Alumni Success
The scent of freshly brewed coffee fills the air while voices from the NFL Network play on the televisions in the background. Sports memorabilia and artwork cover every wall. This is State Champs Coffee, downtown Kent’s new alumna-founded sports coffee shop and streetwear brand.
This year marks two significant anniversaries at ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø - the 100th anniversary of Undergraduate Student Government and the 40th anniversary of Kent Student Ambassadors. To celebrate this special occasion, we are honoring these organizations through the 2024 Homecoming Theme: A Legacy of Leadership.
The following new members have been appointed to serve on the National Alumni Board of Directors for terms commencing July 1:
The ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø alumni family will grow by more than 1,000 new graduates as the university holds its summer commencement ceremony on Aug. 10.
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø recently concluded its most successful fundraising campaign in its 114-year history. The Forever Brighter campaign ended in June 2024, having raised more than $383.2 million total.
When longtime ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø journalism professor Susan Zake decided to pursue a new career with the non-profit online news source, Signal Akron, she made a hiring list from the many ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø graduates she had mentored over her 17-year career.
In 2020, ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø President Todd Diacon announced to a group of high school juniors and their families that ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø would cover four years of tuition costs and one year of room and board. Now, for the LeBron James Family Foundation’s first I PROMISE class, the hard work these students had put in since third grade is paying off.
The ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø alumni family grew by nearly 5,200 new graduates as the university held its 2024 Spring Commencement ceremonies.
Drawn to healthcare as a child, Athalia James pursued that passion all the way to a fulfilling career in nursing.
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø has announced two substantial philanthropic gifts in support of the Global Education Endowment, which was established in 2022 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.