In the weeks approaching commencement, graduating students have the option to obtain stoles, cords and pins from various areas on the Kent Campus. They can wear these during graduation to celebrate their identities and accomplishments. Near the graduation ceremony of spring 2023, Megan Burnett reached out to the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) to ask if the office had something she could use in her graduation. At that time, the office didn’t have something to offer her.Amanda Feaster, Ph.D., director of Student Accessibility Services, had been considering this idea for a while, and a...

  A first-generation college student is someone who is, or will will be, the first in their family to earn a bachelor’s degree. Kent State honored these students with “I AM FIRST Week” - and a schedule of events that included alumni and graduate student panels, educational workshops and the Kent State men’s basketball home opener game, which recognized first-generation students.   Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photos should be framed...