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NYC Fashion Portfolio Showcase 2023

Industry professionals, along with ѿappstudents, alumni and faculty attended the 2023 Portfolio Showcase at ѿappNYC Fashion 

Graphic image for 2023 Day of Giving

On May 18-19, the university community will celebrate ѿappUniversity’s 113th birthday with its annual Day of Giving. 

Roe Green, MA ’80, who will be awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from ѿappUniversity, is pictured in the lobby of the Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State.

The ѿappUniversity Board of Trustees has approved awarding Roe Green, MA ’80, a Doctor of Humane Letters, an honorary degree recognizing her contributions to the university and her advocacy for the arts not only in Northeast Ohio, but also across the nation and around the world.

ѿappUniversity students walk through Florence, Italy, as they receive a tour.

ѿappUniversity will be equipped to offer more financial assistance to students in need thanks to donors to a key area of the university’s ongoing comprehensive fundraising campaign. The Forever Brighter campaign includes a scholarship-support component, Prioritizing Student Success, that now stands at $142 million, surpassing the $100 million goal set at the campaign’s outset in October 2021.

Headshot of Mizell Stewart III

Award winning reporter and news executive Mizell Stewart III will discuss “Journalism as a Civic Good” at 7 p.m. on March 1, 2023, in Franklin Hall’s First Energy Auditorium (Room 340).

2022 Giving Tuesday results graphic

This November, members of the ѿappUniversity community joined together to shine their light on philanthropy. During the November campaign, Kent State’s Giving Tuesday raised $3.6 million, marking the sixth year it has brought in more than $1 million to support scholarships and programs across Kent State’s eight-campus system.