Division of Student Affairs
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![Kent State Named One of the Nation’s Most LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities by Campus Pride](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/044LGBTQ_0.jpg?VersionId=cxYv.3ti4giC5LmepWjdx5ThNgi8og9P&h=f2fcf546&itok=mA5FvGb9)
Campus Pride has released its 2021 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list, and for the second time in two years, Kent State University has landed on it. Kent State is the only Ohio public university to make the 2021 list, and it again is the only school in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) to receive this recognition.
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![group photo of students](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/LGBTQ%2B%20Center%20students%20in%20parade.jpg?VersionId=gvBBzRSA8aM_YgzYRS771caUSRbp34AQ&h=deaec4b9&itok=rbONOTF7)
The Akron Pride Festival will take place on Saturday, Aug. 28, at Lock 3 Park in downtown Akron. Kent State’s LGBTQ+ Center will be sponsoring a free shuttle that will allow new and returning Kent State students to experience the event – some of them for the very first time.
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