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Study finds nationwide students are not graduating in four years

Study finds nationwide students are not graduating in four years

A new study finds students are taking more than four years to complete their undergraduate degrees. TV2’s Lauren Blue has the story. [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S8_Blue_Graduation[/bbrvideo] Kent State’s graduation is December 13th, but students nationwide are taking more than four years to complete their bachelor’s degree. A new report from the nonprofit group Complete College America estimates that nationwide only 36% of full time students at major US public universities are graduating in four years. In Ohio it is only slightly higher…

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Kent State airport seeks upgrades

Kent State airport seeks upgrades

The university is working on a plan to determine the future of the Kent State Airport A public meeting will be held at Stow-Munroe High School this Thursday evening at 6. TV2’s Lauren Blue has the story. [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S7_Blue_Airport[/bbrvideo] The Kent State airport needs to update airport facilities in order to meet new standards set by the Federal Aviation Administration. The required updates do not affect flight safety, however, the upgrades are needed to continue operating at FDA standards. In…

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Poetry has a home at Kent State

Poetry has a home at Kent State

The Wick Poetry Center is settling into their new home and reaching out to students and the community in the historical May Prentice house that was renovated and moved to the Esplanade. TV2’s Lauren Blue has the story. [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S6_Blue_Poetry[/bbrvideo] Poetry has a new home at Kent State. The Wick Poetry Center has grown from what was originally a poetry scholarship into one of the only university backed poetry centers in the country. The new space was the former home…

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Drag Show Brings Crowd

Drag Show Brings Crowd

Over the weekend Kent State held it’s annual drag show as a part of sex week. TV2’s Lauren Blue has the story… [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S5_Blue_DragShow[/bbrvideo] Students embraced the energy of performers like Blair Vinova over the weekend in Kent State’s drag show. Singing, dancing and audience participation are just one part of the show that is put on yearly during sex week. Emily Nighswander is Vice President of Kent Interhall Council and was in charge of planning sex week; which includes…

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Kent State hackathon gets buggy

Kent State hackathon gets buggy

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S4_Blue_Hackathon[/bbrvideo] Over the weekend student programers, developers, and enthusiasts came to Kent State University to compete in Kent Hack Enough, the largest student hackathon in Ohio. Competitors from all over Ohio had only 36 hours to design their projects and demonstrate them at the end of the weekend. Students earned points for their school by placing in the event. Lectures gave students the opportunity to network with other programmers and hear about the latest advances in science and technology….

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Credit hour cap impacts music students

Credit hour cap impacts music students

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S3_Blue_Music[/bbrvideo] Music majors at Kent State University are encouraged to take as many ensembles as possible for experience, and they often need to take anywhere from 17 – 20 credit hours a semester just to graduate on time. However, the credit cap can make this difficult. Kent State charges $440 for every credit hour registered over 16 hours. “I think it forces students to be pre-packaged…it doesn’t allow for a divergent way of going about their education. It gives…

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Kent State interacts with students on social media

Kent State interacts with students on social media

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S2_Blue_Twitter[/bbrvideo] Kent State’s newest president Beverly Warren is using twitter. She started her account when she became president on July 1rst. Today she interacts with students by tweeting, using hashtags and taking photos with students. Lester Lefton, the university’s previous president, did not use social media. Instead he communicated with students through weekly emails and kept a website showcasing his photography. Warren’s use of social media offers students a new channel of communication. Stefanie Moore, a Kent State public…

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Beverly Warren manages her schedule

Beverly Warren manages her schedule

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S1_Blue_Time[/bbrvideo] It’s easy to find Kent State University’s newest President Beverly Warren meeting with students and faculty members on campus, but keeping up with her is no easy task. Warren’s listening tour has 50 events alone, and it seems like there are’t enough hours in her day, so how does she manage her time? “She does very, very well. What weights in her favor is that she’s an early riser, she’s up at 3:30 every morning, and she gets…

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Beverly Warren packs her schedule

Beverly Warren packs her schedule

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_P5_Blue_Schedule[/bbrvideo] It’s easy to see Beverly Warren meeting with students and faculty members at Kent State, but keeping up with her is no easy task. It seems like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done. Her listening tour alone has 50 events where she hears students, faculty, and alumni speak. So how does she manage her time? “So she does very, very well. What weights in her favor is that she’s an early riser. She’s…

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Beverly Warren speaks to alumni

Beverly Warren speaks to alumni

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_P4_Blue_ListeningTour[/bbrvideo] Kent State’s new president, Beverly Warren, is currently focused on her listening tour. I spoke with Eric Mansfield to find out what events were in the tour. The listening tour has 50 events total. During the summer she visited all 7 regional campuses to learn how each one operates in their community. She wants to focus on making all 8 campuses feel like one cohesive university with her one campus initiative . Now that the semester has started…

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