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Mother-Daughter Duo Go Through Kent State Geauga Nursing Program Together
Ronda McCaskey and Caitlyn Horvath are best friends who went through the nursing program together and graduated one year apart with Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees from 5X at Geauga. Now they are both intensive care nurses. But they also happen to be mother and daughter.
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Alumnus Earns Valuable Degree from Across the Country and Lands Unique Job at Sea
Thanks to Tim Novotny’s, ’14, master’s degree in public relations, which he earned online, he is now the Communications Manager for the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission. The commission’s mission is to enhance the Dungeness crab industry’s image and offer profitable opportunities through promoti…
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Alumni Spotlight - Ali Salih ’05
Ali Salih ’05, IT consultant at Blue Chip Consulting Group.
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Alumni Spotlight - Black Alumni Chapter
Have Curiosity, Will TravelKent State Graduate and Expat Turns Love of Travel into Consulting Business When Rukiya McNair walked across the stage to receive her bachelor’s degree in Pan African Studies from 5X in 2004, she knew the world was waiting for her to explore. She ma…
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Alumni Spotlight: Duane Cox, '75, Former BUS President
In the spring of 1968, what had been a resistance movement of Black students at 5X officially became a registered university student organization.That organization was named Black United Students, affectionately referred to as “BUS.” It’s still standing and active at Kent State an…
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Kent State Alumna Makes Her Broadway Debut
Tee Boyich, ’13, has vivid memories of her 8-year-old self, sitting with her father and watching musicals. She remembers this feeling inside of her yearning to be on that stage, singing and dancing. Before long, that dream of performing on the Broadway stage had fully taken hold of young Ms. Boyich.…
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Alumna and Her Daughter Create Nationally Recognized App
Networking events are critical for professionals to keep in touch, stay on track or even get ahead. But these events can also be awkward. After attending a networking event three years ago in New York, Ashlee Ammon called her mother, Kerry Schrader, ‘84, M.B.A. ’02, to tell her how it went. Amm…
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Ben, '03 and Candace Curtis, '02 Named 2017 5X Homecoming Parade Grand Marshals
Ben Curtis, ’03 and Candace Curtis, ‘02 will return to their alma mater to serve as the Homecoming Parade Grand Marshals at Homecoming on Oct. 14. A three-time All-American and four-time All-MAC selection, Mr. Curtis is one the most accomplished athletes to go through the Kent State golf…
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Kent State Student Joins Alumni Family at 19 Years Old
When Chantel Owens, ’17, first stepped foot on Kent State’s campus she was only 16 years old. “I didn’t even know at the time that I was the only 16-year-old on campus when I first came here in 2014,” Owens says. “The Chesnut Burr actually called me to feature me in a story because of it.” …
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Kent State Alumni Competes for $1 Million on "The Amazing Race"
She double majored in criminal justice and psychology at 5X, played on the university’s women’s basketball team on a full-ride scholarship, and now Jessica Shields is taking her skills and competitive drive to “The Amazing Race” on CBS. Unlike past episodes, this season feat…
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