The Route to Retention—Multi-Year Retention Action Plan was developed out of our shared university commitment to Students First. Through this plan and the many other efforts of colleges, divisions and departments, the Retention Task Force (RTF) will continue to support our first-year Kent campus students return for their second year. The plan serves as a mechanism for aligning resources to implement innovative efforts to achieve our goal of an 85% retention rate. The Retention Task Force assessed policies, procedures, data, emerging practices, and other efforts to propose the recommendation...

​ Emma Lentz Designer of Flash Fuel When you fill your cup of coffee every morning from the Kent State University dining halls or reach for a new bag of coffee grounds in Rosie’s, have you ever stopped to think about where the Flash Fuel design came from? Emma Lentz, senior visual communication design major and multimedia designer for the marketing department of University Housing and Culinary Services, is responsible for the design. The Flash Fuel coffee project started in 2021 as a collaboration between University Housing and Culinary Services and Rooted Grounds Coffee Co., an Oh...

KENT, Ohio – Kent State University’s Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship has undergone the rigorous process to ensure the highest standards in business education. The College is among an elite group of institutions to achieve dual accreditation in business and accounting and was recently reaffirmed for accreditation by AACSB International. The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship is one of only 965 institutions across 60 countries and territories to earn AACSB accreditation. In addition, 194 institutions hold additional specialized AACSB...

ChatGPT is raising concerns on college campuses across the country. The free-to-use artificial intelligence (AI) writing software, backed by Microsoft, can produce written content in a matter of seconds with little human interaction. Several local news stations have been following the rise of the AI software, and have discussed its capabilities with Kent State University faculty, staff and students. Gretchen Hoak, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism, along with senior journalism major Chris Abreu and junior public relations major Katie Masko, spoke with News 5 Cleveland about the in...

“The Footsteps of Our Ancestors … the Legacy Continues” is the theme for this year’s Black History Month Celebration at Kent State University.  “Because we are the birthplace of Black History Month, it is so important to acknowledge it and celebrate it, not just during the month of February, but all year round,” said Ilianna Velez, assistant director of Kent State’s E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center, which is overseeing the planning of campus Black History Month events.  Velez said the theme was selected “to highlight and acknowledge that our ancestors paved the way...