In the yearly collaboration to celebrate Constitution Day, Kent State University Libraries and the Honors College co-hosted a Constitution Day event on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. Accomplished New York attorney and Kent State Honors College alumnus Lloyd De Vos presented a keynote entitled “Equal Justice – Under Law – For All.” De Vos highlighted the U.S. Constitution’s impact on our government, his personal experience as a plaintiff before the Supreme Court, and his ideas and opinions on a living Constitution. Following De Vos’ keynote, he answered several questions regarding current events ...
Sophomore zoology major, Kylee Welter, from Norwalk, took advantage of a nice, fall day to take her cats on a walk around campus. When they are not on leashes, the cats (from left to right) Luca (gray), Liberty (black) and Azula (orange), ride in an enclosed stroller. ...
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
Kent State University faculty and staff members can purchase discounted tickets to the Wagon Wheel football game against Akron on Oct. 22. Pre-ordering faculty/staff tickets can save employees 40% compared to purchasing tickets at the gate. This discount is good for all home football games and other select sports. To receive this discount, log in to the main Ticket Office home page using your university email and you will see the “KSU Faculty/Staff” ticket option for the relevant events. Kent State University faculty and staff members receive a discounted pre-sale “Advance...
College of the Arts
The School of Theatre and Dance is pleased to share that Assistant Professor of Dance, Ambre Emory-Maier, will serve as the Movement Director in collaboration with Kent State University's Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona in the creation and performance of "What We Learned While Alone: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic." About the Production In March 2021, the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, and the University of Arizona Poetry Center, Tucson, Arizona, launched the interactive website for the Global Vaccine Poem project, inv...
Throughout Claire’s high school years, First Star Kent State Academy college access program for youth in foster care has provided her with life skills, career exploration, social and cultural activities and moral support. Now Claire is a first-year student at Kent State, majoring in psychology. Although she lives on the Kent Campus and is no longer in foster care, she continues to be under the Purple Umbrella Network, First Star’s newest support resource for youth transitioning out of foster care. Claire is one of the first two First Star Kent State Academy high school gradu...
In advance of Kent State's fall break, sunlight and leaves created a golden pathway for Flashes walking near Eastway Center. Kent State's 2022 Fall Break begins Thursday, Oct. 13 and runs through Sunday, Oct. 16. The university first added a fall break to its academic calendar in fall 2018. ...
October 11 is National Coming Out Day. It is a significant and emotional day for the LGBTQ+ community across the country and at Kent State. It is also the day the Kent State LGBTQ+ Center unveils its “Flashes of Pride” poster, which shows the names, faces, majors and class years of some members of the Kent State LGBTQ+ community, along with their pronouns and how they identify. October is LGBTQ History Month, but the annual unveiling of the poster on Oct. 11, National Coming Out Day, is intentional. For some of the students included in the pos...
Division of University Communications and Marketing
Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Flash! Happy birthday to you! Our beloved mascot Flash the Eagle turned 37 on Oct. 12. Flash felt all the love as the Kent State community sent birthday wishes via mail and social media. Kent State’s social media team posted a video of Flash celebrating by visiting his mailbox and finding it full of birthday cards from fans and fellow Golden Flashes! Check out the video here: View this post on Instagram ...