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9,000+ Kent State graduates more than 9,000 career-ready students each year, the most in Northern Ohio
280,000+ More than 280,000 alumni live and work in Ohio
88 Kent State's Career-Ready Graduates Working In All 88 Counties Of Ohio

 

Kent State University. Works for Students. Works for Ohio.

Kent State develops graduates who are making an impact wherever they go 鈥� from their own street to Main Street, and throughout the state.

 

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Athalia James

From Passion to Purpose

Drawn to healthcare as a child, Athalia James pursued that passion all the way to a fulfilling career in nursing. 

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Corey Head and Sky Quest employees

Charting the Course for Success in Northeast Ohio

As founder and owner of Sky Quest aircraft management and charter company, Corey Head, 鈥�98, knows that hiring other Kent State graduates is a wise investment in the future. Of the 75 employees on his staff, roughly half are Kent State graduates.  

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Mo Duffy

Inspiring Young Minds at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

When it came time to pick a college, Moe Duffy knew two things for certain: she wanted to work with animals and she wanted to stay in Ohio. Kent State gave her both. 

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Nicholas Belluardo

Kent State Aeronautics Alum Teaches in the Classroom and Hires at his Companies

Nicholas Belluardo is a part-time faculty member at Kent State and the co-owner of four aviation businesses.

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Erin Simonek and Madison Trommler

From Career-Ready to Camera-Ready at WFMJ-TV

Simonek and Tromler sat down with Kent State Today to talk about their experiences in the university鈥檚 journalism program and how it prepared them to hit the ground running within the first week on the job at 21 WFMJ-TV.

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Davey Tree at 2020 Kent State Homecoming Parade

鈥楰ent Is Our Home鈥� With Deep Roots

Founded in 1880, The Davey Tree Expert Company has a rich history, growing from a seedling organization into Ohio鈥檚 largest employee-owned company with branches reaching far across North America, but deeply rooted in Kent.

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A photo of Anna Huntsman

Student Media Experience Leads to Dream Job for Kent State Journalism Graduate

While completing a two-month journalism fellowship in Arizona the summer after her college graduation, Anna Huntsman, 鈥�19, found herself nostalgic for Ohio.

鈥淚 was around a lot of people from all across the country,鈥� she remembers. 鈥淭hey would ask me, 鈥榃hat鈥檚 so special about Ohio?鈥� and I would have this answer about the camaraderie, the sports, the work ethic. I just found myself having these answers of really missing my home.鈥�

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Kent State grad Josh Budd, teaches at Stow-Munroe Falls Schools

Honors College and Education Abroad Gave Kent State Grad Tools For Success

Honors College ranked high when graduate Josh Budd was deciding whether to attend Kent State because it offered him a challenging experience through its thesis programs and its education-abroad program. Studying abroad helped him develop more empathy and connection with people of backgrounds different from his own. 

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Interior designer Madelyn Orcutt traveled abroad and in New York City as a student at Kent State

Kent State Prepared Graduate for a Future in Interior Design

For Madelyn Orcutt, an interior designer who works for Richardson Design in Cleveland, the Kent State鈥檚 personal touch, beautiful campus and proximity to her Canton, Ohio, home influenced her decision to attend the university.

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Evan Schumann, right, with his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann

Hands-on Experience Leads to Entrepreneurial Success

As an entrepreneurship major at Kent State, Schumann learned operations, production and finance in the classroom and gained on-the-job experience working with an entrepreneur in Cleveland.  In 2020, Schumann of Chagrin Falls gained the opportunity to put his Kent State education to work when he and his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann acquired L鈥檜va Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.  

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Sonia Karkare

How The Backspace Key聽Taught聽a聽Global Digital Leader聽to Learn, Correct and Move Forward聽

After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at Kent State as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship鈥檚 Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.

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Kent State Alum Eli Kalil is spending two years as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.

From Voter Registration Volunteer to Presidential Management Fellow

Two-time Kent State University alumnus Eli Kalil, who is finishing up his first year as a Presidential Management Fellow at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, said his degrees prepared him well for the field of healthcare administration

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Our Economic Impact

1:10 Every dollar invested from the state's Share of Instruction Investment in Ohio generates nearly $10 to the state's economy.
3.4 Our graduates contribute $3.4 billion to the Ohio economy each year
80% 80% of Kent State Graduates Stay in Ohio After Graduation

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