Golden Flashes

Photo of a men's basketball player and a women's basketball player with a text overlay that reads: Faculty & Staff discounted season tickets

Faculty & Staff Receive Discounted Season Tickets

Kent State faculty and staff members can purchase discounted season tickets for the upcoming 2022-23 men's and women's basketball seasons. Discounted prices are $70 per season ticket for men's basketball ($85 regular price) and $45 per season ticket ($55 regular price) for women's basketball.

Tags: Golden Flashes , Mens Basketball , Women's Basketball

Faculty/Staff News Now

Corgi Races 2024

When the Corgis Took the Field

A Kent State staffer and her dog helped add excitement to the Golden Flashes football home opener with a fuzzy, fantastic halftime show. 

Tags: Kent State Athletics , Golden Flashes , Marching Golden Flashes , Football , Sports , Community & Society , University News , Division of Enrollment Management , College of Education, Health and Human Services

Kent State Today

FlashesForever Fest Spring 2024

IN A FLASH: Flashes Forever!

In early May, Kent State celebrated its soon-to-be alumni of the spring Class of 2024 with #FlashesForever Fest on the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade. 

Tags: Golden Flashes , Commencement , Spring Commencement , Spring Semester , Students First , Student Life

Kent State Today

Kent State vs. Notre Dame NCAA tournament

IN A FLASH: A Spectacular Season

A spectacular season led the Golden Flashes women's basketball team to a MAC Championship win and a trip to NCAA March Madness.

Tags: Sports , Women's Basketball , Golden Flashes , Nationally Distinctive , Mid American Conference , Kent State Athletics

Kent State Today

Women's Basketball 2024 MAC Champions

IN A FLASH: We Are the Champions!

In a decisive victory over the University of Buffalo Bulls (78-60) the Kent State Golden Flashes Women's basketball team won the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championship.

Tags: Mid American Conference , Golden Flashes , Women's Basketball , Nationally Distinctive , Kent State Athletics , Sports

Kent State Today

The parade of flags at International Night 2024

International Students Take Center Court

Tuesday's men's basketball game at home celebrated Kent State students from around the world with "International Night." 

Tags: Office of Global Education , Mens Basketball , Golden Flashes , Kent State Athletics , International Students

Kent State Today

Kent State softball player and Honors College student Emily Lippe at bat during a softball game.

Scoring Home Runs On and Off the Diamond

Emily Lippe, a junior nursing major at Kent State University, has challenged herself athletically and academically since an early age. Having taken advanced courses since she started school and playing softball since she was eight, Emily understands what it takes to have a student-athlete minds…

Tags: College of Nursing , women's softball , MAC , Golden Flashes , Department of Athletics , Honors College

Honors College

Honors College student and volleyball player Gracey Jarecke on the court while representing Kent State in a women's volleyball game.

Setting Up for Success

Gracey Jarecke, a senior from Denver, Colorado, hones her athletic skills as a defensive specialist for the Kent State  University women’s volleyball team. When she’s not making diving plays and serving aces, she focuses her time as a fashion design major with a minor in arts ent…

Tags: School of Fashion , College of the Arts , Honors College , MAC , Golden Flashes , Department of Athletics

Honors College

Honors College student and Division I gymnast, Kyndall Gilbert.

Balancing on the Beam at Kent State University

Kyndall Gilbert is a junior Honors College student studying biology and pre-medicine at Kent State.

Tags: Honors College , Sports , Title IX , STEM , pre-medicine , Biology , Golden Flashes , Kent State Athletics , athletics

Honors College

Honors College senior Morgan Bowers pitching during a Kent State women's softball game.

Pitching the Perfect Game

Morgan Bowers, a senior Honors College student from Whitehouse, Ohio, is nearing the end of “pitching” a perfect game. As an economics major with a minor in data analytics, Morgan will graduate a year early in the spring of 2022, having only attended Kent State University for three years to earn her…

Tags: Honors College , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , Department of Economics , Golden Flashes , softball , women's softball , Sports , Master’s Degrees

Honors College