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Kent State welcomes new students each fall with KSU Kickoff – two days of activities that help them get to know campus and its resources as they join our Kent State University family.
President Todd Diacon stressed the significance of respecting freedom of speech while practicing kindness and respect during his Convocation address.
Rally towels, strobe lights and the Marching Golden Flashes added to the celebration on Aug. 16, when Kent State University welcomed its Class of 2028 with a rocking pep rally at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.
For the past month, Kent State University has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. The group, from 26 countries, arrived on the Kent Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country.
Bright sunshine, verdant green spaces and colorful flowers in bloom set the scene for summertime on the Kent Campus.
This summer, Kent State's College of Nursing welcomed high school students participating in the University Hospitals Future Nurse Academy program to campus for a tour and hands-on practice in our simulation labs.
Kent State's president, faculty and staff helped the new Golden Flashes move into their residence halls.
Kent State University’s financial aid administrators want students and their families who were caught in the snags of the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid process to know that financial aid and help completing the application are still available. The FAFSA cycle for the 2024-25 school year is not over.
It has been nearly 14 months since a gas explosion destroyed the historic building that was home to the Paris American Academy, Kent State University’s Paris home for 16 years. Now, the academy has found a new home and soon, exciting advancements will be happening with Kent State’s education-abroad programs in Paris.
Kent State University welcomed more than 1,000 new graduates to its alumni family during the summer commencement ceremony Saturday.
Two years ago, Cynthia Blinebery had an inkling she might have Parkinson’s. Her voice was weak, and her husband often asked her to repeat things. She ran out of breath when speaking and experienced tremors in her hands and fingers. Her father and aunt had Parkinson’s. A neurological exam confirmed her suspicion.
A father and son, both Kent State University alumni, graduates of the professional pilot program in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, recently achieved a remarkable milestone. Scott and Kyle Koeppl completed their first flight together as Southwest Airlines pilots.
With recreational marijuana sales now underway in Ohio, Kent State University officials are reminding the campus community that marijuana use remains prohibited on all university properties.
The white coat at Kent State’s College of Podiatric Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony is presented as a reminder of the professionalism required by students, in their studies at Kent State and later as they become podiatric physicians.
When U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Kent State this summer, he and U.S. Representative (and Kent State alumna) Emilia Sykes toured the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center.
How a longstanding friendship between Metin Eren, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of archaeology, and a former curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, will benefit Kent State students for years to come.
Each August, Kent State welcomes alumni and their canine companions to campus for one of the most anticipated events of the year, the "Dog Days of Summer."
After spending time on an athletics service trip to Rwanda in January, recent Kent State University graduate and women’s soccer team member Callie Jean Cunningham felt compelled to act.
The Earth Day celebration at Kent State University at Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center included a guided, woodland hike around the campus.
A Kent State faculty researcher in the Department of Biological Sciences has launched a pioneering study to explore how different species adapt to high-altitude environments in the Himalayas where oxygen levels are significantly lower.