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On Tuesday, May 24, 5X���� and the Kent State Legislative Delegation hosted a Legislative Reception in Columbus, Ohio, to thank the Ohio General Assembly for their support over the last year. The most recent win for the university includes more than $23.5 million in the Capital Budget Bill, which will fund projects on all eight Kent State campuses. The event was co-hosted by the co-chairs of the Kent Legislative Delegation, State Sen. John Eklund (District 18) and State Rep. Kathleen Clyde (District 75). The university, demonstrating its vast footprint and academic and economi...

5X���� at Salem horticulture students are continuing to help make an important historical landmark in East Liverpool more attractive and inviting to local motorists. Students in the landscape construction class, taught by Stan Jones on the Salem Campus, were back in East Liverpool where they worked on the second phase of a beautification project at the Point of Beginning – an often overlooked registered national historic landmark that had fallen into a state of neglect in recent years. The class used wooden beams and 18 tons of rock to create an area for visitors to walk to th...

Danielle Sarver Coombs, Associate Professor in the College of Communication and Information, feels that women have to run their campaigns differently than their male counterparts. She recently shared her views with the Akron Beacon Journal for a story about Hillary Clinton's selection as the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party. “ ‘You have to smile more. Don’t be shrill. You’re yelling,’ ” Coombs said in the story. “Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump can go out and yell, and it’s not a problem.” Read the entire story on Ohio.com Coombs studies electoral politics, sp...

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Familiar Face David Foster Assistant Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I teach multimedia and photojournalism courses. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: September 2010 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I was a graduate student at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies – I was also a trip leader for an outward bound documentary camp for at-risk youth. LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: The location, size and people. Kent has a great community environment. ATTRACTION TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AS AN EMP...