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![Kent State University students studying middle childhood education pose in front of their artwork in their Teaching and Learning class in White Hall. Kent State University students studying middle childhood education pose in front of their artwork in their Teaching and Learning class in White Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_MYP-cohort.jpg?VersionId=STODsRrem5mYK9PFBa4k9X.7yX4C7A6j)
Kent State University’s Middle Childhood Education program is the first in the state of Ohio to offer an undergraduate program authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization: the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program Certificate in Teaching and…
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![Paula Madison, former NBC journalist and executive, will be honored by Kent State University with the 2016 Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Award for her accomplishments in media diversity. Paula Madison, former NBC journalist and executive, will be honored by Kent State University with the 2016 Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Award for her accomplishments in media diversity.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.20.16%20Photo%20of%20Paula%20Madison.jpg?VersionId=JU92uSbfVgZkP5mLNpInuNinwhGdOWXA)
Former NBC executive Paula Madison is 2016 McGruder Award recipient; Plain Dealer columnist Phillip Morris to Be Honored with Diversity Leadership Award
Kent State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will…
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![Kent State University students who are members of Autism Connections Kent, a new student organization on campus, pose for a photo in the Kent Student Center. Kent State University students who are members of Autism Connections Kent, a new student organization on campus, pose for a photo in the Kent Student Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_AutismGroup.jpg?VersionId=uTYTZ5_749NA56CMfVOr0IYxTl_3GfLD)
Group created by students with autism spectrum disorder to highlight diversity, not disability
Kent State University is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: Kent State has a new student…
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![Kent State University students who are members of Autism Connections Kent, a new student organization on campus, pose for a photo in the Kent Student Center. Kent State University students who are members of Autism Connections Kent, a new student organization on campus, pose for a photo in the Kent Student Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_AutismGroup.jpg?VersionId=uTYTZ5_749NA56CMfVOr0IYxTl_3GfLD)
Kent State University is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: Kent State has a new student organization on campus that joins the few of its type in the nation. Autism Connections Kent has been…
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![Wendy Turner has been named executive director and general manager of WKSU, Kent State University’s award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station. Wendy Turner has been named executive director and general manager of WKSU, Kent State University’s award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.19.16%20Photo%20of%20Wendy%20Turner.jpg?VersionId=jVEtSH7Txk_kzGoV.BAf4WC9Zl.dY4NJ)
Following a national search, Wendy Turner has been selected to serve as the new executive director and general manager of WKSU, Kent State University’s award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station. Turner currently serves as vice president of digital and technical operations at…
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![Kent State University's 20th Aeronautics Fair took place on Sept. 10 at the Kent State Airport.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/Video-Aeronautics.jpg?VersionId=Fdd9pcJ7OTtAleSXbBVwSQMB2ZsvGkO6)
The Kent State University Aeronautics Fair is a free-entrance festival held at Andrew W. Paton Field at the Kent State University Airport. The 2016 fair took place on Sept. 10.
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When Joshua Budd thinks about all the places he has traveled up to his senior year of high school, only one has been outside of the United States, and that was a quick jaunt to Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada. So, the thought of actually living in a foreign country, especially…
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![Kent State University freshmen walk through the Kent Student Center during 2016 Welcome Weekend. Kent State continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university marks the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus. Kent State University freshmen walk through the Kent Student Center during 2016 Welcome Weekend. Kent State continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university marks the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_KSC.jpg?VersionId=3ZfZlllL2zLjxqwGVgEe86yWP23hokzn)
Kent State University continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university is marking the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus with increasing diversity and academic success while also welcoming another record-setting freshman class.
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![Kent State University freshmen walk through the Kent Student Center during 2016 Welcome Weekend. Kent State continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. Kent State University freshmen walk through the Kent Student Center during 2016 Welcome Weekend. Kent State continues to set records as it begins a new academic year.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.13.16%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20freshmen%20in%20Kent%20Student%20Center.jpg?VersionId=AsWPGV0YqViU2Vxmgz2CGf12qT88L_co)
Kent Campus boasts records in enrollment growth, retention and freshman class size, quality and diversity
Kent State University continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university is marking the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus…
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![Kent State University is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report with inclusion on the Best National Universities list. Kent State University is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report with inclusion on the Best National Universities list.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_Risman.jpg?VersionId=_2Emrm4Ku.BEtnvJYQcJ6BLtr4yCY4YR)
Kent State University is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report that was released Sept. 13, 2016, with inclusion on the Best National Universities list.