Workshops

Information Technology Welcome Tents

Visit the Information Technology Welcome Tents to get help with your tech and chat about all the services IT offers to help you be successful at Kent State! Visit our Technology Guidebook at https://techguide.kent.edu

Get the DIrt on the DI Hub

Join us at the Design Innovation Hub for a nostalgic adventure. Meet the Design Innovation and LaunchNET teams as you explore (and eat) your way through the building's labs and spaces while on a quest to recreate a childhood classic dessert: the dirt cup.

Bookstore Welcome Event

Join us for fun activities including a scavenger hunt, raffles, prizes, and more!

Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship Welcome Reception

Business students - we are so happy you are here and we are excited to meet you! Please join us for some treats and surprises outside of the first floor of the Business Administration Building (BSA). Have fun alongside your peers and our college's faculty and staff. Rain Location: Inside - 1st Floor of BSA

Choose Ohio First Welcome Reception

Join faculty and staff at this welcome reception for student recipients of the Choose Ohio First Scholarship. Light refreshments and food will be provided along with program information! https://www.kent.edu/chooseohio1st

Kicking off Fall 2022 with the College of Public Health!

Join the College of Public Health to meet your academic advisors, faculty, and Public Health Career Ambassadors. College representatives will be available to help students prepare for a successful start to their semester! Pizza and Grab and Go refreshments provided.

College of Public Health - Ice Cream Social

Join College of Public Health students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the start of the semester with game and prizes!

Arts and Sciences - Ice Cream with the Dean

Calling all Arts and Sciences' students! Join Dean Mandy Munro-Stasiuk and other college staff for a KSU Kickoff welcome event. All A&S students will receive a free t-shirt and Handel's ice cream.

Rain Location: Bowman Hall - 1st Floor

College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS) Welcome Event

You are invited to the College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS) Welcome Event. Join us to meet your classmates and administrators, find resources, ask questions, and win prizes!

Arts and Sciences & American Sign Language Living Learning Programs (LLP) Kickoff!

All members of the Arts and Sciences and American Sign Language (ASL) Living Learning Programs (LLP) are invited to attend our kickoff event! Come for prizes, snacks, meeting others, and fun games! 

Information Technology Welcome Tents

Visit the Information Technology Welcome Tents to get help with your tech and chat about all the services IT offers to help you be successful at Kent State! Visit our Technology Guidebook at https://techguide.kent.edu

Get the DIrt on the DI Hub

Join us at the Design Innovation Hub for a nostalgic adventure. Meet the Design Innovation and LaunchNET teams as you explore (and eat) your way through the building's labs and spaces while on a quest to recreate a childhood classic dessert: the dirt cup.

Bookstore Welcome Event

Join us for fun activities including a scavenger hunt, raffles, prizes, and more!

Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship Welcome Reception

Business students - we are so happy you are here and we are excited to meet you! Please join us for some treats and surprises outside of the first floor of the Business Administration Building (BSA). Have fun alongside your peers and our college's faculty and staff. Rain Location: Inside - 1st Floor of BSA

Choose Ohio First Welcome Reception

Join faculty and staff at this welcome reception for student recipients of the Choose Ohio First Scholarship. Light refreshments and food will be provided along with program information! https://www.kent.edu/chooseohio1st

Kicking off Fall 2022 with the College of Public Health!

Join the College of Public Health to meet your academic advisors, faculty, and Public Health Career Ambassadors. College representatives will be available to help students prepare for a successful start to their semester! Pizza and Grab and Go refreshments provided.

College of Public Health - Ice Cream Social

Join College of Public Health students, faculty, and staff to celebrate the start of the semester with game and prizes!

Arts and Sciences - Ice Cream with the Dean

Calling all Arts and Sciences' students! Join Dean Mandy Munro-Stasiuk and other college staff for a KSU Kickoff welcome event. All A&S students will receive a free t-shirt and Handel's ice cream.

Rain Location: Bowman Hall - 1st Floor

College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS) Welcome Event

You are invited to the College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS) Welcome Event. Join us to meet your classmates and administrators, find resources, ask questions, and win prizes!

Arts and Sciences & American Sign Language Living Learning Programs (LLP) Kickoff!

All members of the Arts and Sciences and American Sign Language (ASL) Living Learning Programs (LLP) are invited to attend our kickoff event! Come for prizes, snacks, meeting others, and fun games! 

Fashion Timeline
Fashion Timeline
Jun. 29, 2012

Palmer and Mull Galleries | Sara Hume, Curator
The “Fashion Timeline” showcases the Kent State University Museum’s world-class collection of historic fashions. Encompassing over two centuries of fashion history, this exhibition is designed to show the evolution of styles and silhouettes while contextualizing the pieces with relevant political, technological and cultural developments.

