Kent State Today showcases the university's most striking images from 2025, as captured by staff photographers Bob Christy, Rami Daud, Michael Rich and our student colleagues throughout a year of academic achievement, campus celebrations and student success. From theatrical performances and technological innovation to graduation ceremonies and everyday campus life, these photographs tell the visual story of a vibrant year at Kent State University.  ...

POV shares insights from the Kent State University community on important topics. Liz Piatt, interim dean of University College, shares her journey as a first-generation college student and how faculty mentorship helped her discover a career path she didn't know existed — one that now allows her to support other first-generation students as they navigate their own transformative college experiences. Every student on a college campus has a first-generation story — a story about the first person in their family earning a bachelor's degree.More than a third of Kent State students are part of...

  The time between Thanksgiving Break and Winter Break was busy - and snowy - for Golden Flashes.     Within these two short weeks, Kent State students braved the snow to tackle final projects, final exams, defense of theses and dissertations, and for the final cohort of the Class of 2025, Fall Commencement.   Want to see YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photos should be framed -horizontally- and include a brief descript...