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Elizabeth Koenig standing in the studio of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design building.

Student Combines Creative and Educational Interests to Craft Award-Winning Thesis

Elizabeth Koenig is an Honors College senior from Elmore, Ohio, graduating this spring with a major in interior design and a minor in marketing. Though Elizabeth鈥檚 academic focus is design, she was inspired to complete a Senior Honors Thesis based on her original goal to become a teacher. Growing up in a family of educators, Elizabeth says, 鈥淚 thought that鈥檚 what I wanted to do, too.鈥

Tags: Senior Honors Thesis/Project, College of Architecture and Environment Design, Undergraduate Research Symposium

Honors College

J.R. Campbell, executive director of 5X社区鈥檚 Design Innovation Initiative, tries on a face shield produced by the Kent State team.

5X社区鈥檚 Design Innovation Initiative Uses Creativity to Help Medical Professionals Fight COVID-19

A team of 25 faculty, staff and students use innovation and creativity to help health professionals in Northeast Ohio protect themselves from COVID-19. 

Tags: Community & Society, Design Innovation, College of Public Health, College of Architecture and Environment Design, COVID-19 HUB, Success Story

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