Dear Members of the Kent State University Community, During my undergraduate years, I was a DJ for my college radio station. (You’re listening to KSWC, the Sound of the Mound in Winfield, Kansas.) As is the case everywhere, our studio featured a red blinking light to warn others outside the booth that someone was on air. As I write this year’s financial update, which is the fifth one of my presidency and the topic for this month’s Talking With Todd, that red blinking light signals something different for Kent State: the roiling financial waters ahead of us. I have explained in the past t...

DI Dining

The DI Dining hall, managed by KSU Culinary Services, is located on the 3rd floor of the DI HUB. In this unique dining facility, food waste from the DI HUB is ground on-site and repurposed into fuel.

Van Deman during his posting as “director of negative intelligence” (i.e., security chief) at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 Ralph H. Van Deman papers / Hoover Institution Archives

Matthew Vajda, a doctoral student in the Department of History at Kent State University, has been selected as one of only two recipients of a coveted $15,000 fellowship stipend from the U.S. Army Center of Military History for the academic year 2023-2024. This prestigious fellowship is awarded to individuals from a highly competitive pool of approximately 50 applicants representing institutions across the nation.The primary purpose of this distinguished fellowship is to encourage and support the production of dissertations that delve into the intricacies of military history. Beyond the fi...

Kent, OHIO – Ilgaz Arikan, Ph.D., associate professor of management at the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has been named Director of the college’s Global Management Center. Kent State’s Global Management Center supports international initiatives of the University and prepares students for success in global business. The center provides students with the opportunity to learn from international speakers, study abroad and support faculty research internationally. The center creates awareness of the global business environment, providing innovative learning ex...

Voter registration drive

Oct. 10 is the deadline for registering for this November’s election. Students have participated in voter registration events hosted by the League of Women Voters and Kent State Votes throughout October, with the last event being Oct. 10 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.  Registration forms and absentee ballots are also available at the University Libraries’ first-floor service desk through Oct. 10.  Click here for more information. ...

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