The Hepburn Style: Katharine and her Designers
Jun. 28, 2024

"The Hepburn Style: Katharine and her Designers" is now on display at the Kent State University Museum. Throughout the exhibition, you will see the elements of comfort, movement and proportion represented in Katharine Hepburn’s fashion choices and in the costumes she wore.

Exhibition Website
Exhibition: “Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson: Micro/Macro”
Jan. 24, 2025

The Kent State University Museum is pleased to announce its winter exhibition, “Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson: Micro/Macro,” a solo exhibition by Ohio-based artist, Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson. Consistent with the museum’s mission to showcase exceptional textile art and to inspire the next generation of artists, the exhibition includes over 30 large-scale works by Kent State alumna Jónsson.

The exhibition is curated by Sara Hume, Ph.D. and will be open to the public from Friday, January 24 through August 3, 2025. A public opening reception and artist talk will be held on Thursday, January 23 at 5 p.m. at the museum.

This exhibition is sponsored by Ken Robinson. The Kent State University Museum receives operating support through a sustainability grant from the Ohio Arts Council.

Colorful textile tapestry depicting the Madonna
Exhibition: John Paul Morabito: Madonna dei Femminellə
Mar. 21, 2025

The Kent State University Museum is pleased to announce its spring exhibition, “John Paul Morabito: Madonna dei Femminellə”, a solo exhibition by the head of the textiles program at Kent State University’s School of Art.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
Mar. 31, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
Apr. 07, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
Apr. 14, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Field of Dreams Exhibit
Apr. 21, 2025

Visit the CAED to see Laure Nolte's exhibit "Field of Dreams" on display from April 21 - August 21 in the Armstrong Gallery.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
Apr. 21, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
Apr. 28, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
Apr. 29, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
Apr. 30, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
May. 01, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Alan Canfora
ECHOES OF IMPACT: PRESENTING THE ALAN CANFORA COLLECTION - EXHIBIT
May. 02, 2025

Alan Canfora was one of nine students wounded on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on Kent State students during an anti-war protest on campus. Explore Canfora’s incredible collection of materials documenting his lifelong commitment to activism, advocacy and remembrance of those wounded and killed on May 4, 1970, including the large part he played in the May 4 Task Force (M4TF).
Curated by Savannah Gould, Special Collections Project Archivist, April 2025

https://www.library.kent.edu/events/day/2025-04-24/echoes-impact-presenting-ala…
Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
May. 02, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Teach Peace: The Life and Legacy of Jerry Lewis - Exhibit
May. 03, 2025

Jerry Lewis was professor of sociology at Kent State University from 1966 to 1996. He witnessed the May 4 shootings as a faculty marshal and dedicated much of his career to researching, memorializing, and lecturing about the events of May 4, 1970. This exhibit explores Lewis’ career as a teacher, academic, faculty marshal, collector and chronicler who was driven by his dedication to May 4 and passion for its preservation.

Candlelight Vigil
The Annual Candlelight Walk and Vigil
May. 03, 2025

This cornerstone of the commemoration began in 1971. There will be food before the Candlelight Walk on the Commons and in the Prentice Hall parking lot, and there will be an online signup for the Candlelight Vigil.

May 4th Author Event
May. 04, 2025

Authors: Barbara Child, Laura Davis, Rodney Dillman, Susan Erenrich, Tom Grace, David Hassler, Miriam Jackson, Peter Jedick, Neal Johnson, Donald Miller, Chera Thompson, and Paula Stone Tucker.

Come meet and remember with this year's authors.

May 4 Commemoration
May 4 Commemoration
May. 04, 2025

The campus community and visitors will gather at noon on the May 4 site at the Kent State Commons to commemorate the moment that gunfire erupted 55 years ago. The commemoration will include a performance, feature remarks from university students and administrators, the ringing of the Victory Bell and a moment of silence at 12:24 p.m.

The commemoration remembers those killed – Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder – and those wounded – Alan Canfora, John Cleary, Thomas Grace, Dean Kahler, Joseph Lewis, Donald Mackenzie, James Russell, Robert Stamps and Douglas Wrentmore – on May 4, 1970.

Music on the Commons will precede the commemoration at 11 a.m. and then follow at the end of the event.

Cuyahoga River Kayak Trip
May. 04, 2025

This trip will be held locally on the Cuyahoga River. We will meet at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (or you can meet us at Kramer Fields-just let us know ahead of time!) From there, we will paddle to Brust Park in Munroe Falls. We will then take the shuttle back to the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. A staff member will be with you on the water for the entire trip. The trip is 4.0 miles long, is beginner friendly, and no prior experience is needed.
Date & Time: Sunday, May 4 from 2 - 5 p.m.
Location: Cuyahoga River in downtown Kent - meet at the SRWC
Cost: $30

Online Registation Link
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