Alumni Success
This year marks two significant anniversaries at ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ - 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 ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ alumni family will grow by more than 1,000 new graduates as the university holds its summer commencement ceremony on Aug. 10.
ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ 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 ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ 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 ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ graduates she had mentored over her 17-year career.
In 2020, ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ President Todd Diacon announced to a group of high school juniors and their families that ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ 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 ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ 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.
ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡ 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 ÎçÒ¹¾ç³¡â€™s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.
