Some of the nine Kent State University students who were studying at the Paris American Academy are returning home today, and others are expected to travel home tomorrow. A few are staying longer in Europe for various personal reasons. Kent State’s Office of Global Education remains in contact with all the students to support their needs, including providing counseling services.   Currently, none of the students are interested in speaking with the media. # # # Media Contacts:    Eric Mansfield, emansfie@kent.edu, 330-672-2797 Emily Vincent, evincen2@kent.edu, 330-672-85...

Several Kent State University students who were studying at the Paris American Academy in Paris are currently on their way home after an explosion occurred  in the building where the academy is located on Wednesday. Some of the students have decided to stay in Europe. The nine students had been there since June 1, and were due to come home at the end of the month. None of the students were in the building when the explosion occurred. Kent State Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley spoke to WJW-Fox 8 about the explosion.    ...

Kent State Vice President, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Randale L. Richmond has named Jessica O'Donnell as the seventh head softball coach in program history. ...

In 1972, 10 Kent State architecture students accompanied by faculty members traveled to Florence, Italy, to study for a few weeks. They didn’t have a building for classes or a formal academic program to guide them. No Kent State University faculty or staff members lived in the city. Yet, the impact of learning in the birthplace of the Renaissance was undeniable. Perhaps without realizing it, these students and their professors set in motion an illustrious Kent State tradition of studying abroad in Florence that would endure and flourish in the decades to come.The programming was initially gear...

An explosion occurred today in a building in Paris, France, that housed the Paris American Academy, where nine Kent State University students, plus faculty and staff are located. All Kent State students have now been accounted for and are safe. News reports indicate a gas leak may be to blame for a blast that sent more than two dozen people to the hospital.  The building is in the fifth arrondissement in the Latin Quarter on the Left Bank of the River Seine. News outlets have reported approximately 24 people have been injured and additional buildings caught fire in the blaze. The fi...

UPDATE: All nine Kent State students at the American Academy in Paris are safe and have been accounted for.  Kent State University is aware of an explosion that happened today (Wednesday)  in Paris, France. The explosion occurred in the fifth arrondissement in the Latin Quarter on the Left Bank of the River Seine.  Kent State does have students at the Paris American Academy, where the explosion is believed to have originated. The university currently has about nine students, plus faculty and staff located at the Academy. We are currently contacting students and faculty the...