Paying for college can feel complicated. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as the FAFSA, is one of the most important steps students can take to see what financial aid may be available to them.The good news: You don't have to figure it out alone.Kent State University's Financial, Billing and Enrollment Center is available to help students and families navigate the financial aid process, from completing the FAFSA to understanding financial aid offers.Here's a simple guide to getting started.First: Know Which FAFSA You NeedYou complete a new FAFSA every year you want to ...

This November, Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center will host the inaugural Poets for Science Gathering, an international convening that will explore the connection between poetry and science. The gathering will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Poets for Science initiative, co-founded by poet Jane Hirshfield in partnership with the Wick Poetry Center for the 2017 March for Science. The three-day event, taking place Nov. 12-14, will bring together poets, scientists, educators, clinicians, students, environmental advocates, policymakers, artists and community members for readings...

  Kent State University graduate student, Erin Burke and her research mentor, Dr. John Gunstad, recently published a paper in Surgery for Obesity and Related Disease showing rapid improvement in cognitive function follows bariatric surgery. Specifically, memory and other cognitive abilities improved just 1 month post-operatively. This research adds to our understanding of the link between obesity and Alzheimer's disease. Congratulations to the SHIPP lab!...

Kent State continues preparing university websites and web content to meet accessibility requirements, with a compliance deadline of April 26, 2027. Faculty and staff who manage university webpages have already made important progress improving the accessibility of web content, including reducing, replacing and remediating PDFs. Departments are encouraged to continue reviewing and improving their website content throughout the fall semester to allow time to meet the deadline.One important area of this work is PDF accessibility. In-person PDF accessibility working sessions at the Kent Campus Li...