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She is a long way from where she grew up, but Jessica Palo is putting down deep roots in Ohio. In May, she will graduate from the Kent State Salem Campus with a bachelor’s degree in horticulture and plans to develop a homestead on land she and her husband own in Lordstown, as well as a small market garden business.  Additionally, Palo wants to extend her undergraduate research on corn smut/huitlacoche and develop her own huitlacoche production business and sell it commercially. As a horticulture major, she spent two semesters of individual investigations looking for a process to...

Many students end their high school career anxious about what comes next. For those with food allergies, that anxiety can feel even more intense.The transition from high school to college not only means figuring out how to safely eat, but also how to navigate large social events that center around food.“Students who are required to live on campus are also required to have a meal plan, in part because we don’t have full kitchen facilities in every residence hall,” said Amanda Feaster, Director of Student Accessibility Services. “However, accommodations through SAS might include a reduction in t...

Kent State’s Regional Campuses were well-represented at the Association for University Regional Campuses of Ohio (AURCO) annual conference, during which Olivia Rice, a psychology student from Kent State Salem, earned a first-place ranking for her research poster. The conference was held earlier this month at Ohio University in Chillicothe.Rice received the E. Ted Bunn Student Excellence Award-Best Poster for her research project titled “Undergraduate Student Benefits: Research Within Community Outreach.”Three faculty members from the Salem Campus also presented their research on the Hyflex cou...