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Business owners pose at the Spring Pitch Competition in Crawford Hall, April 17, 2025. Provided by Linda Hale, Marketing Manager for John S. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation.

Kent State students show off bright ideas at 10th annual Spring Pitch Competition

Evan Schofield, Reporter April 23, 2025

From colorful displays to high-stakes presentations, the 10th annual Spring Pitch Competition buzzed with energy, ambition and the hustle of tomorrow’s top entrepreneurs. Held in the Donald S. and...

With empty classrooms and extra equipment and supplies, the old business building is now a temporary surplus store.

Former business building becomes surplus store

John Engoglia, Beat Reporter April 3, 2025

With the building currently vacant, the old Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship building has transformed into the new university surplus store, offering classroom items and goods...

University Housing addresses safety concerns following natural gas odor on campus

Adriana Gasiewski, Digital producer November 20, 2024

A FlashAlert informed students around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday that Kent Campus Energy companies were working on natural gas lines, resulting in a gas odor inside Crawford Hall and near other campus halls. In...

The Kent State Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, located at 475 Terrace Dr.

University plans to demolish Business Administration Building

Andrew Bowie, Beat Reporter October 7, 2024

Crawford Hall is a new addition to campus this semester but Kent’s old business building, the Business Administration Building, now sits empty and deserted.  Doug Pearson, the associate vice president...

Equiped with multiple projectors along a concave segment of the ceiling, the James R. Unger Global Forum offers a 360 degree projection designed to facilitate a lecture hall with the professor at the center of the room.

Kent State celebrates grand opening of Crawford Hall

Alex Rawlings, Reporter October 1, 2024

Kent State celebrated a major milestone over the weekend with the grand opening of Crawford Hall, the new business and entrepreneurship building. The celebration, attended by over 250 donors, various...

The new building on campus, The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has opened with new classrooms for students, including the "fish bowl" with live stock market updates scrolling across the top.

New Crawford classroom changes the style of business learning

Andrew Bowie, Beat Reporter September 23, 2024

Crawford Hall opened at the start of the fall semester with a number of new amenities that are not seen in any other building on campus. The Global Forum classroom features 360 degree projection screens,...

The new building on campus, The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has opened with new classrooms for students, including the "fish bowl" with live stock market updates scrolling across the top.

‘This building is something out of the future:’ Students visit finished Crawford Hall

Lauren Cohen, Reporter September 3, 2024

The newest building on campus has caught students’ attention. Since classes began last week, Crawford Hall has become home to the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, but...

The parking lot and sidewalk by White Hall are gated off on August 27, 2024.

Students battle congested parking lots at Kent State

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter September 3, 2024

Students with senior standing began purchasing parking permits for the 2024-2025 academic year on July 24, and many noticed changes made to the university’s Parking and Transit Services. Emma Boden,...

Kent State's new business building, Crawford Hall, is wrapping up construction.

Crawford Hall construction wraps up

Lauren Cohen, Reporter June 25, 2024

Construction for the new home of the College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Crawford Hall, is almost finished. Dean Deborah Spake of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship...

Crawford Hall construction moves to new phase and stays on schedule

Andrew Bowie and Tyler Schlosser February 18, 2024

Construction on the exterior of Crawford Hall, the new business building for the Ambassador Crawford School of Business and Entrepreneurship, has finished. Scaffolding can now be seen through the glass...

The construction site for the new Crawford Hall business building on Oct. 9, 2023.

Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship sees enrollment increase as construction continues on Crawford Hall

MinJee Yoo, Reporter October 10, 2023

The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship reported record-breaking enrollment rates, as construction on Crawford Hall remains on-track.  The college currently has 600 graduate...

The final beam is placed at the Crawford Hall topping out ceremony on June 28, 2023. The topping out ceremony is a Scandinavian tradition as a tribute to hard work and to bring luck by mounting the top of an evergreen tree to the beam.

Construction continues on projects around campus

Jillian Flack, Reporter September 18, 2023

The main construction on Rockwell Hall and the Aeronautics and Engineering Building has now concluded, with the former finishing in the late spring and the latter finishing just weeks ago. Approximately...

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