Distinctive Kent State

Thursday was “KSU at CIFF night” and a group of Kent State faculty and students attended a screening of “Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities” at Cleveland’s historic Allen Theatre on Playhouse Square. Among those attending were Kent State President Todd Diacon and Dana White, associate professor in the Kent State’s School of Media ...

This spread in the 1983 Chestnut Burr yearbook provides a glimpse of how Kent State students celebrated Valentine's Day 40 years ago. Some sweethearts attended the "Valentine's Cabaret." The caption on these pages reads: "Touch dancing is not dead at KSU. It was alive and well at the Valentine's Cabaret held at the Student Center B...

The Kent State Opera Theatre’s annual fall production, "Sceneworks: A Sampling From 400 Years of Opera" will have performances Nov. 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. The producers promise "From Monteverdi to Mozart mixed with Gretel (and Hansel) to Gondoliers, there will be something for everyone!"  For more...

On November 2, students and faculty from 20 area high schools came to Kent State for Gay Lesbian Straight Education Networks (GLSEN) Northeast Ohio’s 15th Annual Fall Conference. It’s the seventh consecutive time that Kent State has hosted the conference.   This year’s theme was “LGBTQ+ Trailblazers” and sessions during the...

Bright sunshine, blue skies and explosions of fall colors frame the John Elliot Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, home of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) on the Kent Campus.  ...

From high in the sky, a drone captured this image of early morning fog that makes the Kent Campus look very much like a town on the coast, perhaps somewhere in New England or the Pacific Northwest.   ...

An internet search for “Kent State ghost stories” does not disappoint. A website called “Trip 101” lists Kent State University as one of its Top 10 most haunted places in Ohio.  There are tales of ghostly encounters all over campus with reported paranormal activity in locations including McGilvrey Hall, Van Campen Hall, Joh...