KENT — Kent State University awards nearly 4,800 degrees, with more than 1300 accompanying institutional honors, and including 2885 bachelor’s degrees, 908 master’s degrees, 49 doctoral degrees, 896 associate degrees and 5 educational specialist degrees.

The following local students are graduates:

• Kara Monnin, of Minster. Monnin graduated with a Master of Arts from the College of Arts and Sciences.

• Cody Topp, of New Bremen. Topp graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Kent State University is Northeast Ohio’s leading public research university with more than 41,000 students. The university’s eight-campus system is among the largest regional systems in the country. Today, Kent State has become an engine for economic, cultural and workforce development – locally and internationally – as one of the premier Ohio universities. The university is ranked among the nation’s 74 public high-research universities and among the top 76 in community engagement by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information about Kent State, visit www.kent.edu.