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Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
Dear Golden Flashes,
As we continue to finalize plans to ensure a safe return to campus for spring semester, I’d like to share important information about our spring semester course schedule.
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Despite the economic impact of COVID-19, alumni, friends, faculty and staff came together to raise $2.2 million to support more than 2,300 students.
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The Kent State University Board of Trustees ratified the university’s Fiscal Year 2020 Efficiency Report and Master Recommendations report, which showed an effectiveness and efficiency savings for Fiscal Year 2020 of $31,286,881. The savings is $6.2 million more than originally…
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
As we bring fall semester to a successful close, we continue to finalize plans to ensure a safe return to campus for spring semester. More details about our phased return will follow shortly, but here I’d like to share…
Inclement weather is expected this week for Northeast Ohio with several inches of snow predicted for Portage and nearby counties. At this time, we do not anticipate any change in campus operations, and classes will continue remotely as planned.
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
I am proud to say that this pandemic has shown us the many ways in which Kent State was well prepared to deal with a major public health emergency. Still, some challenges are new to us, and we must remain flexible in how…
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Kent State President Todd Diacon and others express their appreciation for the hard-working employees who have pulled together to keep our campuses operating throughout the pandemic.
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Jonathan V. Selinger, professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in Kent State University’s Department of Physics, in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement…
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While it's no secret that many college students drink alcohol, how COVID-19 affected these behaviors and patterns is the focus of recent research published in the journal Addictive Behaviors by the collaboration of William Lechner from the Department of Psychological…