ’17, is traveling to India to work with craftspeople in order to develop a better understanding and document traditional methods of natural dyeing textiles. This experience is a result of Sarah receiving a prestigious Fulbright Study/Research grant.

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