Community Impact

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded Kent State University with its platinum-level award for Encouraging Environmental Excellence.  Kent State was one of 48 companies, schools or organizations in the state honored by the Ohio EPA for taking exceptional measures to protect Ohio’s environment and for continued c...

On Saturday, Sept. 23, in observance of National Public Lands Day, students from Kent State University's Recreation, Park and Tourism Management program and the Environmental and Conservation Biology program joined other volunteers in planting trees in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Professors in Kent State's Recreation, Park an...

The famous Rock on Front Campus of Kent State University's Kent Campus has moved three times.  First, the seven-ton, granite boulder, formed deep within the Earth, was pushed to the surface and then deposited in what would eventually become North America and the City of Kent by a glacier about 10,000 to 15,000 years ago. Then, in 1...

Students, faculty and staff are all invited to participate in a fun, one-mile walk around Kent State’s Kent Campus on Friday, Sept. 22, while learning about university wellness resources. At the start of the walk, participants will receive a ticket for collecting stamps at several stops along the route. These locations will offer op...

Vitalant is having a blood drive from 1-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20 and Thursday, Sept. 21 at Kent State University. Donation stations will be set up in the seminar rooms of the Beverly J. Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center on the Kent Campus.  Your donation helps in two ways. Vitalant supplies blood and ...

The 2023-2024 season of the Kent State Farmers' Market kicks off on the Student Green on Sept. 19 from 4-7 p.m. The university has partnered with Haymaker Farmers' Market to bring a farmers' market to the Kent Campus. The Kent State Farmers' Market provides students with opportunities to learn about the local farming community, select f...

Golden Flashes rang the Victory Bell after defeating the Central Connecticut Blue Devils 38-10 in Kent State University's home opener at Dix Stadium. The decisive win marked the first win as a head coach for Kent State's Kenni Burns. Next week, the Flashes close out the non-conference season with a night game at Fresno State. Kick-o...

The Kent State University literary community gathered on Sept. 14 under crisp blue skies to remember one of Kent's most beloved teachers, the late poet Maj Ragain. “Maj wrote poems to, for and about this town, this home of his in Kent,” said David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center in his remarks at the dedication. “His poems g...

Parenting students have an entirely different experience on campus. Financial concerns, scheduling and access to childcare are just some of the issues parents on campus have to contend with.  Kent State University’s Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAVS) is providing a new resource for parenting students who are unable to lea...

This recently discovered photo of Jeffrey Miller is part of "Snapshots in Time: The Lives of Four Students" exhibition on display at the Kent State University May 4 Visitors Center.  Miller was one of the four students killed on May 4, 1970, on the Kent Campus. He is the fallen student who Mary Ann Vecchio is kneeling nea...