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Fall Colors From Michael Gershe During Student Flight 2023

Fall, in a Roundabout Way

Michael Gershe had a unique vantage point to capture Northeast Ohio's peak colors coming to life across the Kent Campus. He shared these great shots with Kent State Today.

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Girls in Aviation Day

Encouraging Girls to Keep Their Heads in the Clouds

91³Ô¹ÏÍø student group Women in Aviation served as hosts for Girls in Aviation Day at the Kent State Airport. The young participants had the chance to fly drones, try out a flight simulator and do a pre-flight check inside a real plane.

Tags: Community and Society , College of Aeronautics & Engineering , Community Impact

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Evan Vazquez with an aircraft at the 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Airport

His Attitude Matches His Altitude

A positive outlook and a love of flying keep this student pilot soaring toward his career goals. 

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91³Ô¹ÏÍø plane in flight.

Flying Into a New School Year

Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering opened a new building expansion this fall after a record-breaking enrollment year for the flight school. WFMJ recently produced two segments about the school's record enrollment and what it means for the industry.

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Students walking to class on Science Corridor, Fall 2023.

IN A FLASH: Back to Class

Classes for Fall Semester 2023 at Kent State began on Monday.

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Kent State Alumna Capt. Stephanie Johnson

Showing Students How to Soar

As the first Black woman to graduate from 91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.

Tags: Community Impact , Kent State Works , College of Aeronautics & Engineering , Community & Society

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Flying Flashes 2023 Air Race Winners

Flying Flashes Earn Back-to-Back First-Place Wins

Kent State's flight team takes first-place honors for the second consecutive year in an air race for women pilots.

Tags: Students First , Nationally Distinctive , Kent State Airport , College of Aeronautics & Engineering

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Kent State's fleet includes this airplane.

Filling Critical Need for More Pilots

Brian Neff, assistant dean of flight and operations at 91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, was recently featured on Spectrum News 1 Ohio with a Kent State aeronautics student, to shed light on the national pilot shortage and explain what Kent State is doing to help fix this shortage.

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Blue skies over the construction site.

The 'Hole' Class

One-of-a-kind class on the Kent Campus offers architecture and construction management students high-value, real-time, real-world experiences.

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