College of Sciences and Humanities

Undergraduate Awards & Scholarships Made Possible by Donations to the DepartmentEach year, the Department of Psychological Sciences gives awards for Outstanding Seniors, Outstanding Juniors, and one College of Sciences and Humanities Leadership Award. Award-winning undergraduates are identified for their excellence by faculty. We also award several “Dr. F Robert and Nancy Treichler Awards” scholarships each year. These go to psychology majors in need of additional financial support. Our awards and scholarships are only possible with generous donations to the Department of Psychol...

New first-year students at Kent State University cheer during Convocation, their first academic ceremony.

The cheers started before the introductions were even finished.Inside the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center, Kent State University’s newest students filled the arena with the kind of energy that makes the start of a college career feel real.Convocation, the university’s annual welcome for first-year students that serves as their first academic ceremony, brought together the newest members of the Golden Flashes community for a morning that felt less like a formal function and more like a pep rally for the year ahead.Led by Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., Kent State’s senior vice president fo...

Ava Toth

"The Alcazaba of Almería is a fortress that was built to protect the city’s port. It has old stone walls, gardens, and amazing views of Almería and the Mediterranean Sea. Walking through it gives you a look at the city’s history while enjoying one of the best views in town… It’s so big that you can walk for quite a while and still be discovering new parts of the fortress."

Three Kent State students volunteer for Flashes Fighting Hunger

Every Gift MattersOne can of soup. One hour of volunteering. One $10 donation. On their own, those contributions may seem small. But at Kent State’s Flashes Fighting Hunger program, thousands of small acts of generosity have come together to create something extraordinary. Behind every one of those numbers is a simple truth: meaningful change doesn’t happen because one person gives everything. It happens because many people each give something. “Our program wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the generosity of our donors, alumni,  students and community members,” said Ken Ditle...

Jacqueline Flickinger, ’20, moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 2024 for a position with Ford Motor Company as an assistant ecommerce specialist. Living out of state, she was looking for ways to still be part of the Golden Flash community. That’s when she came across the Alumni Mentoring Program and had the opportunity to mentor three students from the School of Fashion. As a graduate of the fashion program herself, she was excited to share her experiences in the program, as well as her background in entrepreneurship and marketing, with current students.“I love Ohio and wanted to reconnect wit...

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