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Stories and Highlights from Across the Regional Campuses
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Jan. 29, 2026
Carolynn Coonce knew how to install an air conditioner before she ever set foot in a college engineering lab. What she didn鈥檛 know yet was that she wanted to redesign how those systems worked.A Mechanical Engineering Technology major at Kent State University at Trumbull, Coonce鈥
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GlenOak Graduate, Kent State Stark Nursing Student Brings Hometown Talent to White House Performance
Dec. 11, 2025
When Kent State University at Stark nursing major Malcolm Morgan walked into the White House in early December, he felt the weight of history settle around him. The Canton native and GlenOak High School graduate鈥檚 a cappella ensemble, Vocal Fusion, was invited to perform for the鈥
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Nov. 21, 2025
Elizabeth Sowa, first-place winner at Kent State鈥檚 research competition a
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Nov. 5, 2025
Thirteen students from Trumbull Career and Technical Center (TCTC) got a firsthand look at the world of engineering during a visit to Kent State University at Trumbull on Friday, Oct. 31, as part of TCTC鈥檚 new 鈥淔lex Friday鈥 initiative.
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Oct. 29, 2025
Kent State University at Stark student Kendall Myers and Matt Lehnert, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at Kent State Stark, recently earned honorable mention in the 2025 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition, one of the world鈥檚 most prestigious contests鈥
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Oct. 20, 2025
For Beth Murray, returning to college decades after graduating from Warren Western Reserve High School in 1986 was not part of her original plan. But, after witnessing the courage and compassion of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, she knew it was time to answer a new calling鈥
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Oct. 16, 2025
Students in the insurance studies program do not have to search far to find someone who models what it takes to be successful in the industry. They only need to look to Diauntae Morrow, the new lead faculty for the program, who is helping promote the Kent State insurance studies鈥
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Oct. 10, 2025
Most faculty members don鈥檛 welcome classroom interruptions 鈥 but for Jess
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Oct. 2, 2025
In July 2016, Jill Cofojohn became the first radiation therapist in Ohio to use proton therapy to treat a cancer patient. This noteworthy event took place at University Hospital鈥檚 Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland, where she worked as the advanced lead radiation therapist.鈥
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Sept. 22, 2025
The ADN program on the East Liverpool Campus held its inaugural White Coat Ceremony during which 44 nursing students received white coats that will help establish their 鈥減rofessional identity鈥 and coincides with the beginning of their clinical training.