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Huger holds his third-place prize in the 2024 Elevator Pitch for Boobys Coffee and Tea.

Entrepreneurial Experience: Guiding entrepreneurs to success

Ana Julia Cechin Facco, Reporter December 2, 2024

The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship offers a class to entrepreneurship majors to aid in their journey of opening and running their first business. Mary Heidler, associate...

Illustration by Amy O'Malley

Student entrepreneurs lead the way in sustainable business practices

Amy O'Malley September 20, 2024

Kent State student entrepreneurs have the resources to bring their sustainable business ideas to fruition through LaunchNET, a co-curricular program full of experienced staff who guide students, staff...

Audrey Ernst at the launch party of her business, Hometown Coffee & Pastry, on July 9, 2023.

Kent State student launches mobile dessert and coffee business

Kayla Gleason, Reporter July 15, 2023

Kent State senior Audrey Ernst launched her mobile coffee and dessert business to the public Sunday morning in her hometown of Zoar. The business, Hometown Coffee & Pastry, is a catering service...

Kent State's DI Hub where "Art Without Limits" is being held.

Kent State hosts Emmy winner and art entrepreneurs in free event

Benjamin Weaver Reporter January 27, 2022

The College of the Arts will feature Emmy Award winning composer Silas Hite and other art entrepreneurs at the Art Without Limits panel discussion Feb. 4. A free event will cover Art Entrepreneurship...

LaunchNET program looks to uplift Black women in business

Reegan Saunders Reporter December 9, 2021

LaunchNET is working to create new opportunities for Black women on campus. Founded by Tabitha Messmore, assistant director of LaunchNET at Kent S­­tate, and Alicia Robinson, former assistant director...

A floral mask designed by senior fashion merchandising major Grace McLain. More masks are featured on her Instagram, @gksdesign, where she sells them to raise money for her senior collection. Photo courtesy of Grace McLain.

Masks go from medical safety to fashion statements

Kaitlyn Finchler Photo editor October 22, 2020

Wearing masks is the new norm, and it’s turned into a movement, culture and a fashion statement in less than six months. There are a multitude of different masks offered: with filters, without filters,...

CEBI to host third annual pitch competition

Patricia Battle February 6, 2019

The Center of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation is hosting its third annual pitch competition this spring.The CEBIpitch competition will give student entrepreneurs a chance to win cash prizes totaling...

Benjamin Warner, a senior computer science major, delivered his business pitch at LaunchNET’s elevator pitch competition at the KSU Library Thursday Oct. 19, 2017.

Annual elevator pitch competition takes place in library

Taylor Robinson October 20, 2017

Twenty-two contestants participated in the 5th annual elevator pitch event in an actual elevator on the second floor of the University Library Thursday.“The idea is to prepare your elevator pitch and...

Marketing student creates textbook exchange site; creating an alternate way to get books

Alexis Cummins February 18, 2014

As a college student at Kent State, you have a few options when it comes to selling and buying textbooks.You can use the Kent State bookstore, explore websites such as Amazon and eBay or make posts on...