POV shares insights from the Kent State University community on important topics. Craig Berger, associate director for Kent State University's Center for Student Involvement, recently shared how one student felt empowered to step out of her comfort zone to learn more about her future industry. Berger writes that her embrace of civic belonging not only provides evidence of how Golden Flashes gain confidence by taking risks, but also highlights the opportunity he and others have to inspire students to take charge of their lives and careers. There's a message we try to build into Kent State'...

Two Kent State University flight teams pushed through six of the nine legs of the 2026 Air Race Classic before a stretch of stubborn, unpredictable weather brought their race to an early end. The Air Race Classic is the longest-running all-women pilots’ cross-country race in the United States, and this year’s running marked its 49th annual competition.  The 2026 course spanned roughly 2,400 nautical miles, starting at St. Louis Regional Airport in East Alton, Illinois, and finishing at Mount Vernon Airport, also in Illinois. The route included stops in Kentucky, South Carolina, Georg...

University program coordinators face a constant challenge: finding high-quality, real-world environments where students can practice clinical skills while learning to collaborate across professional disciplines.During the Spring 2026 semester, administrators at Kent State’s Speech and Hearing Clinic in the College of Public Health and Health Sciences (PHHS) successfully solved this puzzle. By expanding its long-standing partnership with the University’s Child Development Center (CDC), coordinators at the Speech Language Pathology (SLP) program designed and executed an immersive, on-campus trai...