Kent Campus Parking

Senior Guests may park in the Kent Student Center Visitor’s Lot, for up to two (2) hours, at no charge, with a Golden Buckeye Card and a card issued from Parking Services. Kent State Golden Buckeye Permits will be needed to exit the Student Center Lot (cash will not be accepted). 

Kent State Golden Buckeye permits are available, free of charge at KSU Parking Services. Please bring your Driver's License, Golden Buckeye Card and License Plate Number to 800 E Summit Street, Michael Schwartz Center, Room 123.

Program Essentials and Process Requirements

Eligibility

  • Senior Guest Eligibility: A person who is 60 years of age or older and has resided in the state of Ohio for at least one year.
  • For successful participation, you must have access to:
    • A computer, laptop or tablet.
    • Internet access and the skills to navigate websites.
    • The ability to participate in an online environment to access assignments, messages from the professor, etc.
  • If you have any outstanding balance, we will not be able to register you until this is cleared with the Bursar's
Three Kent State Alumni Catch Up with Playhouse Square
College of the Arts

three images of theatre alumni performing as, from left to right, gomez aadams, Irene Malloy and the phantom

Recently, Playhouse Square caught up with three Kent State School of Theatre and Dance and Dazzle Award alumni, Anthony Ghali, Karsen Guldan and Margo Tipping. Ghali and Guldan are performing with Disney Cruise Lines, while Tipping is performing on the Regent Seven Seas Splendor. Each took time to answer questions about their experience in the Dazzle Awards, their education and careers and their experience performing on cruise ships.Learn about Ghali, Guldan and Tipping's journey in Playhouse Square's article. ...

Meet the Team

Behind the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program is a dedicated team of educators and international program professionals committed to helping scholars succeed. Our team works together to ensure participants feel welcomed, prepared and connected as they begin their academic journeys in the United States.

Kent State School of Fashion to Induct Fern Mallis Into Fashion Hall of Fame
College of the Arts

Fern Mallis portrait

Kent State University’s School of Fashion announces it will induct Fern Mallis into its prestigious Fashion Hall of Fame, recognizing her transformative impact on the American fashion industry and her enduring role in shaping what the world now knows as New York Fashion Week.Widely regarded as the “Godmother of Fashion,” Mallis redefined the structure and global visibility of American fashion presentations. While designers had shown collections in New York for decades, it was Mallis who centralized and professionalized the shows at Bryant Park for nearly two decad...

Remembering Lou Holtz, '59

Lou Holtz at Notre Dame

 Lou Holtz, a Kent State University alumnus who became one of college football's most successful and charismatic coaches, leading the University of Notre Dame to a national championship and six different programs to bowl games during his storied career, has died. He was 89. Holtz, who earned a varsity "K" as a linebacker for the Golden Flashes in 1957, graduated from Kent State in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in history. The East Liverpool, Ohio, native also participated in the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Kent State and received a commission as a Field Artillery Of...

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