downtown kent
Kent State Today
![Hotel evening view Hotel evening view](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Evening%20Hotel%20Shot.jpg?VersionId=j2duiYwa2rBq2nj1DRlEkQtsFQbduapT&h=511b1a2e&itok=Y_8Anb8e)
The Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center is celebrating 10 years of being at the heart of a transformed downtown.
![Students discovering downtown Kent. Students discovering downtown Kent.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/KSU_3274.jpg?VersionId=6eianjSVoTYcxekVZgn4qPpjSICJM4xo&itok=U1724HCV)
The first "Flashes First Thursday" welcomes students to experience the shopping, dining, music and more that make downtown Kent a fun place to visit.
College of Communication & Information
![Image of downtown Kent ice skating rink](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/icerink_0.jpg?VersionId=5hUWJmNMOytKy2nz2.QS.9YlVOSxgNFD&h=e6f36a9c&itok=FlsqmtJU)
College of Arts & Sciences
![Kent State University Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown Kent that she helped to create.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Mapes.jpg?VersionId=lklDtq34oTEfNnX9URK3xWrheQpY88_A&h=ec98a0f6&itok=MPNbp_eG)
School of Media and Journalism