Student Life

Flash Focus: Cheer Captains Addison Sharrow and Essence Holloway

Flash Focus: Cheer Co-Captains

Meet Addison Sharrow and Essence Holloway, the Kent State cheer team co-captains, combining their love of sport with their academics.

Tags: Profiles , Student Life , Sports , Flash Focus

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Flashes Vote Festival 2024

Pledges, Pastries and the President

The Flashes Vote Festival on Risman Plaza celebrated National Voter Registration Day, National Beignet Day and what Todd Diacon, president of Kent State University called "our civic duty." 

Tags: President Todd Diacon , Voting , Undergraduate Student Government , Community & Society , Student Life

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Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Creating Change Through Better Communication Skills

Kent State Today shares an interview with R. Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, who recently joined “Sound of Ideas” host Jenny Hamel to discuss the School of Peace and Conflict Studies and how this program can change students’ experiences both on and off campus during such a politically contentious time.

Tags: School of Peace and Conflict Studies , Community Impact , Student Life

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Medcamp Program

Students Experience Medical World Up Close at Medcamp Program

Each summer, the Northeast Ohio Medical University hosts MEDCAMP, a transformative three-day program designed to stimulate the interest of students in basic sciences and the field of medicine. 

Tags: Research & Science , Student Life

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Student studying at Risman Fountain

IN A FLASH: Back to Classes

It has only been a few weeks since the start of classes, but the buzz and hustle of fall semester is in full effect. 

Tags: Student Life , Fall Semester , Nationally Distinctive , In a Flash

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Flash Focus Lilly Kensicki

Flash Focus: Lilly Kensicki

Meet Lilly Kensicki, a mechatronics engineering technology major from Parma, Ohio. Think of the phrase “well-rounded student,” and you should think of Kensicki.  

Tags: Profiles , Student Life , Flash Focus

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9/11 Flags Memorial

Student Creates Moving Memorial to 9/11

A Kent State University student honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a display of 2,977 American flags on the campus student green this week.

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Community Impact

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Zombie Apocalypse 2024

How to Stop a Zombie Attack ... With a Marshmallow

The annual "Zombie Apocalypse" event, presented by Kent State Navigators early in the fall semester, offers a fun activity for students.

Tags: Student Organizations , Student Life , Fall Semester , Community & Society

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A member of the United Greek Council interacts with Mittie Davis Jones, a member of Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

United Greek Council Registers Voters on Campus

United Greek Council held a voter registration event in Risman Plaza this week. Members of Alpha Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. in Cleveland collaborated with the students.

Tags: University News , Student Life , Community & Society

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Voter Registration Event 2023

Grab a Beignet and Free T-Shirt at Sept. 17 Flashes Vote Fest

The Flashes Vote Festival on Sept. 17 on Risman Plaza is presented by Kent State Undergraduate Student Government as a fun way to engage student voters, share voting information, get Flashes registered to vote.

Tags: Elections , Voting , Undergraduate Student Government , Kent Student Center , Community Impact , Community & Society , Student Life , University News , President Todd Diacon , Intercollegiate Athletics , Town-Gown , downtown kent , City of Kent

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