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Kent State University was founded to prepare educators, so it is no surprise that it established a focus in higher education administration in its early years of providing graduate-level education.The university awarded its first three doctoral degrees in June 1964, two of which were earned by students in what was then the College of Education. Of those, one graduate studied the characteristics of students at Kent State and its regional campuses – representing Kent State’s first dissertation focused on higher education administration. The 60th anniversary of this achievement was celebrated rec...

The top undergraduate finishers in the Kent State Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition were honored at an awards ceremony on October 25 in the Kiva auditorium.  The 3MT competition, founded at The University of Queensland in 2008, traditionally challenges Ph.D. students with presenting their research to a non-specialist audience within a three-minute timeframe. On October 21 and 22, undergraduate students who participated in the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) presented their research in the same format. Stude...

Kent State University at Ashtabula’s annual Giving Tuesday fundraising drive began on Nov. 1, 2024, aimed at supporting the Susan J. Stocker Ashtabula Campus Development Fund toward renovation and improvements to the John W. Zabak Conference Suite – the Blue and Gold, Oak and Lake Rooms – within Susan J. Stocker Hall.For more than 50 years, the Blue & Gold, Oak and Lake Rooms have played an important role in Ashtabula County and the region. This year’s raised funds will support enhancing these spaces, which are vital to the community as hubs for events, meetings and gatherings that fo...