President Todd Diacon

Flashes Vote Festival 2024

The Flashes Vote Festival on Risman Plaza celebrated National Voter Registration Day, National Beignet Day and what Todd Diacon, president of Kent State University called "our civic duty." 

Flashes Vote Festival 2024

Kent State University President Todd Diacon was an important part of this year's Flashes Vote Festival as he engaged students, distributed free Kent State Votes t-shirts and helped them get information about voting in the coming elections. 

Voter Registration Event 2023

The Flashes Vote Festival on Sept. 17 on Risman Plaza is presented by Kent State Undergraduate Student Government as a fun way to engage student voters, share voting information, get Flashes registered to vote.

A photo of protests on the Kent Campus from May 4, 1970, from “Photographs: Kent State University, by McGuire,” Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives

The lessons of Kent State should not go unremembered, President Todd Diacon writes in this opinion piece published in Inside Higher Ed.

Todd Diacon speaking at the celebration of life for Michael Schwartz

A celebration of life event was held today on the campus of Cleveland State University to honor the late Michael Schwartz, who was a past university president of Kent State and Cleveland State. 

President Todd Diacon Delivers Commencement Address May 13, 2023

“There is in Ohio, among some state elected officials, a growing ivory tower accusation being leveled against our state’s public universities and against, quite frankly, Kent State University,” President Todd Diacon said.

Todd Tries It

President Todd Diacon is in need of assistance to help catch up in his French class.

Vote With Flash

President Diacon is encouraging all students to do what Flash can't. 

Get out and vote!

Election day is just one week away. 

What's the Big Idea?

President Todd Diacon is on the move literally as part of his new video series called “What’s the Big Idea?”

President Diacon Talks Athletics Spending, Homecoming and More During Second 'Talking With Todd'