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Organizational Sustainability

Senior fashion design majors Mackenzie Karsten and Daniella Byrnes review candidates during model tryouts at Kent State's School of Fashion

Students, faculty and alumni from ºÚÁÏÍø’s world-renowned School of Fashion will be sending some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio. 

Turtle Bay Wetland

Kent State researchers are studying how the presence of waterfowl contributes to the health of wetland ecosystems. 

Cybersecurity Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

The ºÚÁÏÍø Board of Trustees approved the establishment of a new cybercriminology major within the Bachelor of Science degree at the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held Dec. 6. The new cybercriminology major will be offered fully online, in addition to a mostly online delivery at all Kent State campuses.

Giving Tuesday graphic that indicates $2,867,333+ were raised to impact ºÚÁÏÍø students.

ºÚÁÏÍø supporters once again joined together during the university’s Giving Tuesday campaign to raise more than $2.8 million to support a variety of student scholarships and programs.

Kent State senior fashion merchandising major Mackenzie Karsten of Clarkston, Michigan, an intern for the Kent State Women's Center, looks over donations for this year's university coat drive.

From now through Dec. 15, ºÚÁÏÍø is collecting clean, gently used or new items of warm clothing for all ages, including coats, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters, as part of its Winter Coat and Clothing Drive. 

Bowling balls at the ºÚÁÏÍø Surplus Store

The ºÚÁÏÍø Surplus Store helps the university liquidate assets in a sustainable and responsible way while offering unique items at low prices. 

The Rev. Larry L. Macon Jr., J.D., has been appointed to the ºÚÁÏÍø Board of Trustees by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.

Macon will serve through May 16, 2027, fulfilling the unexpired term of Johnathan Holifield. Holifield resigned his position as a trustee in late 2022 due to an out-of-state relocation.

Virginia "Ginnie" Dressler, digital projects librarian, shows a photo of her grandfather, mathematics professor Byron Dressler from 1970.

Three generations of the Dressler family have worked for ºÚÁÏÍø spanning 75 years. 

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Susan Thomas, nurse at the DeWeese Health Center, administers a COVID-19 booster shot and a flu vaccine to Phil Soencksen, a senior writer in University Communications and Marketing.

Fall is the time to get protected from COVID-19 and flu. Appointments for shots are available at ºÚÁÏÍø's DeWeese Health Center on the Kent Campus.