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Priorities

Priorities

$383M

Total amount raised

$156M

Student Success amount raised

66,310

Number of campaign donors

Making An Impact

Our students, alumni and donors all help make the world Forever Brighter. Learn more about some of our most impressive community members.

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Black United Students
Prioritizing Student Success

Black United Student Leader Thrives

Julian Grimes, a junior, is president of Black United Students (BUS) and is working to keep the organization thriving. BUS is one of ’s oldest student organizations and is credited with starting the formal observance of Black History Month in 1970.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Community of Caring Supports Student

Shane Reese found a network of support and a community of caring at that surrounded him after his mother passed away during his freshman year. As a result, Reese became a resilient leader who is committed to giving back.

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Gulp
Expanding University Initiatives, Design Innovation Initiative

LaunchNET Supports Student Radio Program

architecture student Joel Semancik is the creator of Gulp Radio, a program and podcast that airs on ’s Black Squirrel Radio. He and his guests discuss songs that have had an impact on their lives and discuss their favorite memories and life stories…

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CeeJay Scott
Global Education

Global Experience Transforms Student’s Future

When alumnus Carlton “CeeJay” Scott Jr., ’23, returned from his 2023 Spring Semester abroad as an exchange student in Cairo, he brought with him a transformed vision for his future as a filmmaker.

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Prioritizing Student Success

Regional Students Receive Intel® Scholarships

Two students in the College of Applied and Technical Studies at at Tuscarawas received Intel® Semiconductor Scholarship for Women awards. The scholarships support education-related expenses (tuition, fees, books,etc.) as well as other expenses including tran…

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I Promise
Brain Health Research Institute

I PROMISE Students Study Brain Health

’s Brain Health Research Institute recently welcomed 94 fourth-grade students from the I PROMISE School in Akron, Ohio, for a day of activities aimed at sparking their interest in science and technology.

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Building the Future

Enhancing and Improving STEM Education

has created an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the National Security Agency (NSA) that will enhance and improve STEM education. The partnership will include undergraduate and graduate students participating in any STEM-related program.

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Rising Scholar Briana Hawkins
Prioritizing Student Success

Stark Rising Scholar Pursues Dream

Rising Scholar Briana Hawkins is pursuing her dream of becoming a nurse. A junior at at Stark, Briana’s nursing training has helped her in unexpected ways as she cared for her mother after she suffered traumatic burns in a household accident.

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Building the Future

Celebrating Aeronautics and Engineering

’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering celebrated a milestone in October with the opening of its building expansion on the Kent Campus. University leadership, students, alumni, donors, faculty, staff and special guests attended the event as part of Homecoming activit…

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Prioritizing Student Success

Making a Difference for Regional Students

The Rising Scholars program at each of the regional campuses has lofty goals for the 2023-24 academic year including high-impact and high-energy activities for scholars in every grade.

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launchnet
Prioritizing Student Success

LaunchNET Boosts Alumni Businesses

Thanks to support from the Burton D. Morgan Foundation, LaunchNET is providing microgrants to alumni entrepreneurs to expand their businesses.

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Prioritizing Student Success, Ensuring Access, Intercollegiate Athletics

Scholarship Creates Opportunity

Alexandra Sacker, senior, was so impressed with ’s field hockey program she decided to “cross the pond” to Kent, Ohio, from her home in Tunbridge Wells, England, and an NCAA scholarship made her journey possible.

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