University News
An ecology student testing water in a river. A nursing student assisting a patient. A music student performing onstage. These are just three of the 30 Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students featured in the new Â鶹¾«Ñ¡TV commercial that was developed and produced entirely in-house by Â鶹¾«Ñ¡staff members who are all Â鶹¾«Ñ¡graduates.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer is pleased to announce the signing of 10-year-old Mary Alice Tryda through Team IMPACT to the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡field hockey team.
The pathway from a two-year college to Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ will soon become an easier road to travel for Ohio students, thanks to a grant awarded to Â鶹¾«Ñ¡to collaborate with three Ohio community colleges to streamline the transfer process.
On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their Â鶹¾«Ñ¡days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and the entire campus boomed with Â鶹¾«Ñ¡pride.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s nationally ranked Flight Technology program, in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, is one of only three nationwide that Delta Air Lines selected this year to become a Delta Propel Partner, a program that creates career opportunities for students studying to be future commercial pilots.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s long-standing relationship with the Tuscarawas County University Branch District to administer the Tuscarawas Campus of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡will continue through June 30, 2030, in a new 10-year agreement approved by the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Board of Trustees.
The Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2019 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Kent State.
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.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s new FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center provides a world-class training ground to help aviation students and future pilots soar to even greater achievements.
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.