Everyone matters! Please consider participating in the university’s self-identification process. This process helps Kent State University understand the composition of our diversified workforce and improve accessibility, veteran representation, and disability inclusion. Additionally, this will assist Kent State to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment and advancement initiatives related to the federal contractor compliance programs for veterans and individuals with disabilities.Between now and Oct. 31, access the confidential self-identification link through Flashline using the instruction...
Civic and Community Engagement
Civic and Community Engagement empowers students to build community, develop community-focused leadership skills, and create positive change. Our programs focus on service, community-based leadership, and civic empowerment.
Leadership
Leadership is not only about being in a position of leadership. It is knowing how to follow, how to work with a team, listen, and much more; being a leader is a responsibility.
Employers find great value in employees with well-developed communication, listening, teamwork, problem-solving, organizing, and planning skills. The programs offered in the Pepsi Leadership Center are designed to complement and enhance your academic experiences while developing essential leadership skills.
Kent State University at Tuscarawas Honors Program student Markus Beachy is combining academic excellence with a passion for understanding the human experience as he pursues a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology.Beachy, a junior, is deeply interested in understanding human behavior and emotional healing. His studies focus on psychology, literature and trauma recovery—areas that allow him to explore both the science and the stories behind how people grow through adversity.“I love people and walking with them during painful seasons,” Beachy said. “Therapy has been incredibly helpful in my own ...
The Quiet Holds Us
October 22 at 6 PM
The John & Fonda Elliot DI Faculty Fellows Event Series with Kayon Hall, Ph.D.
What does it mean to feel at home—in your body, your quiet, your joy? Join us for the first installment of The Quiet Holds US, a story series exploring interiority through the voices of Black immigrants. In this opening session, CHIMI reflects on memory, migration, and the rituals that ground her. Through sound, story, and stillness, we are invited into her world: a quiet archive of feeling, care, and imagination.
Welcome to Flash Focus! In this series, we introduce you to fascinating student Flashes from all walks of life.Meet Derrick Tindimwebwa, a sophomore construction management major from Kampala, Uganda, whose family ties and fascination with building led him to Kent State University.At a young age, Tindimwebwa helped his father create makeshift structures for farm animals.“Back home, I was always fascinated with buildings and how structures worked,” Tindimwebwa told Kent State Today.Tindimwebwa’s father, a farmer in Uganda, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Florida, where he met a friend, An...
