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Profiles

Sonia Karkare

After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at ϳԹ as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.

ϳԹ Alum Eli Kalil is spending two years as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.

Two-time ϳԹ alumnus Eli Kalil, who is finishing up his first year as a Presidential Management Fellow at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, said his degrees prepared him well for the field of healthcare administration

Maternity Leave Is Vital For Many Working Mothers to Have Strong Work-Life Balance

As Kara Crissman’s maternity leave came to an end, she took to to reflect on the pros and cons of being home with a newborn. 

Avery Hall

Serving as the Chair of the May 4 Task Force has been something communication studies major Avery Hall, ’23, describes as one of the most impactful and rewarding experiences she’s had at ϳԹ.

Lillian Kuri will lead the Cleveland Foundation as its 10th president and CEO, starting Aug. 1, 2023.

ϳԹ alumna Lillian Kuri has been unanimously elected as the Cleveland Foundation’s 10th president and CEO.

Long Live the Spirit of Kent and Jackson State poster

Aliyah C. Tipton, MA ’20, serves as assistant director of communications in ϳԹ's Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement. An alumna of both Jackson State University and ϳԹ, she was invited to join University College’s Community Engaged Learning (CEL) division as a trip leader for an Alternative Winter Break, “May 1970, Student-Led Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement,” in Jackson, Mississippi, from Dec. 19-22, 2022. We asked her to share her experiences

McDougal and Oleksiak

Students who join the ϳԹ Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (ROTC) program do double time as they work to earn college degrees and graduate as Army officers. While the schedule may be grueling, for two ϳԹ graduates, the program prepared them for any challenges they may face.

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As CEO of DesignGroup in Columbus, Ohio, ϳԹ alumnus Sherm Moreland found his niche in architecture and a passion for healthcare design. He says the same values that he lived by as a ϳԹ student still guide his work today.

Leandra Drumm Looking Through One of Her Artworks

As students walk around the Kent Campus, they are surrounded by beautiful artwork yet may be unaware of the artists attending class right next to them.

Jon Solomon, a ϳԹ senior marketing major from Akron, Ohio.

The movie recounting LeBron James’ high school career, “Shooting Stars,” is set to release this summer, and the cast is more than just star-studded, it features a ϳԹ student-athlete.