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Student Life

Honors College Welcome Event 2024

IN A FLASH: Welcome Honors College Class of 2028!

A special event welcomed Kent State's first-year Honors College students to Fall Semester 2024. 

Tags: Fall Semester, Freshmen, Honors College, Student Life, Students First

Honors College

The new Sensory Wellbeing Space on the Kent Campus.

New Sensory Wellbeing Space Opens on Kent Campus

A space inside the Speech and Hearing Clinic has been renovated to serve as the new Sensory Wellbeing Space where neurodiverse students and their allies can find a welcoming and inclusive environment for gathering or study.

Tags: Research & Science, Student Life, Students First, Diverse Kent State

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Flash Focus: Bryson Bodo

Flash Focus: Bryson Bodo

Meet Bryson Bodo, a biology major with a pre-medicine concentration from Unionport, Ohio, and a member of Kent State University’s Honors College. 

Tags: Profiles, Students First, Student Life

Kent State Today

2024 Fall Food Truck Series

Fall Food Truck Series Returns to Risman Plaza

For several weeks, in the fall and spring, University Culinary Services invites a selection of local food trucks to offer their tasty treats on Risman Plaza each Wednesday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Tags: Fall Semester, Student Life, University Culinary Services, Fork in the Road!, Community & Society, Community Impact

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New Kent State Votes Banner

Working to Get Student Voters Informed and Engaged

The Kent State Votes initiative is working with organizations and departments across campus to help engage and inform student voters in advance of the coming elections. 

Tags: Voting, Elections, Community & Society, Community Impact, Nationally Distinctive, Student Life, University News, Students First, May 4, Kent State Athletics

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The SURE program has given Allison Remick experience she can carry into a career as a veterinarian.

Students SURE Research Program Will Offer Return on Investment

Allison Remick and Madeline Desmond were among a cohort of 178 students who conducted research projects under the direction of faculty mentors during the annual 2024 SURE program.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Research & Science, Honors College

Honors College

The Kent State Student Study logo.

Students Wanted: Sign Up to be Part of Largest-Ever Study of University Students

Researchers at Kent State University are beginning the second year of their largest and most ambitious study ever to track 10,000 university students and follow them throughout their lifetimes.  

Tags: Health, Research & Science, Student Life, Students First, Nationally Distinctive, Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State of Wellness

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President Todd Diacon, his wife, Moema Furtado, Alice Cone, Paul and Eileen Gaston and their daughter Beth, and David Hassler, at the dedication of the Gaston Prentice House, Aug. 28, 2024.

Wick Poetry Center Home Formally Dedicated as Gaston Prentice House

The historic house perched next to the Lefton Esplanade at South Lincoln Street on the Kent Campus, which has been home to the Wick Poetry Center since 2014, is now officially the Gaston Prentice House.

Tags: University News, Arts & Culture, Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences

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Flash Focus: Molly Wagar

Flash Focus: Molly Wagar

Meet junior art history major and English minor from Medina, Ohio, Molly Wagar. The decision on what to study at Kent State University was an easy one for Wagar, and she has found inspiration in the people and professors she has met here. 

Tags: Profiles, Students First, Student Life

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Chef Showcase Fall 2024

Students Sample Delicious and Fun Cuisine at Chef Showcase Event

Students were treated to special culinary creations prepared by some of the university's top chefs, along with a chance to win prizes at a Chef Showcase event at Eastway Center and the DI Hub. 

Tags: University Culinary Services, Nutrition Awareness, Students First, DI Hub, Student Life

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