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All content by Alicia Balog
12-hour Shakespeare Festival

Theater group hosts 12-hour Shakespeare Fest

Audrey Fletcher
April 20, 2015

Rock the Runway brings pop music fashion to life

Audrey Fletcher
March 7, 2015
Photo courtesy of Kim Uhlik

KSU alum captures quirky, amazing world beneath our feet in photographs

Audrey Fletcher
February 25, 2015
Arno River in Florence, Italy

College of Arts and Sciences gets new profile at Florence campus

Audrey Fletcher
January 21, 2015
The Kent Stater Flu shot vaccinations were given on the second floor of the Kent State library during the flu clinic event hosted by Kent State nursing students Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014.

Cost of the flu: How to protect health, finances during flu season

Alicia Balog
January 19, 2015
A student dresses for the cold as temperatures plunge below freezing in Kent.

Winter weather woes

Alicia Balog
January 14, 2015
The new dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Kent state, James Blank, plans to tell the story of humanities through programs and conferences.

More Than a Blank Slate: New dean continues initiatives for humanities, student success

Audrey Fletcher
January 11, 2015
Issue 15

Portage County District Library levy fails to pass

Alicia Balog
November 4, 2014

DeWine vows to work ‘to protect Ohio families’ in second term as attorney general

Alicia Balog
November 4, 2014
Courtney Caldwell, adult reference librarian at the Aurora Memorial Library, said if the Issue 15, a new tax levy for the Portage County District Library, passes, it can help the library buy new materials and offer more e-media and downloadable content for its users.

Portage County District Library wants to expand services with levy proposal

Alicia Balog
October 29, 2014
A map of the city of Kent with roads to be repaired highlighted in yellow.

City begins road repaving in residential areas

Alicia Balog
October 23, 2014
This undated file image made available by the CDC shows the Ebola Virus.

University shares update on Ebola risks

Alicia Balog
October 17, 2014
Photo taken from Kent.edu

Vinson family asks for privacy; details about infected nurse’s day revealed

Audrey Fletcher
October 16, 2014

KSU releases more details about three employees self-monitoring for Ebola

Audrey Fletcher
October 16, 2014

Ohio artists design bike racks inspired by downtown Kent’s college culture

Alicia Balog
October 9, 2014
The Kent Stater Kent City and Kent State Police respond to a car accident on S. Lincoln St. and Summit St. around 3p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014.

Two-car crash at Lincoln, Summit intersection

Alicia Balog
September 23, 2014
Steve Mileski, a property manager for several pieces of locations on Summit Street in Kent, talks with Kent City Council on Sept. 17 about possible emminent domain cases against him.

Kent City Council considers eminent domain on four College Avenue homes

Alicia Balog
September 17, 2014
RACHAEL LE GOUBIN / THE KENT STATER Ohio's Secretary of State Jon Husted speaks to members of Kent State's College Rebublicans Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 about his plans to make voting in Ohio more honest.

Ohio Secretary of State talks democracy with Kent State College Republicans

Alicia Balog
September 6, 2014

News on the go: Sept. 2

Alicia Balog
September 1, 2014
Andrew Meyer, former assistant news director at WBGO in Newark, New Jersey, was named the next news director for WKSU, the public radio station in Kent.

WKSU names new news director

Alicia Balog
August 28, 2014

News on the go: Aug. 25, 2014

Alicia Balog
August 24, 2014

Letter from the editor: New semester, new Stater

Audrey Fletcher
August 24, 2014

Twitter reaction to Bitsko’s death

Alicia Balog
August 20, 2014
Ceramics grad student Ryan Osborne (right) talks with his mother and father, Maureen and William, at the Masters of Fine Arts Show on Thursday evening April 3, 2014.

Graduate ceramics student crafts sculptures for MFA group show

Audrey Fletcher
April 4, 2014

News on the go: April 1, 2014

Audrey Fletcher
March 31, 2014

Business plan to guide county economic development

Audrey Fletcher
January 13, 2014

Mapping project to provide marketing tool for county

Audrey Fletcher
November 17, 2013
 

Retired professor passes away, leaves legacy of love

Alicia Balog
November 7, 2013
Alberta Caetta, Bill Nome, Dennis Missimi, Joel Mowrey, Gene Mills gather around to view the updated results on Issue 3 at the Mental Health & Recovery Board of Portage County on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin

Mental health levy passes, will provide significant funding for local services

Audrey Fletcher
November 6, 2013

Portage County to demolish houses through grant

Audrey Fletcher
November 5, 2013
 

Pharmaceutical drop box collects 60 pounds of pills in first year

Audrey Fletcher
October 24, 2013

Kent police receive call about man shot, investigation ongoing

Audrey Fletcher
October 14, 2013
Isabella Trevino performs as a bachlorette in "The Dating Game" skit in the blackbox theater at the Music and Speech building on October 14, 2013. Photo by Leah Klafcznyski

Freshmen theatre majors showcase skills and characters

Alicia Balog
October 14, 2013

JMC honors alumni, friends at annual award ceremony

Alicia Balog
October 4, 2013
Photo courtesy of the Kent-Ravenna Record-Courier.

