First Generation

Kent State Today
I AM FIRST Week 2024

"I Am First Week" at Kent State University honors the challenges and accomplishments of first-generation students.

First-year Honors College students gather for a class photo at the fall 2024 ice cream social outside of Stopher-Johnson Halls.

Numbers in the Honors College are growing again this year, with 693 first-year students in this fall’s class of 2028, exceeding last year’s count of 593 first-year students.