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The First Amendment of the US Constitution guarantees free speech.

Kent State University’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies and School of Communication Studies has organized a panel discussion to talk about free speech and protest on campus to educate students about their rights and responsibilities.

Chris Post, Ph.D., professor of geography at Kent State University at Stark, will serve as the 2024 speaker for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series, a part of the university's annual May 4 Commemoration events.

The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of Kent State University Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting “Developing and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at Kent State as this year’s selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon will be held on May 3.

April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the sun.

For three short minutes on April 8, our world stood still.

Poetry writing for the total solar eclipse.

An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center.

Eclipse totality with KSU lamp post.

Campus and community came together to share a once-in-a-lifetime event at Kent State University. 

The Kent State library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to Kent State University on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.

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Kent State mascot Flash wearing eclipse viewing glasses

Where will you be viewing the total solar eclipse, Golden Flashes?  Kent State has a complete schedule of eclipse-themed events and activities. 

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The Eclipse at Kent State 2024

The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!

Kent State gymnastics 2024

Kent State gymnasts reached new heights this semester as they sweep competitions and set new team records.

21 WFJM TV Anchors and Kent State alumnus Madison Tromler and Erin Simonek

Simonek and Tromler sat down with Kent State Today to talk about their experiences in the university’s journalism program and how it prepared them to hit the ground running within the first week on the job at 21 WFMJ-TV.