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Finding Confidence and Courage in Self-Defense
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡alumnus helps students and members of the community find their confidence in learning self-defense.
Relationship With Local IT Company a Win-Win
For more than 10 years, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ 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.
Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Construction Management
She started as an intern in 2018, and just a few short years later Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ alumna Grace Kormos is currently the only female construction manager at her company.
Throwing Her Hat(s) in the Ring
A 2018 Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ graduate with a bachelor’s degree in fashion merchandising and a minor in marketing, Brooke Denune is hoping to make a positive impact in the fashion industry with her brand of customizable vegan hats.
Booming Accounting Job Market Attracts High School Students To Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Case Competition
Area high school students learned about the benefits of a career in accounting while participating in the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ High School Accounting Case Challenge.
Hosted by the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Department of Accounting, the event brought together 85 students from Kent Theodore Roosevelt High School, North Canton Hoover High School, Aurora High School and Tallmadge High School. The competition was sponsored by The Ohio Society of CPAs, Pease Bell CPAs, Robert Fay, Ernst & Young, Novogradac and RSM.
‘Kent Is Our Home’ With Deep Roots
Founded in 1880, The Davey Tree Expert Company has a rich history, growing from a seedling organization into Ohio’s largest employee-owned company with branches reaching far across North America, but deeply rooted in Kent.
IN A FLASH: The White Coats Have Arrived!
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡'s College of Nursing held two White Coat Ceremonies on the Kent Campus last week.
From Corporate to Nonprofit: How a Public Relations Alumnus Has Impacted Greater Cleveland and Â鶹¾«Ñ¡
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡alumnus Richard Batyko, M.A., ’12, has committed his life and career to making the world, specifically Greater Cleveland, a better place. This year, he and the YMCA of Greater Cleveland (for which he serves as Chief Marketing Officer) are working with Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ advertising and public relations seniors in the capstone class, Campaigns in Advertising and Public Relations, to raise awareness about the organization's mission.
Using Her Degree and Her Determination to Help Female Entrepreneurs
Mary Seats, a 2010 graduate of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡, says she combined the tools she acquired while a student at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡with her own passion and grit to create the successes she enjoys today.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Graduate Wins National Teaching Prize
Jason Werstler, a 2001 Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ graduate who majored in education, is one of 25 teachers across the nation who were recently recognized for teaching excellence. He teaches construction at Massillon Washington High School in Massillon, Ohio.