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Kent State Debuts New TV Commercials

New commercials for Kent State University began airing on Sept. 12 as the university debuted a new television campaign. The new campaign builds on the university’s successful Experience for Life series that launched September 2010.

Centennial Campaign Concert Rocks Kent State

Sheryl Crow, O.A.R. and Los Lonely Boys performed at Kent State University’s Centennial Campaign Concert on Sept. 8. Held at Dix Stadium, the Centennial Campaign Concert served as a celebration of the conclusion of Kent State’s Centennial Campaign, a $250-million fundraising…

Kent State Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Kent State University’s Latino Networking Caucus (LNC) and the Spanish and Latino Student Association (SALSA) are presenting a diverse lineup of events for National Hispanic Heritage Month. This celebration is to recognize the contributions that Latinos and Hispanics have made…

Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg Opens

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Kent State University Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg took place on Sept. 12 at the center’s location at 2745 Creekside Drive in Twinsburg, Ohio. The event celebrated Kent State’s commitment to providing students with expanded pathways…

Kent State Gets Green Light for Historic Campus Transformation

At Kent State University, the phrase “four more years” has nothing to do with politics. It refers to the time frame for a physical transformation of the university’s Kent Campus that will be historic in size, scope and significance. That time frame became official today (Sept.…

Kent State Debuts New TV Commercials

New commercials for Kent State University begin airing today as the university debuts a new television campaign. The new campaign builds on the university’s successful “Experience for Life” series that launched September 2010.

Author of Summer Reading Book to Visit Kent State, Sept. 12

Wes Moore, author of Kent State University’s Summer Reading Program book The Other Wes Moore, will visit the Kent Campus on Sept. 12.

Kent State Will Hold Volunteer and Experiential Learning Fair on Sept. 13

Kent State University’s Office of Quality Initiatives and Curriculum will hold its Volunteer and Experiential Learning Fair on Thursday,Sept. 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kent Student Center.

Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is: Of Football and Family

Ask Golden Flashes Head Football Coach Darell Hazell what the key to a championship team is and he’ll sum it up in one word: “Family.”  He is referring to the family of nearly 100 football players, each of whom understands his role on the team and why it is…

Marking Suicide Prevention Week and Remembering 9/11

On the Kent State Connects faculty and staff blog, Associate Professor of Psychology Joel Hughes writes about suicide prevention to mark Suicide Prevention Week, and Video Production Supervisor Jon Jivan offers a soldier’s recollection of 9/11.
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