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The new College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology building, which has stations for air traffic control labs, opened its doors to students at the beginning of the spring semester.

New Aeronautics Building leaves room for growth

Andrea Delph January 21, 2015

The Aeronautics and Technology Building opened its doors for students this spring semester.The building, which is part of the university’s Foundation of Excellence Campaign, is located between the Mathematics...

Joseph St. Laurent

St. Laurent soars through aeronautics program

Andrew Bugel November 16, 2014

Joseph St. Laurent had a dream to be a pilot when he came to Kent State University and last fall, that has become a reality.St. Laurent grew up in Nashua, New Hampshire. With the help of his mother, St....

Flying skyward at the Aviation Heritage Fair

Andrew Bugel September 13, 2014

Despite rain delays, the Kent State University Aeronautics Program held its annual Aviation Heritage Fair at the Kent State Airport in Stow on Saturday.The 18th annual Aviation Heritage Fair kicked...

Dan Hines, Senior Air Traffic Control major (left), helps Freshman Air Traffic Control and Flight Tech majors use open lab time to brush up on their skills using the ATC simulator programs Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014.

Navigating the clouds

Danielle Hess September 9, 2014

Their eyes see everything from the tall tower that overlooks the airport. They watch as the pilot navigates the aircraft from taxiway to taxiway. The aircraft finds its destination runway, and the pilot...

(From left) Assistant air traffic control professor Jason Boergerhoff and assistant flight and air traffic control professor Robert Priestley speak to students of the Kent State aeronautics program about the recent changes made by the Federal Aviation Administration to the air traffic control hiring process, in Van Deusen Hall, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. The new process will no longer take applicants' job location preference into account when hiring, announced Jan. 10, 2014.

FAA changes hiring requirements for new grads

Elizabeth Randolph January 23, 2014

The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced its new hiring process for air traffic controllers, a decision that affects 36 Collegiate Training Initiative schools, including Kent State.A newsletter...

KSU aeronautics partnership provides prospective jobs

Breyanna Tripp January 13, 2014

Kent State’s aeronautics graduates will be able to soar the skies professionally before they graduate.The aeronautics program has partnered with CommutAir, an airline that operates as United Airlines...