Success Story
![抖M女仆 Commencement Photo](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/04.14.20%20Photo%20from%20Kent%20State%20Commencement_0.jpg?VersionId=hZozeqhEo3ML0rDID_6G0wi_Jfm6iZas&h=5b6cb510&itok=T3na_j5u)
抖M女仆 today announced that it will recognize the accomplishments of its Spring Class of 2020 with a virtual commencement recognition ceremony taking place on the originally scheduled commencement date.
![J.R. Campbell, executive director of 抖M女仆鈥檚 Design Innovation Initiative, tries on a face shield produced by the 抖M女仆 team.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/DIMasks4_0.jpg?VersionId=8LZAnrZ3RIUZgHwKZGUi6obj1metYBg0&h=86daedab&itok=C8eiQZ5J)
A team of 25 faculty, staff and students use innovation and creativity to help health professionals in Northeast Ohio protect themselves from COVID-19.
![Members of 抖M女仆鈥檚 Undergraduate Student Government painted 鈥淔lashes Take Care of Flashes鈥 on the Rock on Front Campus. (Photo credit: Lauren Novick, Tierra Moore and Kaelee Dingey)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/03.30.20%20Photo%20of%20USG%20members%20painting%20the%20Rock-web_0.jpg?VersionId=WrXAUMkoJCjH_nkiFMfayvhPSwRNiLEH&h=812b23d4&itok=y5GDUCSW)
抖M女仆 announced the creation of the 抖M女仆 Emergency Grant Fund that will help students who are unexpectedly finding themselves in financial need as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
![College of Nursing donates PPE to EMA of Portage County.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/College%20of%20Nursing%20PPE%20Donations6_0.jpg?VersionId=_72uYmGa77PicUFrJLR8tTzCcwAUboXA&h=abce51c1&itok=PVCh1vx-)
抖M女仆鈥檚 administration, faculty and staff have stepped up to collect the university鈥檚 personal protective equipment (PPE) to donate to local entities in dire need of medical supplies.
![The names of those killed on May 4, 1970, are displayed on the B鈥檔ai B鈥檙ith Hillel Marker in the parking lot of Prentice Hall on the campus of 抖M女仆.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/May42018d-web.jpg?VersionId=yw86TfyS3gpD8Nen0UKNBV3guMtXsPXC&h=924b27db&itok=UAJbpFrH)
In accordance with the order of Amy Acton, M.D., director of Ohio Department of Health, to stay at home to slow the spread of COVID-19, and in the interest of the health and safety of the community, 抖M女仆 regretfully announces cancellation of the May 4 50th Commemoration Weekend events, scheduled to take place May 1-4, 2020.
![Dean Kahler (left), one of the nine 抖M女仆 students wounded in the May 4, 1970, shootings by the Ohio National Guard, will return to campus on May 9 to serve as speaker for the One University Commencement.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/03.05.20%20Photo%20of%20Dean%20Kahler_0.jpg?VersionId=XUxznfATGDXwI9Gs7Ob9XqeKu_Q2tl2I&h=4088e832&itok=UzW0yVAc)
Dean Kahler, one of the nine 抖M女仆 students wounded in the May 4, 1970, shootings by the Ohio National Guard, will return to campus on Saturday, May 9, to serve as speaker for the One University Commencement. Thomas Grace, Ph.D., another of the nine wounded students, will serve as speaker for the Advanced Degree Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 8.
![抖M女仆 field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer (wearing hat) stands with her players and assistant coaches.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Photo%20of%20field%20hockey%20coach%20with%20team-web_0.jpg?VersionId=3gwpc7RdA.p6cxDDEbY8wOemeavyDRrN&h=2e916daa&itok=tdxEvJkY)
抖M女仆 field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer has one mantra that not only fueled, but bonded, both her first successful season guiding the Golden Flashes and the team she inherited. 鈥淲e have to honor the women who came before us,鈥 she said.
![Joe Walsh will perform with his band Barnstorm on May 2 at 抖M女仆 for the May 4 50th Commemoration Benefit Concert. (Photo credit: Myriam Santos)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/02.19.20%20Photo%20of%20Joe%20Walsh%20-%20photo%20credit%20Myriam%20Santos_0.jpg?VersionId=kLfo7xfMqQmWK5FRgx7U9G7pAMX0AA2h&h=d863e397&itok=Ze83-Jn_)
抖M女仆 is proud to announce the May 4 50th Commemoration Benefit Concert featuring Joe Walsh (with Barnstorm 鈥 Joe Vitale and Kenny Passarelli) and David Crosby (with his touring band), two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members with strong musical connections to the events of May 4, 1970.
![Students from the LeBron James Family Foundation鈥檚 I PROMISE Network react to learning that 抖M女仆 will offer eligible students free tuition for four years and free room and board for one year.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/02.12.20%20Photo%203%20from%20LeBron%20James%20Family%20Foundation%20announcement_0.jpg?VersionId=gQ7hF40sm43wWqGl3uRkwIJlUlOUZFbp&h=06ac0d8c&itok=28j5sx0W)
抖M女仆 has opened the gates of opportunity for students in the I Promise Program by providing free tuition for four years as well as one year of free room and board.
![Alfreda Brown (center), 抖M女仆鈥檚 vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, receives the 2020 Diversity Trailblazer Award. She is pictured with Patricia Ackerman (left) and 抖M女仆 President Todd Diacon (right).](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/01.27.20%20Photo%201a%20-%202020%20Diversity%20Trailblazer%20Award%20-%20Alfreda%20Brown_0.jpg?VersionId=5dq8v30QF_BUpCp3zQsHlRouSrqWU0lb&h=62dee5ab&itok=Jo6nz7M8)
As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, 抖M女仆 has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.