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Community Impact

Police Academy now in Twinsburg

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ hopes to address the police officer shortage by expanding its police academy to Twinsburg, Ohio, this fall. 

Spring Commencement 2024

Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates. 

Karamu 2024

Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of Kent State's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.

Pamela Brigger presents at the 2024 ESDRI Showcase

The environment is something that many people take for granted. But it affects us all. Some recent Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students spent the semester putting environmental issues front and center.

Chief Dean Tondiglia retires after 43 years on Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Police Department.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Police Chief and Director of Public Safety Dean Tondiglia wasn’t legally old enough to be a police officer when he was hired by the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Police Department. 

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A man runs on a treadmill in a gym

Researchers are trying to determine how many athletes are using cannabis products as part of their workouts and why. The results indicate it's more common than was thought.

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Bird Image courtesy of https://macaulaylibrary.org

Every spring and fall millions of birds migrate through Northeast Ohio on their way to or from their breeding grounds. With their song and bright colors, birds help brighten our campus after a long winter.  

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Alison Caplan in Washington DC

In her first year as the director of the May 4 Visitor Center, Alison Caplan has enjoyed uniquely wonderful and "magical" experiences in how Kent State's history creates connections and inspiration.

McGilvrey Kidnap

In 1941, a writing exercise for high school journalists visiting Â鶹¾«Ñ¡was centered around a fictional kidnapping of the university's first president, John E. McGilvrey. In a pre-internet version of a "home page takeover," the stories ran on the front page of the Kent Stater - without including information revealing that they were not real!

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Assistant Professor Sara Koopman

The idea was simple: Physically connect people with the locations of the May 4, 1970, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ shootings so they might better connect with each other.