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Alumni Association Events
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KSU Black Alumni Chapter - The Day Party
Date: 5/27/2012 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM -
Houston Alumni: It's Time to Samba!
Date: 5/30/2012 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM -
Wine Tasting & Legacy Scholarship Fundraiser
Date: 6/7/2012 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM -
Second Annual "Ask the Panel" Educational Seminar
Date: 6/15/2012 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM -
Alumni Travel - Amalfi-The Divine Coast
Date: 6/20/2012 to 6/28/2012
The Kent State University Alumni Association connects our graduates to their alma mater and its current students. Members have the opportunity to take part in exclusive events that include social outings, networking, and student mentoring activities. Other benefits include special discounts, access to university services such as the e-Flash newsletter and the library, and alumni travel programs.
Learn more about the association or become a member today by visiting the Alumni Association website.
Current Highlights
Outstanding Teaching Award
Nominate your favorite non-tenure track or part-time faculty member for the Outstanding Teaching Award. The deadline for nominations is June 30.
Submit a NominationNominate Your Favorite Professor!
Nominate your favorite professor for the 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award. Nominations are due by June 30.
Achievements for 2011
To recap the past year’s achievements, the association has made available Year in Review, 2011 for members to review the successes to which they contributed.
Read the RecapU.S. News & World Report
For the second straight year, Kent State University has earned a place in the Best National Universities category with its inclusion in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News and World Report.
Read MoreKent State University Computer Wallpapers
Kent State University is offering a new set of computer wallpapers to show your Kent State pride every time you open your laptop.
View and Download WallpapersAlumni and friends provide much-needed private support for Kent State’s students through the Office of Institutional Advancement. Their contributions to the university’s ongoing $250 million Centennial Campaign fund vital initiatives, including scholarships; facilities for education, research and athletics; experiential learning; study abroad; and more.
From annual support to planned gifts to bequests, Kent State donors of every level make a difference in our talented and deserving students’ lives.
Your support opens the door to help them walk through to their future.
Recent News
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Largest Cash Gift Ever Made to Kent State University Museum The Kent State University Museum has received a $1.1 million donation – its largest cash gift ever – from local business leader and Kent State alumnus Gerald Schweigert. The donation, in the form of a charitable gift annuity, will be instrumental in the preservation and future support of museum collections and activities.
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Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Balancing the Books on Opportunity From early childhood, Casey Frame’s (Accounting, ‘12) mother told her that she would have to pay for college someday. Frame estimates that by the time she was ready to start school at Kent State University, she had saved roughly $10,000.
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Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Improving Grades and Retention, One Student at a Time For many students, their first few undergraduate years can be an eye opening, and sometimes overwhelming, experience, especially when they find themselves in first-year lecture classes like General Chemistry or Math.
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Sheryl Crow Headlines Kent State’s “Centennial Campaign” Concert on Sept. 8 Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow will headline a concert at Kent State University on Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. at Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio. The “Centennial Campaign” concert to benefit the Campaign for Change Scholarship Fund serves as a celebration of the conclusion of Kent State’s Centennial Campaign, a $250-million fundraising effort timed around university’s 100th anniversary in 2010 and the largest campaign in Kent State’s history.
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Sheryl Crow Headlines Kent State’s Centennial Campaign Concert on Sept. 8
