Paying for college can feel complicated. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA, is one of the most important steps students can take to see what financial aid may be available to them.The good news: You don’t have to figure it out alone.Kent State University’s Financial, Billing and Enrollment Center is available to help students and families navigate the financial aid process, from completing the FAFSA to understanding financial aid offers.Here’s a simple guide to getting started.First: Know Which FAFSA You NeedYou complete a new FAFSA every year you want to ...

For 200 million people in the world with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), community can be hard to find and establish. With the help of Best Buddies International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to gathering volunteers and support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, friendships and a sense of belonging are much more accessible. While it’s an international organization, Best Buddies is also making an impact in Northeast Ohio and at Kent State University. {"preview_thumbnail":"/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/...

Kent State University’s Board of Trustees kicked off the 2026-2027 academic year with President Todd Diacon’s report that the university finished Fiscal 2026 with a balanced budget, avoiding drawing on its reserves, and that the inflation-adjusted tuition at Kent State combined with Ohio’s other public universities is actually 13% cheaper today than it was 20 years ago.Diacon observed that numerous colleges and universities in Ohio, and scores of universities nationally, are not able to deliver end-of-year balanced budgets.“Our delivering a balanced budget for the fiscal year that just ended i...