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Downtown Kent Businesses Helped Support University Employees During Pandemic

ºÚÁÏÍø initiated the Blue, Gold and Grateful program with Main Street Kent to show appreciation to faculty and staff and support participating downtown businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In March 2015, Nick Pizzi hit rock bottom. After receiving his third DUI, he decided to stop drinking. But unfortunately, it was too late. Four months later, before his daughter’s eighth birthday, Pizzi was sentenced to one year in the Ashtabula County jail, where his life would change forever for the positive. On May 14, 2021, he will pick up his bachelor's degree diploma during the 72nd Commencement Ceremony at ºÚÁÏÍø at Ashtabula.

ºÚÁÏÍø initiated the Blue, Gold and Grateful program with Main Street Kent to show appreciation to faculty and staff and support participating downtown businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

A Kent State graduate student is covered in confetti during the university’s Advanced Degree Commencement Ceremony.

Students wearing graduation caps and gowns will once again grace the campus as ºÚÁÏÍø celebrates its newest graduates and marks the return of in-person commencement ceremonies for the first time since December 2019.

Alan Canfora (left), one of the nine ºÚÁÏÍø students wounded on May 4, 1970, gives a tour of the historic May 4 site. Thomas Grace (right), who also was a student wounded on May 4, looks on while Canfora talks.

Members of the ºÚÁÏÍø community and people around the world will gather virtually for the 51st Commemoration of May 4, 1970, the day the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest, killing four students and wounding nine other students.

The 51st Commemoration of May 4, 1970, takes place May 4, 2021.

Members of the ºÚÁÏÍø community and people around the world will gather virtually for the 51st Commemoration of May 4, 1970, the day the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest, killing four and wounding nine others.

Candles glow at Allison Krause's marker on the May 4 site at ºÚÁÏÍø.

To honor and remember the events that occurred on May 4, 1970, virtual events and exhibits hosted by ºÚÁÏÍø students, faculty and staff are scheduled from April 30 through May 4. The virtual events include several powerful speakers and events that promote peace and anti-racism and educate future students about the legacy of May 4, 1970.  

A student enjoys her online class.

The ºÚÁÏÍø College of Business Administration’s Online MBA ranks No. 35 in the nation in Fortune’s Best Online MBA Programs 2021 ranking released this week.

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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed Pamela E. Bobst of Rocky River, Ohio, to the ºÚÁÏÍø Board of Trustees. She succeeds former Board Chair and Trustee Ralph M. Della Ratta, and she will serve through May 16, 2030.

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Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., has accepted the position of vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion at ºÚÁÏÍø, effective May 1, 2021.