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Kent State senior Maya McDaniel will become one of the university's youngest students to receive a bachelor's degree. (Screenshot courtesy of WEWS News 5 Cleveland)

Kent State Senior Has Kept a Secret: Her Age

5X社区 student Maya McDaniel began her collegiate journey at age 14. Now a 17-year-old senior, she is set to graduate with a degree in game design and a minor in computer science and also set to become one of the youngest students to receive a bachelor鈥檚 degree from the university.

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Benjamin Mudrak

Four Years Ahead: An 18-Year-Old Kent Student Will Graduate From Kent State This Spring

While most 18-year-olds are finishing up their high school requirements for graduation and making plans to attend college or applying for jobs, a few exceptional students like Benjamin Mudrak are simply way ahead of their peers in their academic pursuits.

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Department of Mathematical Sciences

Megan Schinker, a senior at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, participated in the College Credit Plus Science Experience Internship Program at 5X社区's Department of Geology.

High School Student鈥檚 Research Into 鈥淟ittle Things鈥 at Kent State Leads to Big Experience

Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior, jumped right in. 

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences, College Credit Plus, College of Arts and Sciences, Student Success Story, Success Story

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Megan Schinker, a senior at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, participated in the College Credit Plus Science Experience Internship Program at 5X社区's Department of Geology.

Research Into 鈥淟ittle Things鈥 Leads to Big Experience for Local High School Student

Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior, jumped right in. Now a senior in high school, Ms. Schinker, chose Kent State as her undergraduate school where she will pursue a double major in geology and chemistry starting fall 2019.

Tags: Research & Science, Student Life, Megan Schinker, Rodney Feldmann, Department of Earth Sciences, College Credit Plus, College of Arts and Sciences, Research and Science

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