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DI Dining - serving station

Good Food on Campus: Creating Great Tastes and International Flavors

The DI Hub's executive chef wants to make sure every student gets what they want to eat - with a side of vegetables.

Tags: Students First, Student Life, University Culinary Services, DI Hub

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Fresh Fruit at DI Hub

Good Food on Campus: Daily Dining Options Are Guided By Student Needs

University Culinary Services is always listening and adapting to create nutritious, on-campus meal options for Kent State students to enjoy.

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Kent State's MAC Championship Men's basketball team.

Kent State Admissions Team Makes Transferring a Slam Dunk

Kent State University’s men’s basketball team goes by many names: Golden Flashes, Mid-American Conference champions, winners. 

But Ted McKown, senior associate director of admissions for transfer enrollment, would add “transfer students” to that list. 

Many of the players on this season’s winning team transferred to Kent State from other colleges, making them part of a group of about 1,200 students who, each year, find themselves at Kent State for a new stop on their educational journeys. 

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Sports

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Who Runs the World: Experiences of Gender, Race, and Power in Graduate School

Kent State Graduate College Asks ‘Who Runs the World?’

Women represent nearly 60% of students in graduate or professional degree programs; however, they are still a minority in certain STEM fields like engineering and computer science. The Graduate College celebrated women’s history month by tackling this tough topic head-on.

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Intramural Sports Basketball League Championships Spring 2023

IN A FLASH: Intramural Champs

Players and fans saw great gameplay at the Intramural Sports Basketball Championships this week. 

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Sports

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Ironwork going up in Crawford Hall construction.

IN A FLASH: Over the Fences

The framework of Crawford Hall has begun to rise from behind the construction fence. 

Tags: University News, Students First, Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship

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Woman smiling at her service dog

Kent State Offers Welcoming Environment for Service Animals

Kent State campuses are no stranger to service animals. With 32 service dogs currently registered across all campuses and student organizations that train future service dogs like Paws with a Cause, the Kent State community happily welcomes service animals.

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Community Impact

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Bent Tree Coffee Drink

Iced, Iced Baby

Want coffee? Good news. We visited seven coffee places in Kent and on the Kent Campus and discovered their most popular drink orders just for you.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Students First

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LaTisha Culler Commencement

LaTisha Culler’s Long Journey To Her Dream

Through many challenges, this non-traditional student persisted in pursuing her dream of earning a degree from Kent State. 

Tags: Students First, Community Impact, Community & Society, Kent State Works

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Roe Green, MA ’80, who will be awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters from Kent State University, is pictured in the lobby of the Roe Green Center for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State.

Alumna Roe Green to Receive Honorary Kent State University Doctoral Degree

The Kent State University Board of Trustees has approved awarding Roe Green, MA ’80, a Doctor of Humane Letters, an honorary degree recognizing her contributions to the university and her advocacy for the arts not only in Northeast Ohio, but also across the nation and around the world.

Tags: Arts & Culture, University News, Students First, Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, alumni-news,

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