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Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
Ashtabula, Columbiana, Summit and Tuscarawas counties, where Kent State operates several campuses and locations, recently moved into the “high” community level designation for COVID-19 as defined by the Centers for Disease…
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![Kent State University students enjoy a summer day at Risman Plaza outside the Kent Student Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Kent%20State%20University%20-%20Risman%20Plaza3_0.jpg?VersionId=GMCDBmiJDyOWX2bFFOpFRiId3rZTH1hu)
Kent State University is excited to be a part of the Ohio College Comeback Compact, an innovative program to help students who left college with debt but without a degree to continue their education. Kent State is collaborating with seven public colleges and universities in…
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![Kent State Police officer Vance Voyles](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/20220803_BC_220357_Voyles_017-Edit-2_0.jpg?VersionId=DR7P78YyMuHNaFsjpDBlkTqD4wlRObkR)
When he’s not working to keep the Kent Campus safe, police officer Vance Voyles can be found in the classroom where he works as an adjunct professor teaching Story for Film for the digital media production major in the School of Media and Journalism within the College of…
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![Dr. Dhruba Panthi works in his laboratory.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Panthi%20hero%20image_2.jpg?VersionId=YuLlABldOtO.bbZ1wZWYHhI1NIE5g8wm)
Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award. His research focuses on hydrogen fuel because its only byproduct is water, which is harmless to the…
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![Kent State University President Todd Diacon and others shared poems written for the recent publication “Dear Vaccine: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic,” at the book’s release party this spring.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/dear%20vaccine%20poetry%20reading4_3.jpg?VersionId=6..a7MZmnFKxGk6fL7eSoVOGzqUZrKfl)
Kent State University President Todd Diacon and others shared poems written for the recent publication “…
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"Roaring 20's" Bring New Styles and Social Rules. Women, in keeping with the fashions of the time, were wearing shorter skirts, bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, along with other sweeping changes.
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
This is a reminder that face coverings are now required indoors at these Kent State locations:
The Kent Campus
The College of Podiatric Medicine
The Cleveland Foot and Ankle Clinic
The Cleveland Urban Design…
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For the third consecutive term, the National League for Nursing (NLN) has designated Kent State University’s College of Nursing as a Center of Excellence in the category of Advancing the Science of Nursing Education. This new cycle of designation will extend from 2022-2026.
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
Portage and Cuyahoga counties, where Kent State’s Kent Campus, College of Podiatric Medicine, Cleveland Foot and Ankle Clinic and Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative are located, recently moved into the “high” community…
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![Kent State University’s Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement won 19 marketing and communications awards since the launch of the Forever Brighter comprehensive campaign.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Awards%20received%20by%20Kent%20State%27s%20Division%20of%20Philanthropy%20and%20Alumni%20Engagement_0.jpg?VersionId=0yHLWA_Jk_Zdym3r19v7tvv2NUawDx3h)
Kent State’s Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement launched the university’s most ambitious fundraising campaign, called Forever Brighter, last October, creating communications and fundraising materials that share the remarkable impact of alumni engagement and donor…