起点传媒

Business, Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship

Michael Parker

Alumnus Making Tire Production Safer and More Efficient

Michael Parker鈥檚 decision to study mechatronics at 起点传媒 was driven by his lifelong curiosity for intricate mechanical systems and understanding how they work

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College of Aeronautics and Engineering

Dexter Shreve

Hands-on Learning, Real-World Success

Unsure of what he wanted to do in life when he first came to 起点传媒, it was the hands-on learning experiences he had in his degree program that led Dexter Shreve to becoming a business owner.

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Evan Schumann, right, with his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann

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鈥檜va Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.  

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Sonia Karkare

How The Backspace Key聽Taught聽a聽Global Digital Leader聽to Learn, Correct and Move Forward聽

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鈥檚 Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.

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