Student Life

Fork in the Road Food Truck on the Student Green

Grab lunch on Wednesdays at one of the food trucks parked on the Student Green.

Kent State Today
Students at the construction management job fair

Finding an internship doesn’t have to be hard. Students in the Construction Management Student Organization at Kent State University helped make job-searching easier for their peers. 

MEDCAMP attendees

Every year, the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) organizes an impactful three-day program known as MEDCAMP, aimed at nurturing young minds interested in pursuing a career in the medical field. This year, thanks to a new scholarship program, a group of 16 Kent State University students registered to attend the program and 14 attended the camp from July 6-8, free of charge, and got hands-on experience and insights into the world of medicine.

President Diacon at move in

Watch President Diacon as he learns what dorm living is all about. 

Flu clinic at the Kent Student Center

Kent State is working to help everyone get prepared for this year's flu season. 

Kent State Today
A composition of a tapestry, students dancing, and a professor talking to students

A combination of powerful art, reflective dance and historical courage are meant to connect and inspire a new generation of heroes. The art exhibition Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein takes residence at Kent State this fall. 

Dana Oleskiewicz, second from right, a doctoral student in cultural foundations, learns at a reconciliation village in Rwanda.

Kent State's Kigali Summer Institute transforms students into better peacemakers.

Daily Kent Stater Headlines

Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, started out as a typical day at the Daily Kent Stater. Reporters were preparing for their daily assignments. Editors were planning their daily meetings. But, by the time Daily Kent Stater staff got to the newsroom on Tuesday, they were faced with just one story: a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center.  

Anthony Scilla

Kent State junior Anthony Scilla was on his way across campus Dec. 2, 2022, when his Reporting professor Jacqueline Marino messaged the class saying Student Media needed all the help they could get. A massive fire had broken out at Star of the West Milling Co. building on N. Water Street in Kent, and they needed reporters and photographers to cover it.

Student working with the laser cutter in the DI Hub Reactor

On three days this week, participants can create desk organizers using the laser cutters in DI Hub Reactor.