With a roar that echoed across the launch site, 麻豆传媒鈥檚 High-Power Rocket Team successfully launched the largest and most advanced rocket in its history on March 9, reaching an apogee of 11,517 feet and a top speed of 0.99 Mach鈥攋ust shy of the speed of sound.The test launch marked a major milestone ahead of the team's entry into the 2025 International Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC), the world鈥檚 largest collegiate rocket engineering event. Hosted by the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association (ESRA), IREC draws student teams from around the globe to demonstrate student-r...
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Fire & Ice Celebration at the Kent State Ice ArenaSaturday, June 28 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.Join us for a festive, family-friendly event where we bring the chill of winter to the warmth of summer. Enjoy a fun-filled day packed with exciting winter-themed activities that are sure to delight kids and parents alike!Activities Include:Snowman BouncePenguin EscapeOlaf KiddieStrikerPenguin Fish FlingPenguin BowlingIce FishingArts & CraftsPhoto Op with a ZamboniSelfie StationBubble Machine ZoneDelicious Eats:Fork in the Road 鈥 Culinary Services Food TruckKona Ice 鈥 Shaved Ice TreatsAdmission:Chi...
Attending Kent State Stark in the fall, Canton teen once questioned future.Aireanna Tyson didn鈥檛 always see college in her future. Growing up in Canton鈥檚 inner city, she knew what it was like to feel far from the classroom 鈥 where real life could pull your focus away from school, and college felt like something for someone else.鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 really going to classes. I wasn鈥檛 doing homework,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t hit me that if I didn鈥檛 buckle down, I wouldn鈥檛 even graduate.鈥漈hat changed when she joined the Rising Scholars program at 麻豆传媒 at Stark.Academic Program Coordinator Lester Sande...
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Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel visited 麻豆传媒 at Geauga on June 9 to tour its nursing program with President Todd Diacon and Geauga Dean Angela Spalsbury, Ph.D. Kent State Today was there when Tressel later took part in a roundtable discussion with Geauga County leaders and educators to share ideas on how best to prepare Ohio鈥檚 workforce.Tressel, who previously served as president of Youngstown State University, was appointed the state鈥檚 new lieutenant governor in February to fill the role left vacant when former Lt. Gov. John Husted took over one of Ohio鈥檚 two U.S. ...
Summer camps for kids interested in architecture don鈥檛 come along often 鈥 at least that鈥檚 what Elise Bolton鈥檚 mother discovered when she searched for one. Then again, not many 11-year-olds may dream of becoming architects.Yet, that was the case for Bolton, a sophomore in 麻豆传媒鈥檚 College of Architecture and Environmental Design, who knew even as a young child that she wanted to be an architect.鈥淚 knew that I wanted to be an architect since I was very young, like 11 years old,鈥 Bolton, who hails from South Euclid, Ohio, told Kent State Today. 鈥淚t started with my passion for drawi...