Kent State College of Architecture + Environmental Design - CAED

We’re hiring! Join Kent State University's CAED as a Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor of Interior Design.

We're seeking a forward-thinking educator to teach design studios that integrate advanced technologies with human-centered design approaches while developing an innovative program of research, scholarship, and/or creative work. Candidates should demonstrate strong design capabilities and expertise in interior materials, methods, and construction practices; fabrication and making; and/or digital technologies. The successful candidate will possess strong technical expertise and a demonstrated ability to teach and mentor students in a studio-based, hands-on learning environment that fosters experimentation, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving. They will be expected to integrate research, scholarship, and/or creative practice into their teaching while contributing to the continued advancement of the Interior Design program, the college, and the discipline.

Bring your expertise, ideas and creative practice to a community shaping the next generation of designers.

Click here to learn more and apply today: https://tinyurl.com/559phbwu

Matt Keleman, a Construction Management student in Kent State University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design, shares how his time studying in Italy broadened his perspective on construction, culture and his future career.

Read Matt's story in his own words:

Construction Management Student Gains a Global Perspective in Italy | Education Abroad Matt Keleman is a third-year Construction Management major at Kent State, with a minor in Marketing and undergraduate certificate in Professional Sales who

Visit the Kent campus and the CAED and receive a $1,000 scholarship for domestic, prospective first-year undergraduate students who visit in person and enroll at the Kent Campus with no application fee!*

*Dates and restrictions apply, see article for more details.

Kent State Launches Campus Visit Scholarship, Eliminates Application Fee for Ohio Students Kent State introduces a $1,000 campus visit scholarship for U.S. students and eliminates the undergraduate application fee for domestic, Ohio residents.

It was a beautiful day on the links at Westfield Country Club for the 37th annual CAED golf outing to support student scholarships.

From great shots to great company, it was an incredible day spent connecting with alumni, friends, and supporters of the college. Thank you to everyone who joined us to support scholarships for CAED students!

Special Thanks to our 2026 sponsors!
Events Sponsors:
Belden Brick Company
Phillips Sekanick Architects

Hole-in-One Sponsors:
Perspectus Architecture
Scheeser Buckley Mayfield Consulting Engineers

Tee Sponsors:
Alan & Gail Ambuske
American Interiors, Inc.
Bowen
CBLH Design
CESO, Inc.
CPL Architecture Engineering Planning
Drake Construction Co.
DVA Architecture LLC
Fortney & Weygandt
Fox Fire Inc.
IMEG Corp.
Karl R. Rohrer Associates
Karpinski Engineering
Ketchum Walton
Legend Contracting
LGA Partners
Lighting and Controls Inc.
McMeechan Construction
Pagnotta Estrada Architects
Ryan Carpet
Schirmer Construction LLC
SGA ENGINEERS
Shook Construction Co.
Thomas Brick Company
Thomarios
Turner Construction
United Architectural Metals
United Glass & Panel Systems
US Communications and Electric
Vocon
Windspec Inc.
Wright Engineering

Print Sponsor:
Northeast Blueprint

Congratulations to our Integrated Design Studio (IDS) award winners and all the fourth year architecture students on their impressive projects!

Honor Award
Carter Mraz and Danny Yanchak

Merit Award
Sarah Holdridge and Ethan Ranalli

Merit Award
Georgia Coulter and Adrienne Rock

Merit Award
Ben Ferg and Miko Novakovic

Thank you to our incredible faculty, industry leaders, families, and the CAED community for supporting these future leaders in design.

Before we said goodbye to our fourth year interior design students, they showcased their impressive work for faculty, friends, family, and the interior design community at the senior show. The exhibition highlighted the creativity and growth over the past four years of this talented group of designers. We’re proud to celebrate all they’ve accomplished and can’t wait to see the impact they make in the world of interior design. Congratulations to all our Interior Design seniors!

Thank you to our sponsors:
Dan Binford and Associates
Onyx Creative
SoL Harris/Day Architecture
Vocon

We wrapped up our Spring 2026 final reviews with our First-Year Interior Design and AED Foundations students, ending the semester with a showcase of creativity, exploration, and growth.

Congratulations to all of our students on finishing the semester strong, and thank you to the faculty and reviewers who supported them throughout the process!

Our Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Design students located at our Cleveland Studios and the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative gave their final presentations of the Index Studio. Under the guidance of Diane Davis Sikora, this graduate studio investigates new frameworks for urban repair and ecological remediation within Cleveland’s post-industrial landscape. Through a comparative lens, the students explored two distinct biomes - Cleveland’s mixed forest ecosystem and the semi-arid landscapes of Mexico City and Querétaro - uncovering shared challenges and innovative strategies for recovery.

Their work focuses on the persistence of soil and water toxicity, addressing decades of industrial impact through design approaches that unfold over time - not as singular solutions, but as phased processes of regeneration. From retrofitting infrastructures to imagining adaptive forms of habitation, we question how architecture can actively participate in healing environments suspended between contamination and renewal.

Through research, indexing, and design speculation, students developed proposals that operate across scales - from city systems to material assemblies - emphasizing resilience, adaptability, and care.