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"Flashes to Florentines"
The annual "Flashes to Florentines" event is an opportunity for students to learn about the Florence Summer Institute. Faculty members will provide information about their courses as students explore their options for the summer. Pizza is provided.
The wave of the future is now. In response to the forces of inflation and technology, educators from Kent State University’s Geauga Campus are helping their students ride this wave by removing financial barriers to learning and broadening student success through increased access to free, online educational resources. “We know that a college education is increasingly expensive and that the cost of textbooks has risen 88% in the last decade. Not being able to afford textbooks is not an acceptable reason for a regional-campus student to not take a class or not pursue a degree,” says Molly M. M...
Experienced Learner 60+ (Formerly "Senior Guest") Application IBP
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Summer 2025
- This Application for the Senior Guest Program is closed. Late registrations cannot be accommodated.
Fall 2025 Registration: Important Dates
- Registration is open Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, at 10 a.m. through Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, at 5 p.m.
- The application link will be available Aug. 4.
- Fall classes begin Aug.
Fund Education Abroad
Find answers to your study abroad financial aid questions, including your funding options and initiating your next steps.
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View step-by-step tutorials to help you master tasks like applying for financial aid, searching for scholarships and completing your exit counseling.
Explore Gap Funding
Use gap funding to help cover the college expenses that grants, scholarships and loans may not fully address.
By 1994, Darrel "DJ" Jones had completed two years at Kent State University, but his education was abruptly interrupted by a 25-year prison sentence for a crime he committed at the age of 20. When Jones, of East Liverpool, was released from prison in 2019, he had a few courses under his belt, but no certifications or degree programs had been available in prison. After his release, a reentry program at Kent State at Trumbull gave him the opportunity to complete a bachelor’s degree in integrative studies in 2022. Now, Kent State has been awarded a new $900,000 Department of Jus...