Dear Members of the Kent State University Community, I am pleased to announce that Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., will be named senior vice president for student life, effective Dec. 1. This title change recognizes her leadership strengths and accomplishments since assuming the position on an interim basis in August 2023 and provides stability for the division through a period of significant change for higher education as well as Kent State.I feel it is important that the Division of Student Life has strong and permanent leadership in place as it focuses on student well-being in tumultuous times, ...

An AI generated image of a family arguing at Thanksgiving dinner.

After one of the most contentious elections in American history, we are entering the holiday season when family dinners can be an argument waiting to happen.Navigating holiday gatherings can be tricky in the best of times, and this year certainly poses extra complications as many feelings are still very raw over election results, said Johanna Solomon, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies.It may not be a matter as simple as disappointment over who lost the election but what newly elected officials represent to others, Solomon said. Family me...

Trans Day of Remembrance at The Rock 2024

   For National Trans Day of Remembrance, which is observed on Nov. 20, the Kent State LGBTQ+ Center honored the memory of  the more than 60 transgender individuals who were murdered or had taken their own lives in 2023.   Members of the Kent State LGBTQ+ community painted The Rock on the Kent Campus and a display at the Kent State's LGBTQ+ Center honors the memory of those who lost their lives last year.    Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them ...

Michele Criss, with a large group of Kent State fraternity and sorority members, gathered at a formal event, posing in front of a banner.

Michele Criss, assistant director for Fraternity and Sorority Life at Kent State University’s Center for Student Involvement, was named a recipient of the 2024 Gayle Webb New Professional Award by the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA). This award recognizes emerging professionals in their first three years of fraternity and sorority advising who have made outstanding contributions and created impactful projects or initiatives. Criss will attend the 2024 AFA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the coming weeks to receive the award.Criss said her mentors and friends ...

Women's Volleyball Team

In a historic achievement for the Kent State Tuscarawas women’s volleyball program, the team has claimed its first-ever USCAA Division II National Championship....

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