Local leader remembered for supporting Kent State

Alicia Balog
October 3, 2013
Nick Steger, 6, of Rootstown, examines a toy closely while exploring Off the Wagon toy shop Tuesday, Sept. 17. Photo by Brianna Neal.

Off the Wagon offers people a chance to not act their age

Alicia Balog
September 28, 2013
Kent State Provost Diacon met with officials from CommutAir to sign a contract agreement to hire graduate students from Kent State University's Aeronautics Division to work at places like Cleveland Airport and United Airways. Photo by Jacob Byk

University signs agreement with airline to hire grads

Alicia Balog
August 19, 2013
 

Cleveland Clinic flight crew lands at Kent State for demonstration

Alicia Balog
June 4, 2013

Board of Trustees announces presidential search committee chair and approves presidential house

Alicia Balog
May 14, 2013

May 4 speakers discuss the look of activism through the years

Alicia Balog
May 4, 2013

Board of Trustees to make decisions about the president at its May meeting

Alicia Balog
May 2, 2013

Fashion show honors anniversary and student work

Alicia Balog
April 26, 2013

Kent State Women’s Center hosted two events, giving sexual assault victims a voice

Alicia Balog
April 25, 2013
Billy Collins recites some of his poetry in the Ballroom of the Student Center on Thursday April 18, 2013. Collins has been named Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. Photo by Shane Flanigan.

U.S. Poet Laureate sparks laughter and thought at poetry reading

Alicia Balog
April 18, 2013

Family, friends and community remember JJ Marino

Alicia Balog
April 2, 2013

University leasing president’s house from Cleveland attorney

Alicia Balog
April 2, 2013

University leases Lefton’s house for potential official presidential home

Alicia Balog
April 1, 2013

Non-tenure faculty votes to accept tentative agreement

Alicia Balog
March 6, 2013
Morgan Rowe, freshman fashion merchandizing major, shows her shirt she recieved at Chardon High school after last year's shooting. Rowe was a senior at Chardon in February 2012, and was in the cafeteria when the shooting. Photo by Jessica Denton

‘It couldn’t happen at Chardon’

Alicia Balog
February 27, 2013

Proposed bill may mean extra work for professors

Alicia Balog
February 26, 2013

Non-tenure track faculty, university reach tentative agreement

Alicia Balog
February 21, 2013

Survey shows provosts, including Kent State’s, opinions

Alicia Balog
February 19, 2013

C–SPAN Bus to offer educational tours during visit

Alicia Balog
February 15, 2013

2013 USG candidates announced

Audrey Fletcher
February 12, 2013
 

Academic-based scholarships help make college more affordable

Alicia Balog
January 16, 2013
 

Petro announces retirement

Alicia Balog
January 13, 2013

Portman views uses of liquid crystal in technology tour

Alicia Balog
January 13, 2013

Employees awarded for work in advancing university’s goals

Alicia Balog
January 4, 2013

Faculty Senate discuss Complete College Ohio Act, student accessibility

Audrey Fletcher
December 10, 2012

State to cut KSU’s remediation funding

Audrey Fletcher
December 7, 2012

Online discussion produces quality ideas

Alicia Balog
December 6, 2012

KSU professors developing ‘study buddy’

Audrey Fletcher
December 5, 2012
Timothy Moerland

Moerland to head academics at IUP

Audrey Fletcher
December 5, 2012

KSU professors developing ‘study buddy’ using research on students

Audrey Fletcher
December 5, 2012
 

Dying and thriving majors at Kent State

Alicia Balog
December 4, 2012

‘MOOC’ trend draws attention of some KSU profs

Audrey Fletcher
December 4, 2012

Long distance learning gets longer and larger

Audrey Fletcher
December 4, 2012
Don-John Dugas

Professors win Distinguished Teaching Award

Alicia Balog
November 25, 2012
Submitted photo

Geology professor conducts monumental research into climate change

Alicia Balog
November 19, 2012
President Lefton speaks to faculty members at the November Faculty Senate meeting in the Governance Chambers on Nov. 5. Lefton encouraged members to vote in tomorrow's election and help others in the community vote as well. Photo by Grace Jelinek.

