Your Kent State ID Number is a unique 9-digit number that begins with an "8." Kent State uses this number to identify all faculty, staff and students within the university. Various departments, including Payroll, Benefits and Employee and Academic Records, use this number to associate their records with you. Locate your Kent State ID Number by logging into FlashLine and selecting the profile image to access the My Profile page. For security reasons, do not share this number with anyone.
Do you know your Kent State ID Number and why is it a good idea to memorize it?
![The Kent State University men's basketball team celebrates winning the 2017 Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The Kent State University men's basketball team celebrates winning the 2017 Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video%20-%20basketball%20teams.jpg?VersionId=QBhBUhrWt4gu4cmlRKrdwKaxOX5RQ16_&h=ec98a0f6&itok=lLbHqJwl)
Congratulations to the Golden Flashes men's and women's basketball teams for an incredible season!
![Professor Lovejoy Das and Kent State University at Tuscarawas have been selected for institutional membership in the National Collegiate Honors Council. Professor Lovejoy Das and Kent State University at Tuscarawas have been selected for institutional membership in the National Collegiate Honors Council.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-Lovejoy_0.jpg?VersionId=IduS1DgLnYGm2EavPSfj3xYMoBuZKiql&h=e6f36a9c&itok=9qUvX2FP)
A professional educational organization has awarded membership to a mathematics professor and the Tuscarawas Campus.
![The One Stop for Student Services will serve as a single point-of-contact for student customer services previously provided at the Bursar, Registrar and Student Financial Aid offices. The One Stop for Student Services will serve as a single point-of-contact for student customer services previously provided at the Bursar, Registrar and Student Financial Aid offices.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECFEAT-One_Stop_main-%20sign.jpg?VersionId=0SLEiSakKzGnibYqiQb6yTQcrSVnDyDz&h=e6f36a9c&itok=-vN711Q2)
The new One Stop for Student Services will serve as a single point-of-contact for student customer services previously provided at the Bursar, Registrar and Student Financial Aid offices.
![New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science. The school's faculty and staff are pictured. New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science. The school's faculty and staff are pictured.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-Main.jpg?VersionId=YHwIgXw_9BQTLpEOALtxM9RIZmuOc7C.&h=e6f36a9c&itok=eya37gQt)
New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science – again.
Please be aware of changes to two administrative policies that went into effect March 1. The highlights of each policy are listed below:
Administrative policy regarding acquisition, inventory control, and sales or other disposal of capital assets (3342-5-12.3)
![Joe Belinsky Jr. Joe Belinsky Jr.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/file/FAMILIARFACE-Belinsky%20Joe.jpg?VersionId=SXPVy7hi1DRseVMau4ocOCY.Eep62WZp&h=8a019425&itok=CoFyjP6J)
Familiar Face
Joe Belinsky Jr.
Certified Business Advisor and Assistant Professor of Business
Small Business Development Center
Tuscarawas Campus
![Alexa Doutt Alexa Doutt](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/NEWFACE-Doutt%20Alexa_0.jpg?VersionId=j15qVQL_qtUKFm5Xrj71HNCquZ5qq.Ae&h=8a019425&itok=cCxKmAWl)
New Face
ALEXA DOUTT
Associate Director, Advancement, College of Business Administration
Division of Institutional Advancement
Kent Campus
Yosh Hakutani, Ph.D., Department of English, authored “East-West Literary Imagination: Cultural Exchanges from Yeats to Morrison” (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2017), xiii, 322 pp.
![Kent State senior and track star Richard Dahome clears a hurdle. Kent State senior and track star Richard Dahome clears a hurdle.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/PROFILE-track%20camp-main.jpg?VersionId=qYaaCfCVmM4zLjWabk7lrji7ZjxjjT91&h=ec98a0f6&itok=M3ia7NXj)
It all comes down to a fraction of a second. Who can push off the block first? Who can jump the highest? Who will cross the finish line ahead of everyone else?
![Metin Eren, Ph.D, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead in a special lab in Lowry Hall. Metin Eren, Ph.D, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead in a special lab in Lowry Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/page/Metin%20Eren.jpeg?VersionId=ZWvTKFF7vTMAx8W2fGSykGEU3se14bB5&h=ec98a0f6&itok=CsHZEGnS)
Kent State archaeologist Metin Eren, Ph.D, is using an experimental approach to dig deeper into Ohio's history by recreating ancient artifacts and weaponry with clay to better understand how humans lived thousands of years ago.
The Kent State University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed Kent State University in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
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