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...

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...

 Preferred Name: JavierGraduation Term: Spring/Summer 2026Major(s)/Degree(s): PhD in Translation StudiesConcentration(s): Translation History, Literary Translation, Queer Translation StudiesDissertation: My dissertation examines the role(s) translation played in the U.S. circulation of queer Latin American literature during a historical moment shaped by both the Cold War’s growing geopolitical interest in Latin America and the emergence of gay liberation movements in the West.Background:I have always been fascinated by the ways in which translation allows us to think about culture, societ...

Kent, OHIO – The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will present the Global Management Speaker Series featuring Michael Crawford, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of the Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company. The event will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, February 7, in the Kent State Student Center (KSC) Ballroom Balcony, with a reception to follow in the KSC  Schwebel Room. During the event, Crawford will discuss his career in international hospitality and his new book, From the Mouse's House to the Penthouse. Prior to joining the Hall...