Faculty Senate discuss university policies, presidential election at meeting

Alicia Balog
November 6, 2012

Academic Affairs uses social media and public meetings to gather opinions

Alicia Balog
November 3, 2012

Students experience scheduling nightmares

Alicia Balog
November 1, 2012

Kent State to offer more three–year degree programs

Alicia Balog
October 29, 2012

Kent State to offer more three–year degree programs

Alicia Balog
October 29, 2012

‘Sex week’ strives to inform students

Alicia Balog
October 27, 2012
Ann Miller yells for joy after discovering that she is the Kent State 2012 Homecoming Queen. Miller was crowned during the Halftime of the Homecoming game on Oct. 20. Photo by BRIAN SMITH.

Homecoming king and queen honored despite rain

Alicia Balog
October 20, 2012
John West, a University Trustee professor, came to Kent State 28 years ago to participate in research in the Liquid Crystals Institute. "Reducing funding for research means we lose the momentum we have," West said. "It puts in jeopardy both our intellectual and physical infrastructure, and those things are very difficult to rebuild once they're lost." Photo by Hannah Potes.

Finding funding for the future

Audrey Fletcher
October 17, 2012

New scholarship for grads aims to increase diversity in some fields

Alicia Balog
October 10, 2012
Todd Diacon, the new Provost for Kent State University, speaks at the October Faculty Senate Meeting on Oct. 8. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Provost announces strategic planning committee at Faculty Senate

Audrey Fletcher
October 8, 2012

Provost appoints three staffers to different positions

Audrey Fletcher
October 7, 2012
University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Todd Diacon, speaks at the semiannual Bowman breakfast in the Student Center on Wednesday Oct. 3. Diacon spoke about what he loves about Kent State and of northern Ohio. Photo by Brian Smith.

Provost shares reasons he chose Kent at Bowman Breakfast

Alicia Balog
October 3, 2012
 

Towson administrator: Chandler a ‘pleasure to work with’

Alicia Balog
September 30, 2012
 

Transition between online platforms is ‘learning’ process

Alicia Balog
September 30, 2012

Educational materials can help KSU students succeed in class

Audrey Fletcher
September 26, 2012
Physics professor Jon Secaur teaches 7 Ideas That Shook The Universe and Physics In Entertainment And The Arts online. "I try to respect my students' intelligence and time by only asking them to do projects that are worthwhile," said Secaur. Photo by Hannah Potes.

Online courses continue to grow

Audrey Fletcher
September 20, 2012

From research to inventions to patents to products

Alicia Balog
September 18, 2012

School of Digital Sciences’ enrollment increases drastically

Audrey Fletcher
September 15, 2012

KSU falls in national ranking

Alicia Balog
September 12, 2012
President Lefton spoke at the faculty senate meeting, the first of the year, on Sept. 10. "We are building a college town", Lefton said in regards to the recent expansion of downtown Kent and the University Esplanade. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Lefton touts freshmen, future at Senate

Alicia Balog
September 10, 2012

Faculty Senate to elect and nominate officers at first meeting

Alicia Balog
September 8, 2012

University enacts school of plagiarism

Alicia Balog
September 5, 2012

KSU to announce 2012 class has school’s smartest freshmen ever

Audrey Fletcher
September 3, 2012

Allerton apartment demolition to start

Alicia Balog
August 26, 2012

Sights and sounds of College Fest

Alicia Balog
April 22, 2012
Robert Cargile and Maya Cargile walk at the Relay for Life walk, April 21. They walked in honor of Robert's father who lost his life last year to cancer. The walk was held at Kent State's running track. Photo by Emily Martin.

Participants went out in cold weather for Relay For Life

Alicia Balog
April 22, 2012
Sheryl Crow performs during the Sunoco Welcome America concert in Philadelphia, Pa. on July 4, 2009. (Laurence Kesterson/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

Centennial Campaign to conclude with Sheryl Crow and Los Lonely Boys

Alicia Balog
April 18, 2012
Sam Kaufman stands with his son, Andrew, 17, at one of the booths set up for prospective students on Friday. Kaufman intends to major in business management and is from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Admitted Student Days offer information about Kent State University

Alicia Balog
April 3, 2012
Trey Ratcliff, 40, of Austin, TX spoke to Kent State students at Cartwright Auditorium on Thursday, March 29. Ratcliff came to Kent State University as part of the Presidential Speaker Series and spoke about emerging digital media and High Dynamic Range photography. Photo by Kristin Bauer.

Digital arts and Internet topic of first speaker series

Alicia Balog
March 29, 2012

Kent State competes in recycling competition

Alicia Balog
March 8, 2012

KSU competes for a cause in Recyclemania

Alicia Balog
March 8, 2012
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