American Cultural Events
Intercultural Student Life hosts events that highlight parts of American and Kent State culture. The goal of these events is to help international students learn more about the culture they are living and studying in and have fun ways to participate in American traditions.
Fall 2024 Events:
Homecoming Weekend!
Homecoming is an American tradition that welcomes alumni back to their high schools and colleges. Homecoming can be a week-long or weekend-long event that often centers around a central activity, like a sporting event. At Kent State, Homecoming is celebrated for a weekend in the Fall semester around a home American Football game. The weekend includes other events though, like the Homecoming Parade, Tailgating, and the Kiss on the K. You can learn more about Kent State's Homecoming and see all the events during that weekend, by visiting the webpage linked here.
To learn more about this fun American collegiate tradition and get involved in it, attend any and all of the following:
| Event | Day | Time | Location | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 Session | Thursday, September 26 | 5-6 p.m. | The M.A.C (Memorial Athletic and Convention Center) | Learn more about Homecoming, American Football rules, and Volleyball rules |
| Volleyball Game | Thursday, September 26 | 6-8 p.m. | The M.A.C (Memorial Athletic and Convention Center) | Watch the Kent State Women's Volleyball team take on Eastern Michigan |
| Homecoming Parade | Saturday, September 28 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Main St. Kent | March in the parade with the International Student Council, or just watch |
| Homecoming Tailgate | Saturday, September 28 | 12-3 p.m. | Outside Dix Stadium | Join ISL and many others before the game for free food and fun |
| Homecoming Game | Saturday, September 28 | 3:30 p.m. | Dix Stadium | Watch the Men's Football team take on a rival team. During the first half of the game, sit with other international students in a section together behind the end zone. The section will get livestreamed on the Jumbotron during the game and someone from Athletics will check in to see if you have any questions. During the second half, sit with everyone in the student section. |
Halloween!
Halloween is celebrated on October 31 every year. While this is a holiday celebrated in many countries, in America it is celebrated through things like dressing up in costumes, carving pumpkins into Jack-o-Lanterns, watching scary movies or going to haunted house attractions, and trick-or-treating.
To celebrate Halloween at Kent State, you can dress up and attend the Student Center Trick-or-Treating! This will take place on Thursday, October 31 from 3-5pm. You are invited to go office to office collecting candy. All students and children of students are invited to attend! This is similar to the American trick-or-treat tradition where children go door-to-door in the neighborhoods collecting candy.