![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Commencement](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/goodcall3-ka.jpg?VersionId=K1O9zfETZD41JA2DurFEA3B4LO8K3wW4&h=bde28bee&itok=y0fZPLmi)
GoodCall talked with professors around the country about the use of liberal arts degrees and the skills that students use as a springboard to the next step in their education and career path.
![International Society of Typographic Designers Student Assessment scheme in the MAC Center Annex International Society of Typographic Designers Student Assessment scheme in the MAC Center Annex](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/_DSC1775_CROP.jpg?VersionId=Yvgon2BGq.ldwIL_maTvhWFlh_R_uOCt&h=e6f36a9c&itok=uC-58KSO)
Eight School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) students were awarded membership to the prestigious (ISTD).
![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's Honors College Welcomes a New Dean](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/honorscollege-ka.jpg?VersionId=AAdV.FecTe6KcSSuRlqlwLr1jASsJgae&h=f6260257&itok=iIUFIlgu)
Alison Smith will become the new dean of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Honors College, effective July 1.
![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Florence Scholarship](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/KSUFscholarship_1500x600_0.png?VersionId=K_Ifttpv3hItKI_Ixs9wm6FrfV9dIYtp&h=e6f36a9c&itok=vdlTAgbf)
By immersing themselves deeply in the local culture, students participating in a study abroad program can greatly enhance their overseas experience, personally as well as academically.
![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ receives grant to help move inventions to the commercial market.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/liquid-crystal-lab-ka.jpg?VersionId=3En2HRd2ULdtv8pEHapHbk8QNPJjj2dI&h=bde28bee&itok=-AgPiy-l)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission.
![Metin I. Eren, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead at a special lab at the university's Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Metin%20Eren_0.jpeg?VersionId=kv9ggingl4D3gN41V4EGtZEUZMyFOjeL&h=58c8a5e7&itok=kobqPNRQ)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.
![Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/DA64_047.jpg?VersionId=LaCU_h4a92rHPSv0kSm.pL6X1xFLs8iV&h=2a71c125&itok=87OGdy6Q)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
![Twelve-year-old Jameson Payne attends a class at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg. Twelve-year-old Jameson Payne attends a class at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/REGIONAL-12yearold-MAIN%202.jpg?VersionId=hYrncKQOco4ZO07m9yikGZ4nBknHnQr3&h=e6f36a9c&itok=-k8GRqiS)
In Ohio, most seventh graders are learning earth and space science, physical science and life science in a middle school classroom. But Jameson Payne is not like most kids his age.
![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ junior Josh Looser received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ junior Josh Looser received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/SPECFEAT-RedCrossAward_PHOTO.jpg?VersionId=AD3I0QFbsh8Am83KykZ06GCHoI2g_y3K&h=e6f36a9c&itok=lAKS0BRn)
Joshua Looser, a junior entrepreneurship major, received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.
![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ staff members take part in Alumni Day of Service. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ staff members take part in Alumni Day of Service.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/PHOTOFEATURE-AlumniDayofService-MAIN.jpg?VersionId=yVktOpCCwKJALmk2KLWXOLn7RRDT202R&h=e6f36a9c&itok=V1ZI7dH3)
What better way can ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ alumni make a difference in their community than by volunteering with fellow Golden Flashes?