The student initiative, Sister Circle, recently won the gold 2023-2024 NASPA Excellence Award for the category “Fraternity and Sorority Life, Leadership, Student Activities, Student Union, and related.” Sister Circle, housed under the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center (The Moore Center), supports the personal, social, cultural, and professional development of women of color at Kent State University. Michael Daniels, Ph.D., the center’s director; Alice Fermaintt, program coordinator; and Annika Bragg, graduate assistant and Sister Circle’s advisor, will attend the ceremony i...

My name is Andrew Pertz, I am an aerospace engineering student with a minor in applied mathematics. In a lot of ways, I feel like Kent State found me. As a first-generation college student, the process of applying and finding schools was very overwhelming. ...

​ Members of the Golden Flashes Football Team’s Leadership Council recently visited with students at the LeBron James Family Foundation’s I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, where they checked out the school’s facilities and spent time reading to youngsters.  The visit was part of an ongoing collaboration between Kent State and the foundation. Kent State aims to open the doors of opportunity for all and has a longstanding partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation.  “Kent State continues to value our partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation.  This par...

Kent State University’s  School of Art is excited to announce submissions are now open for the 2024 Student Annual Exhibition. The School of Art encourages entries from all artists, working in any media, regardless of their major or experience.   Students who would like to enter the juried competition must submit a PDF or JPEG image of their artwork via an online entry form. Up to three works of art can be submitted, which cannot be substituted after entry. The competition is only open to works submitted online, and subsequently chosen by the judges, to be displayed...

Kent State University at Ashtabula recently announced students named to either the Fall 2023 President's or Dean's lists. In recognition of an extremely high level of academic excellence, a President's List is compiled each academic semester. To qualify, students must have a grade point average of 4.00 and must have completed 15 or more letter-graded credit hours (A, B, etc.) by the end of that semester. The Dean's List features qualifying students possessing a grade point average of 3.40 or greater and must have completed 12 or more letter-graded credit hours (A, B, etc.) by the end of ...