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Kent State student Hart Main displays ManCans, masculine-scented candles he created. Part of the proceeds from each candle is donated to soup kitchens, and the candles themselves are made by individuals with development disabilities.

Kent State Student Sells Candles With a Philanthropic Twist

  鈥淒on鈥檛 put any idea off as a joke,鈥 said Richard 鈥淗art鈥 Main, a Kent State University sophomore economics major from New Philadelphia, Ohio. 鈥淚 almost did that and missed an opportunity.鈥 The 18-year-old entrepreneur, from Kent State's College of Business Administration, is referri鈥

Tags: entrepreneurship , Student Success , Success Story , Division of Student Life

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Cynthia Roller speaks during the Kent State College of Nursing鈥檚 Spring 2014 Graduate Convocation Ceremony held in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

Scholar of the Month

Cynthia Roller, Ph.D., R.N., CNP, CNM, was a passionate nurse practitioner and researcher who passed away suddenly on Feb. 28, 2016, after a tragic accident. Earlier this year, she was selected by Kent State University鈥檚 College of Nursing as our Scholar of the Month for April. As a way to honor her鈥

Tags: Research , College of Nursing , Scholar of the Month , Success Story

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Kent State student Ashley Flowers poses under a bridge in downtown Kent with a bag full of items she hands out to the homeless in downtown Cleveland.

Kent State Student Creates Care Packages for the Homeless

When the concept of homelessness comes to mind, people tend to focus efforts on food donations, but Ashley Flowers, a junior majoring in psychology and criminology and justice studies at Kent State University, wants to remind people that clothing and toiletries also are essential items. A native 鈥

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Division of Student Life , Community & Society

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Kent State student Kelly Neiser (second from right) poses for pictures with her models after being announced as the Judges鈥 Choice and winner of a $2,500 scholarship. (Photo credit: Thomas Farmer Photography)

Kent State Students Showcase Their Talents in Annual Rock the Runway Fashion

The talents of 18 Kent State University students were on display at Kent Student Center Programming鈥檚 12th annual Rock the Runway fashion show, which took place March 5. Fashion was king on a night that featured the sights and sounds of this year鈥檚 theme, The Jacksons. In front of a Kent Stude鈥

Tags: Student Success , Kent Student Center Programming , Division of Student Life , Success Story

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Xiaoling Pu, associate professor of finance in Kent State鈥檚 College of Business Administration, works with a student in the Business Administration Building.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Xiaoling Pu Associate Professor of Finance College of Business Administration 2008-present Xiaoling Pu is an associate professor in the Department of Finance at the College of Business Administration. She holds the Olga A. Mural Risk Management Fund Associate Professorshi鈥

Tags: Research , Department of Finance , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , Scholar of the Month , Success Story

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A Kent State aeronautics student looks over Nikki, the university鈥檚 new aircraft, on the tarmac at the Kent State Airport. The student will be flying the plane in the 2016 Air Race Classic.

Kent State Aeronautics Unveils 2016 Top Hawk Plane

Nikki, the Top Hawk Cessna aircraft, was revealed Feb. 23 at the Kent State University Airport to students, alumni and friends of Kent State University鈥檚 Aeronautics Program, and to family members of the plane鈥檚 namesake. Nikki joins the university鈥檚 fleet of 33 training planes. Kent State was na鈥

Tags: Aeronautics , Sustainability and Technology鈥 , Success Story

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Shanice Cheatham worked with Kent State鈥檚 College of Public Health and LaunchNET Kent State to help her company, Endemic Solutions, develop its Endemic Filtration Portable Handwashing System.

Life-Changing Event Inspires Kent State Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases

In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor鈥檚 degree from Kent State University in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at Kent State, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo鈥

Tags: College of Public Health , LaunchNet Kent State , Student Success Story , Success Story , Community & Society , Health

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Members of the Vocal Intensity a cappella singing group practice in a lounge in Tri-Towers.

New Kent State Student Groups Meet Varying Needs

Kent State University鈥檚 Center for Student Involvement authorized 50 new student organizations in fall 2015, bringing the total to nearly 400 different organizations, according to Katie Goldring, assistant director of the Center for Student Involvement. 鈥淎s the number of student organizations con鈥

Tags: Center for Student Involvement , Division of Student Life , Student Success , Success Story

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Kent State sophomore Liz Schmidt poses in the Student Multicultural Center after taking top honors with her 鈥淐ompassionate Communities鈥 essay.

Kent State Student Liz Schmidt Writes 第一吃瓜网 Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: 鈥渇oster relationships and value people 鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Department of Political Science , Success Story

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Kent State sophomore Liz Schmidt poses in the Student Multicultural Center after taking top honors with her 鈥淐ompassionate Communities鈥 essay.

Kent State Student Liz Schmidt Writes 第一吃瓜网 Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: 鈥渇oster relationships and value people 鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Department of Political Science , Success Story

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