For any questions regarding KSU Kickoff, please contact the Center for Student Involvement at csi@kent.edu and/or 330-672-2480.
KSU Kickoff is a four-day welcome to your new home and introduction to your Kent State family. This is a celebration is the start of your first semester as a Golden Flash that runs from Thursday, August 15-Sunday, August 18.
Call or email the Center for Student Involvement at 330-672-2480 or csi@kent.edu, respectively. Additionally, if you see an individual in a KSU Kickoff Staff shirt, they can answer your questions too!
Go to the schedule on this app and look for events that say “Required” in the information about each event.
Yes. Most offices will be open during normal business hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Center for Student Involvement suite is located in 227 Kent Student Center.
Yes, check out the schedule in the app for all events for your college. See Dean’s Welcome below:
Friday, Aug. 18: 9:30 a.m.
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College |
Location |
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College of Architecture and Environmental Design |
214 Oscar Ritchie Hall |
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College of Aeronautics and Engineering |
177 Schwartz |
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College of Arts and Sciences |
Ballroom and Ballroom Balcony, Kent Student Center |
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College of The Arts |
Stump Theatre |
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Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship |
218 Kent Student Center |
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College of Communication and Information |
165 Center for Visual Arts |
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College of Education, Health and Human Services |
Cartwright Hall Auditorium 306 |
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College of Public Health |
231 Moulton Hall |
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College of Nursing |
Bowman 133 |
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University College |
Kiva |
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College of Applied and Technical Studies (AGD Majors) |
313 Kent Student Center |
You can connect with the Center for Student Involvement by calling 330-672-2480 or emailing csi@kent.edu. The CSI office, located in Suite 227 of the Kent Student Center is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. You can also follow CSI on Instagram @CSIKent.
KSU Kickoff has many required events for new first-year students. This includes students living on campus or commuting. New transfer students are strongly encouraged to attend KSU Kickoff events as well.
The DKS Mobile app will release content relevant to KSU Kickoff, including a full schedule of events. Events that are mandatory are marked as required. You will have an opportunity to create a personalized schedule in the DKS Mobile app.
Absolutely! All transfer students are encouraged to attend both general and transfer student-specific KSU Kickoff events.
Transfer students enrolled in Flashes 101 are invited to participate in Common Conversations during your first class meeting on Friday, August 16. (Check the KSU Kickoff event schedule for time and location).
Transfer students who are not enrolled in a Flashes 101 course are invited to participate in the Common Conversations shared experience with other transfer students. Please contact the office of Student Success Programs at newatKSU@kent.edu and/or 330-672-9292 if interested.
More information regarding KSU Kickoff events is available in the DKS Mobile App.
Commuter, off-campus and remote learning students are required to participate in KSU Kickoff.
Make sure to turn on notifications for the DKS Mobile app. We will make announcements via the app should any events be altered.
All locations are posted under each event in the DKS Mobile app and website. You can explore the campus map for specific locations.
