Community & Society
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With cooler weather ahead, students are enjoying the last days of summer on campus.
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Stroll around campus Friday afternoon with students, faculty and staff in a Kent State celebration of wellness.
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Sept. 21 is World Gratitude Day, a day dedicated to showing thanks and appreciation to the many different people in your life. While many people appreciate receiving gratitude, what they may not know is that expressing gratitude actually makes them feel better, too.
Kent State Today is following the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center as part of its "Year with a Flash" series.
![Students donating at a Vitalant blood drive Students donating at a Vitalant blood drive](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/220922-blood-drive_RD-00060.jpg?VersionId=bAEhLHC3wJDx6n8wdfhJhuVa_Cd99Kkb&itok=8bEi5AMb)
Vitalant will be holding a blood drive on the Kent Campus on Wednesday, Sept. 20 and Thursday, Sept. 21.
![Plant vendor at Farmers' Market on the Student Green Plant vendor at Farmers' Market on the Student Green](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/UCM_2139.jpg?VersionId=Z1MFQisj7EEKkQyMtG2D6hSRSJW7Nj6w&itok=4JFlZ1XE)
The Kent State Farmers' Markets begin on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
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In this post-pandemic world, remote work is one element that has hung on, but there are mixed emotions about it. Employees tend to like it, but some employers have concerns. Two professors who do research in this space weigh in on this discussion.
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Dix Stadium is ready to host the first home game of the season for Golden Flashes football.
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With midterm elections coming up Nov. 7 and the 2024 presidential election season in full swing, the Kent State University community is going to be inundated with political advertisements across print, radio, television and social media. Learning how to research issues and candidates and evaluate the information will be helpful to everyone this voting season.
![Jeffrey Miller April 1970 Jeffrey Miller, April 1970](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/376376552_325370763332827_7742981945157768486_n.jpg?VersionId=opDk8K.cyY.rSsio5kxH6uRruO5Jgig3&itok=aAyPZTft)
An exhibition at the May 4 Visitors Center will highlight the personalities of each of the four students who were killed on May 4.