Faculty, staff, students and visitors to Kent State University will no longer have to deal with orange barrels, detours and traffic delays on Summit Street. After more than two years of construction, the Summit Street: Building a Better Way Improvement Project is scheduled to be completed in time for the start of fall classes. Two-way traffic is scheduled to resume in the construction area on Aug. 15, weather permitting. The project, which was managed by the city of Kent, began in the spring of 2016 and made improvements to a one-mile stretch of roadway between Lincoln...
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KSU Kickoff, Kent State University’s four-day new student orientation, will take place from Aug. 19-22. Students can select from more than 50 different events from Sunday to Wednesday. KSU Kickoff helps students transition into the university community and learn about academic and social opportunities at Kent State. “KSU Kickoff is a great name for this start-of-school event, as our goal is to get students connected and plugged into our campus community right away,” says Josh Perkins, Kent State’s assistant director for Student Success Programs. “The KSU Kickoff event provides many dif...
The Kent State University alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. Kent State University will hold its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). The Kent Campus will confer 1,325 degrees, including 834 bachelor’s degrees, 410 master’s degrees, 68 doctoral degrees and 13 educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,487 students will graduate from Kent State this summer, including those recei...
The Kent State University alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. Kent State University will hold its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). The Kent Campus will confer 1,325 degrees, including 834 bachelor’s degrees, 410 master’s degrees, 68 doctoral degrees and 13 educational specialist degrees. Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,487 students will graduate from Kent State this summer, including those rec...
Academic advisors who go above and beyond in their roles help define students’ success, from enrollment to graduation. One such advisor is Courtney Miller, an academic advisor at Kent State University’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg. Ms. Miller was recently honored with the Dr. Terry Kuhn Distinguished Undergraduate Advising Award, which recognizes the outstanding contributions of an academic or faculty advisor who demonstrates a commitment to student success inside and outside the classroom. The award recognizes a distinguished advisor as one who fosters an empowering advising relatio...
From Michigan to Florida, Paris to Rome and more, Kent State University employees captured memories of some of the most interesting places, people and things from their local and international trips. e-Inside is sharing some of their photos in this final feature for 2018. Please note that photo submissions are no longer being accepted. Pratim Datta, Ph.D., College of Business Administration, shot this photo in Masai Mara, Kenya. He says, "A lion pride had just made a kill in the African savannah and the feeding was frenzied. Unable to secure a bite after some...
Kent State University at Geauga has a long-standing tradition of a Dean’s Advisory Board. The members of this board give of their time and talents to advise & connect Dean Spalsbury and her staff for the betterment of our students. Recently they went one-step further by giving of their treasures as well. They established the Kent State University Geauga and Regional Academic Center, Advisory Board Scholarship. “The scholarship will be for one student from the Burton campus and one student at the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg,” said Rich Frenchie, volunteer Advisory Board chair.&...
There are a few guaranteed things in Geauga County. Like it will snow, probably a lot, maple sugaring is a holiday here, and the Great Geauga County Fair is a Labor Day weekend tradition. This year Kent State University at Geauga will be hosting a pre-fair tailgate on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at the Burton campus. We are inviting current KSU at Geauga students and ALL KSU alums that live in Geauga County to join us from 11a.m. – 1p.m. at the Burton Campus for close parking, burgers and dogs, fun games, a visit from Flash the mascot, some great photo ops AND a FREE ticket to t...
Two days and 50 miles. That is how long it will take kayakers to paddle the Cuyahoga River from Kent State University to Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative for the 5th annual Crooked River Commute. The event is intended to promote the river as a shared asset for education, recreation, and sustainability. The kayakers will leave from Heritage Park in Kent on Friday, Aug. 10, and celebrate their return to Cleveland by paddling into the Cleveland Flats neighborhood on Saturday, Aug. 11. The flotilla of 18 kayakers is expected to arrive at the Cleveland Metroparks Merwin...