Our Mission
The Division of Student Life provides student-focused opportunities to positively enhance students’ lives through advocacy, support, engagement, and inclusion.
Our Vision
To lead the nation in transformational experiences that propel our students’ current and future success through exploration and engagement.
Advocacy, Support, & Wellbeing
ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, & WELLBEING
For universities to be student-ready, awareness of student wellness as a part of a holistic experience is paramount. For students to achieve academically, developmentally, and socially, Kent State University must prioritize the accessibility of physical health, mental health, and ethical maturation. We exist to serve students in these capacities so that student growth may be imagined, sought, maintained, and advanced. In addition to advocacy, support, and well-being, this pillar emphasizes each campuses’ collaboration, accountability, crisis management, risk reduction, and education.
Student Engagement & Services
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT & SERVICES
Our services provide support to students and contribute to the student experience outside of the classroom. Dining and Housing support sustenance, shelter, and programming. Our services should provide comfort and be seamless, co-curricular, and available. We foster positive relationships with our academic partners complement the core mission of the university. We are here for you.
Equity, Identity, & Success
EQUITY, IDENTITY, & SUCCESS
We are equity-minded leaders who provide targeted support and advocacy and create an inclusive environment with services, spaces, and programs to aid in the retention and success of underrepresented students and the cultural intelligence of all students, staff, and faculty.
Student Life Administration
STUDENT LIFE ADMINISTRATION
We are student-ready leaders committed to quality care, ethical practice, and responsible stewardship across the Division of Student Life. We do so by providing critical support to all divisional units in the areas of healthcare and education, fiscal management and budgeting, technology, assessment and strategic planning. Student Life Administration also manages these functions at a comprehensive divisional level. Collectively, these efforts amplify the division’s capacity to drive transformative change at individual, organizational, and institutional levels.
