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Tech in a Flash: how to email your classmates using KSUmobile

Kent State goes above and beyond to help students prepare themselves for the professional world. That doesn鈥檛 just stop at providing resources like resume building and interview techniques in class: one of the most valuable resources is right in your pocket. 

Tech in a Flash: Smart Ways to use Excel Outside of School & Work

Numbers and equations have never excited me. Who would have thought that fashion merchandising would be full of them? Thankfully, a confessed math hater has been saved by Microsoft Excel. 

White box truck reading "Electronics Recycling" is being loaded by people in the parking lot by the architecture building

In an era where technology evolves rapidly, the disposal of old electronics has become a common practice. However, amidst the eagerness to recycle and reduce e-waste, we often overlook a critical aspect: safeguarding our personal data. Before handing over laptops or any electronic device for recycling, it's imperative to take proactive measures to ensure that sensitive information doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

Division of Information Technology and College Credit Plus

The College Credit Plus (CCP) program allows middle school and high school students to take college courses for credit even before they graduate from high school. The state of Ohio requires that all students' schedules and educational updates are sent out to all participants, including the student's parents, by certain dates. Kristin Bechter, the Associate Director of College Credit Plus, was responsible for this communication. But it turns out this was a lot harder than it sounds.

Woman with survey equipment overlaid with screenshots from the grant tracking app

The future of tracking internal grant money within the university is here, and it presents a brand-new way of managing funds distributed to professors and organizations. In partnership with the division of Research and Economic Development, the Division of Information Technology has created a fund-tracking app to trace the path of grant spending.

As an R1 school, Kent State has the highest 鈥渟tatus for research鈥 recognition that doctoral universities can receive. This distinction was partly given due to Kent State鈥檚 funding for research.