Diverse Kent State

LaTisha Culler Commencement

Through many challenges, this non-traditional student persisted in pursuing her dream of earning a degree from Kent State. 

Kent State Today
Judy Devine: Equity Champion

Judy Devine has been called the matriarch of Kent State University athletics.  

Lamar Hylton singing before the Kent vs. Akron men's basketball game

Lamar R. Hylton sang at the start of Friday night's men's basketball game at Kent State's Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. 

Ramona Hood, president and CEO of FedEx Custom Critical, speaks to students

Ramona Hood, the first Black female president and CEO of a FedEx operating company, spoke at the School of Media and Journalism to Kent State’s Public Relations Student Society of America and an array of College of Communication and Information students, staff and faculty about her experiences and wisdom.

Joshua R. Beacom, playing at the DI Hub

A student from Kent State's School of Music provided the soundtrack for Tuesday's Kent State Farmers' Market. 

Q & A at the SMC's "Body and Soul" event

Monday's event at the Student Multicultural Center provided cultural comfort food and good counsel.

Wheelchair Basketball Championship Game 2023

On Saturday, Kent State hosted Adaptive Sports Ohio's Wheelchair Basketball Championship. 

Amoaba Gooden

One of the leaders of Kent State University’s Anti-Racism Task Force is reflecting on the group’s success with an eye to the past. 

“The accomplishments of the task force are really grounded in the historic work of the Department of Africana Studies, Black United Students and many others,” said Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, who heads the task force. 

Sandra Morgan stands near a replica of her grandfather's invention at the Western Reserve Historical Society

A Kent State administrator has a connection to a famous inventor. 

Elizabeth Smith-Pryor unboxing Urban League documents

A researcher unboxed the history of local Urban Leagues in Kent State's University Library.