In The News
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Tuscarawas nursing student Andrew Loos will serve on the Profession Specific National Coordinators committee for mass COVID vaccination.
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Ashtabula associate professor Bryan Jones, Ph.D., is a finalist for the uniiversity's Distinguished Teaching Award.
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The Division of Enrollment Management welcomes Chris Dorsten to the Kent State community as University Registrar effective May 17.
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To ensure its students are not only coping, but succeeding, Kent State University at Trumbull is building on its mindfulness initiatives heading into this fall.
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To celebrate Get Fit Don't Sit Day, Employee Wellness encourages movement all week long. Join us as we get up and move during the week of May 3.
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The Glauser School of Music will launch the Kent State Youth Winds ensemble that will welcome eighth to 12th-grade students from around the region.
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This month-long challenge is designed to educate on the benefits of following a plant-based diet without eliminating all animal-based foods.
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Nineteen International Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement scholars were welcomed to the Kent Campus.
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Kent State Columbiana County campuses awarded $500 scholarships to two students from East Liverpool and Salem high schools.