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UPDATED 9/10/18: Please note that committee meeting times have changed. Below is the updated schedule for the Sept. 12 committee meetings.
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![The annual Black Squirrel Festival offers Kent State students a chance to learn about student organizations, explore different university departments and learn more about the Kent community.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/DSC_0012---USE-ON-HOME-PAGE.jpg?VersionId=arQIa8pI.iJ.GE_9We.lMKqINc.P5FlH)
A Kent State University tradition for 37 years, the annual Black Squirrel Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 7, from noon-5 p.m. on the Student Green and Risman Plaza. The Black Squirrel Festival, which is hosted by the Flash Activities Board, attracts more than 3,000…
WKSU has announced the addition of an often-requested listening option with the debut of a pledge-free stream benefit – just in time for the station’s fall fund drive. The pledge-free content stream replaces typical fundraising talk breaks with more programming. Listeners who…
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They arrived one by one to applause, cheers and a marching band.
Not the typical welcome to a student’s first day of high school, but these freshmen were not just showing up for classes. They were entering their first day in their school’s new College and Career…
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![Movers and Groovers help move incoming freshmen in to their new residence halls.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Movers-and-Groovers-2018.jpg?VersionId=FqEapoTykJYcBlrx0C7FnTSWHAXK9jEU)
More than 1,100 volunteers from the Kent State University community welcomed and assisted new students as they moved into their residence halls on freshman move-in day, Sunday, Aug. 19. The annual service program, known as Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall…
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![Faculty and staff walk up the stairs on the way to Commencement. Faculty and staff walk up the stairs on the way to Commencement.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/grad.jpg?VersionId=CraQBurWVye3Wh2t3aayFnM.Y90m6DsO)
Seventy-year-old Rudd (Ted) Bare II has the surprise of a lifetime planned for his children on Aug. 18, 2018.
On that day, Mr. Bare will don a cap and gown and walk across the stage at Kent State University’s Summer Commencement to accept his Bachelor of Science degree,…
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![Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren was among the featured lecturers during the Chautauqua Institution’s weeklong investigation of “The Forgotten: History and Memory in the 21st Century,” which runs through Aug. 18.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/WarrenSpeaking3-web.jpg?VersionId=w_E9rZx_PCIiV__mGrLlZwQHldreJNF.)
“We at Kent State feel called to play the role of convener -- to broker conversations that are more civil, braver, and more productive.”
At a time when our national conversation is plagued with division with opposing sides routinely attacking each other’s allegiances, Kent…
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The National Collegiate Honors Council has named recent Kent State University graduate Megan Swoger a 2018 Portz Scholar.
Ms. Swoger is the ninth Kent State student to receive the honor since the inception of the Portz Scholars competition in 1990.
“We are very pleased for her…
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![A College of Business Administration graduate show off her glasses while in line to enter Kent State’s Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/grad3.jpg?VersionId=AMlm1z7rGIesTk.H5H4kW60CEOO9_3fs)
The Kent State University alumni network again grew its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes got their degrees. Kent State University held its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and…