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Kent State Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports

Kent State University has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.

Tags: University News, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Awards and Honors, Success Story

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University, Student Leaders Reflect on Whether George Floyd Protests Will Spur Sustained Change

University and student leaders share their personal insights into America's current unrest and whether protests will lead to lasting change. 

Tags: University News, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Black United Students, Featured Story

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Tayjua Hines, president of Kent State's Black United Students, speaking at a George Floyd protest in Kent.

Opinion: Now Is the Time to Speak Up, Use Your Platform and Enact Change

Tayjua Hines, president of Black United Students at Kent State, shares this student perspective about racism in our country and says now is the time to enact change.

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Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., interim vice president of the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Opinion: Diversity of Protests Offers Renewed Commitment to Social Justice Advocacy

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., Kent State's interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and chair and associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, offers her insights in current unrest in America.

Tags: University News, Black United Students

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Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Opinion: Addressing Racial Injustice Is in the Interest of All Americans, Says Neil Cooper, Ph.D., Director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, says civil disturbances of the kind witnessed since the death of George Floyd represent moments of opportunity for societies.

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Cleveland Police Patrolman Kevin Jones is captured shedding a tear by Kent State photography student Sylvia Lorson.

Journalism Student's Photograph Gaining National Attention

A Kent State University student is gaining recognition for a photo she took that captures an African American Cleveland police officer shedding a tear as he came face to face with demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Police custody.

Tags: University News, Community & Society, Featured Story

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Members of Kent State University's Undergraduate Student Government Painted "Flashes Take Care of Flashes" on the Rock on Front Campus.

Kent State Emergency Grant Fund Helps Students With Basic Needs

The Kent State Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.

Tags: University News, Division of Enrollment Management, Division of Institutional Advancement, COVID-19 HUB, Success Story

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Kent State women’s basketball players and graduating seniors Ali Poole, Sydney Brinlee and Megan Carter smile with their caps and gowns. (Photo credit: Scott Galvin)

Kent State Student-Athletes Complete Record-Setting Spring Term in Classroom

Kent State University student-athletes conquered the unprecedented challenge of completing the final months of the spring term via remote classes by posting the highest term grade point average (3.563) in athletics department history. All 17 programs posted a term GPA of 3.1 or better with 14 setting a new term record.

Tags: University News, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Student Success

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Daffodils bloom by a Kent State University sign.

Kent State Increases Need-Based Aid, Maintains Same Tuition for Continuing Students

Kent State University is committed to making a college education affordable for all students and their families. Over the last two years, Kent State has dedicated an additional $2 million for need-based aid. 

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