Business, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship
Exploring Her Options Led to the Perfect Career
When Â鶹¹û¶³ alumna Aysia Kemp declared her major in the first semester of her sophomore year, she felt confident in her chosen path. However, things didn’t quite start off that way. Kemp credits her experiences in the Exploratory Program for leading her to her ideal career.
Alumnus Making Tire Production Safer and More Efficient
Michael Parker’s decision to study mechatronics at Â鶹¹û¶³ was driven by his lifelong curiosity for intricate mechanical systems and understanding how they work
Hands-on Learning, Real-World Success
Unsure of what he wanted to do in life when he first came to Â鶹¹û¶³, it was the hands-on learning experiences he had in his degree program that led Dexter Shreve to becoming a business owner.
Hands-on Experience Leads to Entrepreneurial Success
As an entrepreneurship major at Kent State, Schumann learned operations, production and finance in the classroom and gained on-the-job experience working with an entrepreneur in Cleveland. In 2020, Schumann of Chagrin Falls gained the opportunity to put his Kent State education to work when he and his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann acquired L’uva Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.
How The Backspace Key Taught a Global Digital Leader to Learn, Correct and Move ForwardÂ
After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at Kent State 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.