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Before classes began for Fall Semester 2024, the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center welcomed the university's LGBTQ+ community back to campus with a Fall Kickoff event.
Music, activities, games and fun brought together Kent State's international students for a global block party.
The university welcomed Kent State's Class of 2024 in grand style at this year's convocation with inspirational speeches from university administrators, rally towels, strobe lights, Golden Flash cheerleaders and the Marching Golden Flashes band.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡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 Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ family.
Rally towels, strobe lights and the Marching Golden Flashes added to the celebration on Aug. 16, when Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ welcomed its Class of 2028 with a rocking pep rally at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.
For the past month, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ 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.
Kent State's president, faculty and staff helped the new Golden Flashes move into their residence halls.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™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.
With recreational marijuana sales now underway in Ohio, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ officials are reminding the campus community that marijuana use remains prohibited on all university properties.
After spending time on an athletics service trip to Rwanda in January, recent Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ graduate and women’s soccer team member Callie Jean Cunningham felt compelled to act.
While there are fewer students on campus during summer break, the Kent Campus is still alive with energy and aspirations. Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ International Admissions celebrated the spirit of summer in Kent with inspiring words and beautiful images that welcome their international students to campus.
Most people know the Palace of Versailles as a popular French tourist destination. For Marcello Fantoni, Ph.D., Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s vice president for global education, Versailles is where he serves on the Scientific Committee of its Research Center, helping to shepherd art history research on a global scale.
In May, student-athlete Gabby Bailey completed her master's degree at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡while also pursuing her dream of competing in the Olympics with support from her coach and Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Athletics.
Kent State's international student-athletes make an extraordinary commitment to leave their countries to study and train so far away from home.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡student Elizabeth Marhefka recognized as ARI-AHEC’s 2024 Scholar of the Year. The senior biology and premed student was honored for her passion for medicine and commitment to community engagement.
The final weeks of the Spring Semester bring a flurry of activity to the College of Architecture and Environmental Design as students prepare to present their final projects.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡welcomes Notre Dame College students with a streamlined transfer process.
On sunny days, in the weeks before finals, students can be found catching rays in the grass on Manchester Field, between the Kent Student Center and Eastway Center.
It was a time to celebrate with victories by Flying Flashes team 52 Peyton Turner and Alyssa Sheehan, who won first-place Intercollegiate Class in the 2024 Air Race Classic and a second Â鶹¾«Ñ¡team that finished in the top 10.