Our Stories
Stories and Highlights from Across the Regional Campuses
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After experiencing dating violence in high school, Rhylee Shepherd turned her pain into a teaching opportunity for her peers through the Know Your Worth project.
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Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award. His research focuses on hydrogen fuel because its only byproduct is water, which is harmless to the…
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The urge to volunteer.
That’s what led Ben Ward to spend countless hours last summer searching the Internet for just the right opportunity to help others. Driven to volunteer on an international level, his quest to serve resulted in cross-cultural connections with young people…
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For more than 10 years, Kent State University at Ashtabula has built a partnership with the technology company ID Networks, giving information technology students real-life experience in their field and helping connect them to a potential employer.
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To welcome its new birthing manikin and the infant it delivers, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing department held a baby shower complete with games, snacks, gifts and decorations.
While a traditional baby shower helps celebrate an approaching birth, this shower included a…
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One point, just one more point!
That was the rallying cry in the Golden Eagles huddle near the end of the fourth set – leading Penn State Mont Alto 24-20 – while trying to send their USCAA Division II Volleyball Championship match to a deciding fifth set tiebreaker.
The Eagles…
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The following reflective essay was written by Lorene Martin, Bachelor of Science in Nursing program director at Kent State Salem and fulltime faculty member. In what has become somewhat of an annual pilgrimage, she organizes these trips to help expand her students’ view of…
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Earning the No. 1 spot in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association’s (USCAA) Week 5 National Coaches Poll on Wed., Oct. 25, the Kent State University at Tuscarawas volleyball team flew to the top of the rankings by besting fourteen other teams.
This is the first time…
Dear faculty and staff at Regional Campuses,
Here we are already in the middle of October! Thanks for all of the hard work you are doing with our current students, and with getting people ready for spring semester as well.
I am sending this message to share some…
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Heading into the 2023-2024 academic year, all involved with the Rising Scholars program on the Kent State Regional Campuses had their sights set on high-impact and high-energy activities for scholars in every grade.
The Rising Scholars Program, one on each Kent State campus,…