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![Graduate student Lydia Lisowsky is collecting medical supplies for Ukraine.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Ukraine%20story_3.jpg?VersionId=rHpN5aPjKmLNNqJbf2qXsSDsiUY1_D4H)
Although Kent State alumna and current graduate student Lydia Lisowsky has never visited Ukraine, she feels a deep sense of obligation and responsibility to help those who have been injured in the war. Lisowsky recently began a campaign to collect medical supplies on…
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![Members of the Kent State University community participate in the annual May 4 Candlelight Walk and Vigil, a tradition that began in 1971 to remember and honor the students killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/May%204%20Candlelight%20Walk%20and%20Vigil_0.jpg?VersionId=K51OIQtEX1fDBEUWJc.ptzyqTx9ddDMp)
For the first time since 2019, Kent State University will remember May 4, 1970, with its return to an in-person, annual commemoration to honor the four students who were killed, the nine students who were wounded and the countless others whose lives were forever changed when the…
UPDATE:
Due to increased potential for severe weather in Ohio, the statewide tornado drill originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 23, at 9:50 a.m. has been canceled.
The Ohio Committee for Severe Weather Awareness and its partners, including Kent State University’s…
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The Kent State University School of Music returns to Severance Music Center on Monday, May 2, at 7 p.m. featuring nearly 300 students from across the university performing a rich lineup of genres and styles from classical and jazz to gospel and world music. It will also feature…
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
In spring 2021, Kent State conducted the “Climate Study on Race: Our Voices Count” to understand the current climate that exists at the university’s Northeast Ohio locations. Kent State strives to create and maintain a…
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
As COVID-19 case numbers continue to decline in the counties where we have campuses and locations, Kent State has reassessed its current testing strategy for the unvaccinated members of our university community.
Kent State University is aware of a video posted by a member of the men's basketball team. The behavior in the video does not reflect the core values of Kent State, nor does it live up to the standards we expect of our student-athletes. We are reviewing this matter and…
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![Kent State University officials and donors to the Crawford Hall project officially break ground for the new building.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Crawford%20Hall%20groundbreaking%20ceremony_0.jpg?VersionId=ZFMadUYdNDdlruCCY2s3spOx3rJa7jGB)
Kent State University officially broke ground on Crawford Hall, the future home of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, on March 8 in a ceremony attended by more than 400 people, including university officials, donors, alumni, students, elected…
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Kent State University continues to exemplify leadership in its mission to support students as the Kent Campus is designated as a Military Friendly® School for the 13th consecutive year in a row, earning a Gold award. In addition, Kent State University at Trumbull earned a Silver…
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The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Bachelor of Social Work degree during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held March 8. The new degree was developed based on the high demand for licensed social workers within the areas surrounding…