The first phase of the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project is almost complete. Work began nearly a year ago on the stretch of Summit Street from Fraternity Circle to just past Loop Road, and that section of the road is expected to be finished by mid-November.  The segment of the project being completed this year has many new features to make the road safer for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. Some of the notable new features are: A new traffic signal at Loop Road that has more capabilities to move traffic more efficiently A sidewalk from Fraternity Circle to W...

Join Kent State President Beverly Warren as she introduces Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, Ph.D., president of Effat University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al-Lail is this year's keynote speaker who will be kicking off Kent State's International Education Week. Al-Lail will speak Nov. 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva at 5 p.m. Prior to the event, President Warren and President Al-Lail will take part in a signing ceremony to establish a partnership between both universities. About Dr. Al-Lail Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail joined Effat University in 1998 and began her tenure as Preside...