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![Kent State’s Center for Architecture and Environmental Design was named "Best in Class” for incorporating clay brick in its design. Kent State’s Center for Architecture and Environmental Design was named "Best in Class” for incorporating clay brick in its design.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-BrickAward-MAIN_0.jpg?VersionId=2iLr_wqCNcqmdWhlSL5EBCuTE8e.HAFm&h=e6f36a9c&itok=2U43Luj1)
The 2017 Brick in Architecture Awards named Kent State University’s Center for Architecture and Environmental Design as “Best in Class” for the Educational (Higher Education) category.
![Kent State University students file into Dix Stadium for their Commencement ceremony this past May. Kent State has been selected as a recipient of the 2017 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. HEED photo](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/PHOTOLEAD-HEED.jpg?VersionId=ogjklk88ZzvwrWTvSyq87gcIMsk61bpC&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Ic3KdJVB)
Kent State University’s commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive campus has received acknowledgement from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for a fifth consecutive year.
![Kent State University students make their way to the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus. Kent State University students make their way to the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/video-ISB2.jpg?VersionId=UOHEw_xAL5T1HAq3E8BHX9ZxzsnsMLh6&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Q041iQsm)
The Kent State University community gathered to celebrate the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art Integrated Sciences Building on Sept. 15.
![Kent State University's newly renovated Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center will hold its grand reopening celebration on Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m. Kent State University's newly renovated Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center will hold its grand reopening celebration on Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 4 to 6 p.m.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-LGBTQ1.jpg?VersionId=80hk2UzKdvK25BSus5E1JGbSW86DGNf1&h=e6f36a9c&itok=UOgxi0MN)
Kent State University will celebrate its newly renovated Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
![Photo by Bob Christy '95 Photo by Bob Christy '95](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/BOB_1477.jpg?VersionId=1mCxh1mgwCB6anBjaj.dIvW6YWvVp1KB&h=51a72048&itok=cAZFV0M9)