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Kent State men's basketball team

As Kent State's men's basketball team prepares to tip off its 2023-2024 season on Monday, Nov. 6, against Malone University at home in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, the Golden Flashes look to some family connections to help propel this year’s team. 

A Marching Golden Flash, Flash the Mascot and "Super Fan" at Dix Stadium during the Homecoming game

Everyone was at Dix Stadium to cheer for our Golden Flashes at Kent State's Homecoming celebration last weekend.

Students in 1985 creating the egg that Flash, the university's new mascot, would hatch of out at Homecoming.

On Flash the Mascot's 38th birthday, we ask the question: Which came first, Flash or the egg?

Flash the Mascot being served a piece of his birthday cake by a student 2023

Everybody's heard about the bird! Oct. 12 is Flash's 38th birthday!

Football players ringing the Victory Bell on September 16, 2023.

The Golden Flashes football team celebrated a win over the Central Connecticut Blue Devils this weekend at Dix Stadium.

Sunrise over Dix Stadium

Dix Stadium is ready to host the first home game of the season for Golden Flashes football.

Students discovering downtown Kent.

The first "Flashes First Thursday" welcomes students to experience the shopping, dining, music and more that make downtown Kent a fun place to visit.

Kent State student athletes with children at Davey Elementary Carnival

Kent State student athletes connect with the community in many ways.

The 2022 Kent State men's basketball "blackout" game vs. Ohio University.

Fans at tonight's "blackout" game can enjoy Mid-American Conference basketball vs. Ball State, plus a pre-game presentation about electric vehicles and sustainability and an EV car show.

Kent State Professor Joseph Oritz with two electric vehicles in a parking lot near the DI Hub.

Kent State professor Joseph Ortiz explores the future of the EV and what these vehicles really mean to students' futures.