Kent State University officials are offering reassurance and support to students, prospective students and parents in the wake of Tuesday’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Education that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is facing yet another delay. The federal government revised the application this year to simplify it. However, since the new application went online just before the first of the year, it has been frought with glitches and other issues. The education department announced Tuesday that colleges will not begin receiving applicants’ federal stud...
Kent State University students, faculty and staff discussed the words and ideas of Martin Luther King Jr. during the 100 Plates – Peace and Conflict: MLK to Today event held Jan. 31, 2024. The community lunch and discussion, held at Oscar Ritchie Hall, was presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Events Committee. It allowed students such as Priyanka Kumani to learn more about King’s philosophies on non-violence and peaceful protest. Here is Kumani, a doctoral student in Materials Science speaking with Kent State Today about what drew her to the gathering.&n...
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Michelle Abrahamson Robell is the epitome of “Blue, Gold and Grateful.” The Poland, Ohio, native and Kent State University graduate loves her alma mater so much she insisted that her wedding colors be blue and gold (no matter that she was the only Kent State alum in the wedding). And while Robell sings the university’s praises, she said it wasn’t until she had some life experience under her belt that she truly began to appreciate just how much her time at Kent State impacted her. What Robell took with her was more than simply academic experience, she also learned how to excel on any path...
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Students carrying the flag of Lebanon It was a different kind of "around the world" on the Golden Flashes' home court at halftime on Tuesday. when a parade of Kent State's international students displayed their countries' flags. A group of students from Rwanda It was the annual International Night as the Kent State men's basketball team welcomed the Miami University Redhawks to the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. Kent State's international students enjoy an exceptional American university experience and, in turn, enrich the overall university environment by sha...
Today marks the first day of Black History Month, and Kent State University has a roster of programmed events to celebrate Black excellence. This goes together with this year’s theme: Black excellence in every aspect, shade and expression, or ÀSE, a Yoruba term that represents the power that produces change. This theme recognizes the power that produces change through culture, arts, talent, business, innovation or by just overcoming challenges. The E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center named this theme to celebrate the achievements and adversity throughout the Black community and al...
Press Release A poetic water-harvesting project invites anyone from anywhere to address the bodies of water that have shaped their lives. Share your voice at https://dearbodyofwater.poetsforscience.org/ KENT, OHIO – February 1, 2024 DEAR BODY OF WATER invites everyone, everywhere to write letters and poems to beloved rivers, oceans, aquifers, creeks, ponds, lakes, and other bodies of water as part of a collective poetry project. The hope of this worldwide endeavor is to recontextualize our relationship with water. Not as a resource to be exploited. But as a liv...
