The streets of Kent, Ohio, will be filled with blue and gold as Kent State University alumni, students, parents, employees and community members gather for this year’s Homecoming. The university will host activities and events leading up to the Oct. 21 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game. All are invited to take part in one of Kent State’s long-standing traditions.This year, Kent State is recognizing 50 years of award-winning global education through its Homecoming theme, It’s a Flash World. The first education-abroad group of students from Kent State traveled to Florence, Italy, in...

My name is Phoebe Alicardi and I graduated from the Fashion Design program at Kent State University in 2023. My whole life I had aspired to become a fashion designer, but because of my weak drawing and sewing skills, I didn’t think I’d be able to do it. After receiving my associates in digital design and graphics from Columbus State Community College in 2018, I decided to take a chance and see if I could achieve this dream of mine.  Kent State was a very easy choice to make because it was in-state and at the time was ranked #3 nationally for the top fashion design program. I tou...

Michael Bice served as a senior executive of academic medical centers and large healthcare systems for over 25 years. During that time, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Florida College of Public Health where the Dean of the College was Robert Frank, later appointed Provost at Kent State University. Frank hoped to establish a master’s degree in health administration at Kent and tapped Bice for the job of creating it. After much research and discussions with major health employers in Northeast Ohio, it was determined that the area was already well supplied with M.H.A. programs. B...

Kent State University on Friday renewed and expanded its relationship with Dewey International University in Battambang, Cambodia, opening a pathway for Dewey students to obtain a Kent State degree.  Kent State first formed a partnership with Dewey in 2018. That agreement was up for renewal, and the new version includes an expanded relationship, which spells out a 2+2 pathway for Dewey students to obtain a Kent State degree.  Under the new agreement, Dewey students who complete two years of their coursework at Dewey will then be eligible to transfer to Kent State to comple...