Student Life

“Always Ready, Always There” is the motto of the National Guard. In many ways, this describes Kent State University’s Center for Adult and Veteran Services, too. For the 14th consecutive year, Kent State has been designated a Military Friendly^Ⓡ School.

Ramona Hood, the first Black female president and CEO of a FedEx operating company, spoke at the School of Media and Journalism to Kent State’s Public Relations Student Society of America and an array of College of Communication and Information students, staff and faculty about her experiences and wisdom.

Exploratory students explore. University College’s Exploratory Lounge is designed to provide students with information about different majors at the university and to teach them about on-campus resources available to them. Or, students can drop in and just hang out.

This March, Kent State University is celebrating the 2023 Women’s History Month. The theme for 2023 is “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.”

A student from Kent State's School of Music provided the soundtrack for Tuesday's Kent State Farmers' Market. 

Monday's event at the Student Multicultural Center provided cultural comfort food and good counsel.

The sky is the limit for learning basic life skills. That is the lesson for several Columbiana County Rising Scholars involved in a project through NASA.

The first on-campus Farmers' Market of spring arrived on Tuesday in the DI Hub. 

Senior Brian Johnson traveled to Israel Jan. 3-13 with a group of 19 student leaders with the Student Leaders Trip to Israel sponsored by Hillel, a Jewish campus organization.

One of the leaders of Kent State University’s Anti-Racism Task Force is reflecting on the group’s success with an eye to the past. 

“The accomplishments of the task force are really grounded in the historic work of the Department of Africana Studies, Black United Students and many others,” said Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, who heads the task force.