Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies (SPCS) is pleased to organize the second SPCS webinar as follows:   Civic Power, Local Democracy, and Peaceful Change: The Promise of Transformative Action in Urban Community Development  Presenter: Ashley Nickels, Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies  January 15, 2024 (Monday), 3:00-3:45 pm, EST; Webinar description & RSVP  Please feel free to sign up and/or share this announcement with those who may be interested.    Recording of the first webinar, December 14,...

From the Division of Information Technology’s Story Team Stepping onto the campus of Kent State University as an international student, I felt a thrill course through me. Discovering the news about the upcoming business building, Crawford Hall, for the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, only amplified that excitement. Crawford Hall will house enhanced technology and emphasize collaborative spaces, promising to be the perfect toolkit for honing my business skills and, hopefully, launching me into a successful entrepreneurial future. Bryan Molnar, Lead Aud...

On Dec. 19, more than 1,500 young students from local elementary schools came to watch the Golden Flashes women's basketball team play the Lake Erie Storm at Kent State's Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.  The young Golden Flash fans were in attendance for School Field Trip Day presented by Ohio's 529 College Advantage. Flash the Mascot was very popular with the grade schoolers, who also got to see the the Golden Flashes outscore the Lake Erie Storm 84-20.  Photos by Bob Christy, senior photograpy coordinator, University Communication and Mark...

Kent State University alumnus Nick Saban, considered one of the greatest college football coaches of all time, has retired from the University of Alabama, where he coached the Crimson Tide for the past 17 seasons. Saban, a native of Fairmont, West Virginia, graduated from Kent State with his bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 1973 and earned his master of education degree in health and physical education in 1975. At Kent State, Saban was a safety on the Golden Flashes football team and was a member of the 1972 squad that won the university’s first conference championshi...

Kent, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibit, The truth is out there (No, really…) by Christine Zuercher. This show consists of fifteen cyanotypes as well as a video projection. The exhibit will be on display form Jan. 19– March 16, 2024, in the KSU Downtown Gallery, located at 141 East Main Street in Kent, Ohio. There will be a reception date  announced soon. Christine Zuercher is a photographer and printmaker born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. She received a B.F.A. from the University of Dayton in 2011 and an M.F...