![Students pass through Risman Plaza near the University Library.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/larger/public/page/risman.jpg?VersionId=d8EdCXg4JDocuOJDjkz_rjcwV6B0zOGm&h=e6f36a9c&itok=9ZbUe_sV)
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The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, May 31. The Board is scheduled to convene at 1:30 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of University Library on the Kent…
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![Pictured (left to right) are Barb Smith of KeyBank; Margot Copeland of KeyBank Foundation and Kent State Board of Trustees; Kent State student Jordan Wilkins; Kent State President Beverly Warren; and Kent State Foundation Board Chair Gary Brahler. Pictured (left to right) are Barb Smith of KeyBank; Margot Copeland of KeyBank Foundation and Kent State Board of Trustees; Kent State student Jordan Wilkins; Kent State President Beverly Warren; and Kent State Foundation Board Chair Gary Brahler.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/05.10.17%20Photo%20from%20KeyBank%20Foundation%27s%20gift%20announcement%20with%20Kent%20State.jpg?VersionId=DuLjWwz7BvCjzhb6sXQ6dDrbztXKJCes)
KeyBank Foundation has granted $1 million to Kent State University to support programs to increase the recruitment, retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students.
Kent State University will be closed on Monday, May 29, in observance of Memorial Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday, May 30.
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![Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, places the President’s Medal on Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy as Kent State President Beverly Warren watches.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/BOB_1477---USE-ON-HOME-PAGE%28web%29.jpg?VersionId=s0luqBDGTTi9Ap_PvPyxJt8xRbG2ul1d)
Kent State University Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., received the President's Medal from President Beverly Warren during the One University Commencement Ceremony on May 13 in Dix Stadium. The President’s Medal is the highest…
WKSU presents “The Future of Television, Media and Journalism, with NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans” on Tuesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights. General admission tickets can be purchased at ClevelandCinemas.com for $15. Details are available at…
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![The Kent State women’s golf team finished tied for fifth at the 2017 NCAA National Championship.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Team-Photos-Women%27s-Golf-Regional-Tourney-Day-3-17051010.jpg?VersionId=qE5GXw48ipJAc3F1X5_UmLmKAQsXj75A)
The Kent State University women’s golf team finished tied for fifth at the 2017 NCAA National Championship, falling Tuesday, May 23, in the quarterfinals match play round to top seeded Northwestern, 3-2.
The Kent State Golden Flashes completed its best run at the NCAA National…
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Donald L. Mason of Zanesville, Ohio, to a three-year term on the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Mason’s appointment began May 19, 2017, replacing the unexpired term of the late trustee Richard Marsh, which runs through May 2020.
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![Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, places the President’s Medal on Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy as Kent State President Beverly Warren watches.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/BOB_1477---USE-ON-HOME-PAGE%28web%29.jpg?VersionId=s0luqBDGTTi9Ap_PvPyxJt8xRbG2ul1d)
Educator, pioneering scientist and visionary Owen Lovejoy receives the highest Kent State University honor.
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![The Kent State baseball team celebrates a walk-off win over Toledo earlier this season at Schoonover Stadium. For the second straight year, the Kent State team has been crowned the outright Mid-American Conference regular season champions.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/DWD_6054.jpg?VersionId=u551dBK0.mbBUjOKLwQe.1bT3P06OaLc)
For the second straight year, the Kent State University baseball team has been crowned the outright Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular season champions, a feat now accomplished 14 times in program history.
The Kent State Golden Flashes clinched the title and the No. 1 seed…
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![The new Kent State ARTshop is open for business. The new ARTshop is open for business in the Kent State Center for the Visual Arts.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/shopmugs.jpg?VersionId=Of5BSAlqwdFhZkfkbGU9RgR3KIEm5ZkO)
The new ARTshop serves as an entrepreneurial laboratory for School of Art students to display and to learn about promoting their artwork.