Campus notes: December 8, 2016 Posted on December 8, 2016 0 Local students graduate from Kent State KENT — Three area residents were among more than 1,600 students who received bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, associate and educational specialist degrees during Kent State’s 2016 summer commencement ceremony. Local students who graduated were Ian Batton, Carey; Kelli Ciola, LaRue; and Jenna Cory, Bucyrus.