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Celebration! Dan Armelli is doused with champagne during the Washington Nationals Oct. 15 celebration of winning the National League pennant.

As the champagne flowed Oct. 15 in the clubhouse of the National League Champion Washington Nationals, there was a Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ connection in the middle of the frenzy that capped the team’s first trip to the World Series.

Members of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Class of 2023 form a K on campus for a photo with President Todd Diacon, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡cheerleaders and the university’s mascot, Flash.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has made impressive moves in the rankings in the newly released 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list. Â鶹¾«Ñ¡has climbed three spots, a 3% increase, on the Top Public Schools list. Â鶹¾«Ñ¡is the only Northeast Ohio institution on the Top Public Schools list. 

New Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ President Todd Diacon will serve as Kent State’s 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Last year, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

A three-day trip is underway for Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students to work with community leaders on finding new and creative ways to connect neighborhoods throughout Erie to its Bayfront, according to YourErie.com

Back to School Time

College of Arts and Sciences professor says that understanding how your child copes with anxiety is key to helping them with back-to-school nerves. 

Students in Lebanon

Working in cooperation with the  (LAU), 20 interior design students – 10 from Â鶹¾«Ñ¡'s College of Architecture and Environmental Design and 10 from LAU in Beirut – spent nine days in New York City, the design capital of North America, for a workshop.

Thomas Grace and Sara Abou Rashed will speak at Kent State's 2019 Educators Summit.

Student activism and giving voice to students will be the topics of two keynote speakers who are headlining the upcoming 2019 Educators Summit at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ titled â€œMay 4, 1970 Then & Now: Voices for Change."

Todd Diacon, Ph.D., Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s 13th President

As Todd Diacon, Ph.D., steps into his new role as Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s 13th president, his schedule for his first day includes an early workout at the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center, a breakfast with community leaders at the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Hotel and Conference Center and a luncheon on campus with student leaders.

Kenzie Alge and Alex Johnson

Kenzie Alge, a Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ certified flight instructor and 2019 graduate, and Alex Johnson, a Â鶹¾«Ñ¡junior flight technology student, make up the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡team competing in the 2019 Air Race Classic that starts June 18 in Jackson, Tennessee. 

Ya'el Harvard

Throughout her time at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡, Ya'el Courtney completed a Senior Honors Thesis/Project, authored several published peer-reviewed journal articles and presented at several national and international conferences. As she continues her education at Harvard University, she intends to conduct a significant amount of research focusing on psychiatric diseases.