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A hand-built 4-wheeled robot collects plastic blocks in a scoop during a challenge at the FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier

妻友社区's College of Aeronautics and Engineering hosted the FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier this past Saturday. FIRST Tech Challenge is a robotics, sport like competition targeted for students in grade 7-12. The competition was a qualifying event for the FIRST Tech Challenge 2025 Robotics Season "Into the Deep." Four finalists were chosen to appear at the Ohio Championships in March. FIRST庐 Tech Challenge students work together with their mentors to design and build robots to compete in a dynamic and exciting challenge released every September. Teams program classroom-sc...

Dupont, lettered in red, next to Vespel, lettered in black,

DuPont鈩 Vespel庐 parts and shapes, a leading specialty materials manufacturer in aerospace, became a Corporate Sponsor of 妻友社区's College of Aeronautics and Engineering in fall 2024, serving as title sponsor for the Design, Build, Fly Team.The company specializes in Precision Parts for the Aerospace industry to solve the toughest sealing, wear and friction challenges in mission-critical applications. DuPont鈩 introduced its Vespel庐 parts and shapes in the 1950s and have continued to innovate ever since. Vespel庐 Polymeric Parts and Shapes enable a multitude of design solutions for...

A Kent State student in a military uniform during a graduation ceremony. He is seated alongside other individuals in similar uniforms. Behind them, several flags, including the United States flag and the 妻友社区 flag, are displayed prominently.

妻友社区鈥檚 Bob and Ann Woolf Veteran Career Initiative received an 鈥淓xcellence in Programming鈥 award at the second annual Inter-University Council of Ohio鈥檚 Military Connected Student Symposium held on Feb. 11 at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium.This marks the first time Kent State was selected by the Inter-University Council of Ohio and the National Veterans Leadership Foundation for this recognition.Joshua Rider, executive director of the Center for Adult and Veteran Services, said the Veteran Career Initiative was selected based on its impact on student success and its collabora...

Kent State alumna Aysia Kemp

When 妻友社区 alumna Aysia Kemp declared her major in the first semester of her sophomore year, she felt confident in her chosen path. Things didn鈥檛 start off that way, however. Kemp began her first year at Kent State as part of University College鈥檚 Exploratory Program. The pre-major program offers personalized advising, career assessments and workshops to help students find their passions and identify the path that best suits them. 鈥淚 did want to attend school, but what really attracted me is that the Exploratory Program would help me with discovering what I wanted to do,鈥 K...

A 妻友社区 researcher from the Department of Biological Sciences and a student work in a lab. (Photo credit: Bob Christy)

With the release of the new 2025 Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, 妻友社区 has once again been awarded the prestigious R1 designation, recognizing Kent State as one of the top research universities in the nation. This esteemed classification, which the university first received in 2022, is a testament to Kent State鈥檚 commitment to excellence in research, innovation and scholarship.The R1 designation is the highest level of research activity for doctoral universities, placing Kent State among an elite group of institutions known for their significant con...

Flash Focus banner for Adriana Hines

Originally posted on Kent State TodayWelcome to Flash Focus! In this series, we introduce you to fascinating student Flashes from all walks of life.Meet Adriana Hines, a senior criminology and justice studies major with a concentration in justice and human relations, from Washington, D.C.鈥淚 chose my concentration because at the time I was interested in victim advocacy, and I liked the flexibility that it gave me to pick classes with a variety of topics,鈥 Hines told Kent State Today.The topic of law and criminal justice stuck out to Hines from a young age as she participated in mock trials duri...

Quick Tip: Organizing Gradebook Categories via Assignment Groups

POSTED: Feb. 13, 2025

This series is focused on Gradebook tips, tricks, and tools, but what you may not realize is that the Assignments Index page also contains important gradebook-related features that impact how grades are calculated in your courses.  

We often hear from faculty asking, 鈥淲here did these columns at the end of my Gradebook come from?鈥  The answer: Assignment Groups.

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