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Freshman exploratory major Johnell Parnell received the Steve Harvey Scholarship Award. Parnell is one of eight recipients.

Steve Harvey scholarship recipients navigate freshman year

Freshman year of college is an exciting and memorable time for any student. For eight incoming freshmen who received full scholarships to attend Kent State, freshman year has been even more special. The...

KSU updates out-of-state scholarships

Zaria Johnson, Assigning Editor January 20, 2020

Out-of-state scholarship programs are being redesigned to provide incoming students with a clear understanding of the awards they receive.Scholarships for out of state students will all be combined, and...

Five Days of FLASHanthropy provides education, scholarships to students

Zoe Swartz October 27, 2017

FLASHanthropy is hosting their annual Five Days of FLASHanthropy as a recruitment for new students next week from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3.FLASHanthropy is an undergraduate student organization which hopes to...

Kent State sees largest fundraising year in school’s history

Kristin Hohman October 5, 2017

Kent State announced its highest-ever fundraising year in the university's history Wednesday. For fiscal year 2017, the university received $38.9 million in private donations.This marks a 31 percent increase...

Construction Management receives funds to create new scholarships

Jenna Kuczkowski February 16, 2016

Kent State’s Construction Management program will be receiving a $50,000 donation from Brewer-Garrett to support the creation of two endowed scholarships.Brewer-Garrett pledged to donate $10,000 each...

FAFSA to extend application period next year

Daniel Hale January 24, 2016

In the past, families filed their FAFSA forms between Jan. 1 of the current year and June 30 of the next year. This would cause problems for some because they still didn’t have their federal income tax...

Financial Aid offers insight on scholarships and where to find them

Maggie Wachtel November 13, 2015

Senior Associate Director of Student Financial Aid Anissa Strickland spoke to Kent State students Friday about how to apply for scholarships as well as where to find them.  Strickland said the financial...

Financial aid speaker provides insight, advice on scholarships

Maggie Wachtel October 15, 2015

Financial aid counselor Pamela LaFleur offered students financial advice and tips on preparing for their future Thursday in the Schwartz Center.The presentation titled “How to Build Your Financial Fitness”...

Students received $1,000 in scholarships to study abroad

Kaitlin Walker September 18, 2015

Eight $1,000 scholarships that will go toward studying abroad were awarded to Kent students Thursday afternoon.Winners were announced at the Study Abroad Fair and received poster-sized checks. Winners...

Students awarded $1,000 to study abroad

Kaitlin Walker September 18, 2015

Eight $1,000 scholarships that will go toward studying abroad were awarded to Kent students Thursday afternoon.Winners were announced at the Study Abroad Fair and they received poster-sized checks. Winners...

Six alternate forms of college financial aid

Kate Forgach August 20, 2014

College tuition and fees have gone through the roof as government funding has dried up. This comes at a particularly bad time as college-saving accounts have toppled. At the same time, supplemental work...

Students focus on getting the grades

The bottom line: Some students value GPAs over real knowledge

Lindsay Miller January 29, 2014

Erin Layne spends nearly 10 hours a week studying and working on class projects outside of the classroom, working toward the goal of a transcript with all As and Bs. One C on her semester grades will put...