Foremost authority on LGBTQ+ higher education measures safety, inclusiveness and resources on campuses for LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff For a third consecutive year, Kent State University has been selected as one the nation’s top universities for LGBTQ+ students for creating a safe, welcoming environment for students, faculty and staff, according to Campus Pride, a leading resource for LGBTQ+ leadership development, diversity inclusion and advocacy within higher education. Kent State joins only one other Ohio university on the 2022 list of 40 four-year institutions named to C...
Design Innovation is excited to welcome Sarah McMahon as our new Outreach Program Officer! Sarah will develop and implement our 'un-course' program activities, including the DI HUB Orientation, DI collaborative workshops and other challenge-based events. Sarah is an artist and educator from Northeast Ohio who earned her MFA in Textiles from Kent State University School of Art, where she continued teaching in weaving and surface design. She has shown her work both regionally and nationally, receiving the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award in 2021. As a teaching artist, she ha...
The Ohio State Highway Patrol released the following information following a hit-and-run accident on Aug. 22, 2022, that killed Colin Vinh Pho, a Kent State student. Please review this information and contact police if you have any information that can help locate the driver of the vehicle. For Immediate Release: August 23, 2022 Contact: Lieutenant S. Louive (330) 297-1441 Patrol seeks public assistance in locating vehicle and driver involved in fatal crash in Franklin Township RAVENNA – The Ravenna Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal ...
"We are all part of one community now. A big, wonderful Kent State community." With a backdrop of strobe lights, rock music and excitement, Kent State President Todd Diacon kicked off the start of the 2022 Fall Semester by encouraging new students to lean on one another during the university's traditional convocation ceremony. New students packed the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center for the event that included speakers and giveaways ahead of the first full day of classes on Aug. 25. Diacon encouraged students to engage not just with each other but also with unive...
Dear Kent State University Faculty and Staff, Welcome back from what I hope has been a great summer of rest and rejuvenation heading into the fall semester. I just enjoyed one of the best weekends of the entire year by welcoming thousands of incoming students and their parents during move-in and congratulating our new graduates at Saturday’s commencement ceremonies. For me, it doesn’t get better than that. Now, as our fall classes are set to begin later this week, I invite each of you to take part in a new monthly live video chat, Talking with Todd, where I’ll shar...