Success Story
![Volunteers Dave and Terri Cardy pack and weigh produce to hand out at the Campus Kitchen in Beall Hall. The food is mostly donated by Trader Joe’s locations in the Cleveland area.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20200508_BC_200359_Campus%20Kitchen_024.jpg?VersionId=KDzYYbznkLcq8aUOTh1K89HuqmdlTRCM&h=56d0ca2e&itok=ndbAI6Nm)
The Campus Kitchen at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the Kent area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry.
![J.R. Campbell, executive director of ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ’s Design Innovation Initiative, tries on a face shield produced by the ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ 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)
Members of ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
![Photo collage of ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ women's teams Photo collage of ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ women's teams](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/06.09.20%20Photo%20collage%20of%20Kent%20State%20women%27s%20teams_0.jpg?VersionId=CBB7HFEHTV6tmMVJFzbIL9iPD0Cy5hkp&h=d1cb525d&itok=afepIsYS)
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.
![Members of ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ's Undergraduate Student Government Painted "Flashes Take Care of Flashes" on the Rock on Front Campus.](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_2.jpg?VersionId=NTDanF2jcm8Blx0HCBuqEqmydvrFxxqe&h=e6f36a9c&itok=kLqJuFeF)
The ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.
![Patrick Tomaswick meets with one of his heroes, ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ Police Officer Joe Knotek](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Patrick%201.jpg?VersionId=274UZMjrpqPtvo3PBtzQTfU4k2jDBPeQ&h=73cfbf1d&itok=DQSZbnn3)
Patrick Tomaswick wants to be a police officer, but not just any member of law enforcement. He wants to be a ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ police officer.
![A ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ College of Nursing student gets hands-on experience with a patient simulator in the Olga M. Mural Simulation Lab in Henderson Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20200218_BC_Todd%20Tries%20It%20nursiing_389_0.jpg?VersionId=cA2fy5lslzpeev8_5eRsrthyXP9A8h1Y&h=7eabb7da&itok=ozz9Bgjr)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, students in ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ’s College of Nursing have been employed in hospitals throughout Northeast Ohio, where they have honed their skills and observed healthcare professionals on the front lines.
![President's Faculty Excellence Award recipient Chris Woolverton at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/administrative-group/faculty-excellence-award-2020.jpg?VersionId=KHQjEh903zNa1uJhNq3isgVAeVgTjej7&h=ec98a0f6&itok=cdm7hl1D)
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ President Todd Diacon recently presented six ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ faculty members with the 2020 President’s Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes exceptional performance that leads to the achievement of national or international recognition in the faculty member’s discipline.
![Female student in aeronautics lab](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Sydney_Bihn_Lab_0.jpg?VersionId=y1hIOy0NPo05_pGm2BbE4MmbgeTk_e7d&h=c673cd1c&itok=jWON2AUi)
Senior Sydney Bihn finds her true calling throughout her time at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ and becomes the first female aerospace engineering graduate.
![A new ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ graduate smiles after receiving her diploma.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/05.07.20%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20graduate%20with%20diploma_0.jpg?VersionId=iLOlCsILIbVWY5mqZuYWwvPzPWZqIFvk&h=10d202d3&itok=SoP0Sl0v)
The ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ alumni family will grow by nearly 5,300 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement.
![¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/may-4-collage.jpg?VersionId=PmAC1HIcL.y59hwIi9e6Sd7wIsVRPyb5&h=c855ac19&itok=YBXl3Ibp)
Beginning Friday, May, visitors to the will be able to view a variety of special videos, online exhibits and interactive tours, all designed to honor and remember Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, the ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ students who lost their lives 50 years ago on the ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ campus.