Canadian pro golfer Corey Conners was born on Jan 6, 1992, raised in Listowel, Ontario and had his college education at Kent State University, a public research university in Kent, Ohio.
The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally.
Regional campuses are located in;
- Ashtabula,
- Burton,
- East Liverpool,
- Jackson Township,
- New Philadelphia,
- Salem, and
- Warren, Ohio.
Additional facilities are in;
Cleveland, Independence, and Twinsburg, Ohio, New York City, and Florence, Italy.
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the university was known internationally for its student activism in opposition to U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, due mainly to the Kent State shootings in 1970.
As of 2021, Kent State was the third-largest university in Ohio with an enrollment of over 34,000 students in the eight-campus system and over 25,000 students at the main campus in Kent.
Kent State offers over 300 degree programs, among them;
- 250 baccalaureate,
- 40 associate,
- 50 master’s, and
- 23 doctoral programs of study, which include such notable programs as nursing, business, history, library science, aeronautics, journalism, architecture, fashion design and the Liquid Crystal Institute.