Giving Tuesday is one of the most generous annual traditions at Kent State University.  Kent State extended the Forever Brighter campaign theme to this year’s theme of “Continuing the Golden Flash Legacy of Giving Back.”   Funds from the university community that prioritize student success, expand university initiatives, and build the future were selected to be featured. This year, the featured funds within the Division of Student Life include the CARES Basic Needs Student Fund, the LGBTQ+ Emergency Fund, and the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center (SMC) Emergency...

Kent State University students are expressing satisfaction with the results of the Nov. 7 election in Ohio. Longtime local voter advocate Barbara Hipsman Springer said that voter turnout in Portage County exceeded expectations. Voter turnout for Portage County overall was at 53%, said Hipsman Springer, who is a retired Kent State associate professor from the School of Media and Journalism. She said keeping the rolls updated is always a challenge as students graduate and move, but she was pleased with this year’s results. “This was a good turnout,” she said. Two major issues on the b...

Rad Tech students on the Salem Campus celebrated National Radiologic Technology Week with several activities and a luncheon. The week is traditionally observed in hospitals and healthcare facilities across the country to recognize the role of radiologic technology and radiation therapy professionals in partner care and healthcare safety and to commemorate the discovery of x-rays on Nov. 8, 1895, by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. One such activity was the quiz bowl competition, an annual event on the Salem Campus that helps showcase the knowledge base of the students as well as prepare the...

Kent State Today is following a group of Golden Flashes for the 2023-'24 academic year chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group includes students, faculty and administrators who are at different places on their Kent State University journey. When Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., decided to leave his job in his native Bangladesh to pursue his doctorate degree at an American university, his intention was to return to a job in the private sector upon graduation.  A new assistant professor in Kent State's Department of Computer Science, Hasan...