Community Impact

Earth Fest 2024

Kent State celebrated Earth Month with an exceptionally full schedule of events, not the least of which were the activities on campus surrounding the total solar eclipse!

Quintin Cooks

Kent State University graduate Quintin Cooks has been named the grand prize winner of the GO TEACH Dr Pepper Giveaway. 

American Legion Ruck March 2024

The Ruck for Pets and Vets saw participants march with full backpacks from Downtown Kent and through the university campus to finish at Dix Stadium. Items in the backpacks, and proceeds from the event, will assist in matching veterans and first responders with companion animals. 

Veterans Day 2024

Kent State University honored all who have served with Veterans Day Commemoration ceremonies Friday on the Kent Campus’ Student Green.

Kent State Today
Students hanging flyers on bulletin boards

As excitement builds for the upcoming event hosted by your student group, you plaster posters on lamp posts and the sides of campus buildings to promote it. While Kent State supports events created by student organizations, there is a right way and a right place to hang posters on campus.

Professor Dave Foster works with students

Kent State University understands the financial impact course materials have on students and is taking measures to reduce those costs to Golden Flashes. University Libraries hosted the 2024 Affordable Course Materials Summit, the fourth of its kind, aiming to promote the use of inexpensive course materials among faculty.  

Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs Diamond Anniversary

Kent State University awarded its first three doctoral degrees in 1964 and recently celebrated that anniversary at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center.

Kent State student and first-time voter

Kent State students – many of them first-time voters, were proud to go to the polls on Tuesday. 

Members of Kent State University Air Force and Army ROTC programs salute the American flag during the university’s 2023 Veterans Day Commemoration.

Kent State University invites all to pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces and attend the university’s annual Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Student Green on the Kent Campus. 

Zach Graves helps students understanding voting at event

Welcoming a multitude of perspectives, Kent State Votes and the students behind it rally for registration and information this election season. Meet two of the Kent State students instrumental in driving the voting engagement on campus.