Student Life

Kent State University women’s golf team won its 19th straight Mid-American Conference (MAC) Women’s Golf Championship on April 23.

The No. 15 Kent State University women’s golf team won its 19th straight Mid-American Conference (MAC) Women’s Golf Championship.

Kent State University students make their way to their seats for their Commencement ceremony.

The One University Commencement Ceremony will take place Saturday, May 13, at 10 a.m. in Dix Stadium.

The design team of Ann Marie Elaban (left) and Kassidy Brillhart (right) are announced as winners of this year’s Rock the Runway fashion show.

Kent Student Center Programming, part of the Center for Student Involvement, hosted the 13th annual Rock the Runway.

International Society of Typographic Designers Student Assessment scheme in the MAC Center Annex

Eight School of Visual Communication Design (VCD) students were awarded membership to the prestigious International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD).

Twelve-year-old Jameson Payne attends a class at Kent State University’s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg.

In Ohio, most seventh graders are learning earth and space science, physical science and life science in a middle school classroom. But Jameson Payne is not like most kids his age. 

Kent State University junior Josh Looser received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.

Joshua Looser, a junior entrepreneurship major, received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.

Kent State transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

For Emily Grubb, all it took was looking through a magazine to decide where to go to college. A copy of Fusion magazine led Grubb to Kent State.

Pictured are hospitality management students from the Ashtabula and Kent campuses. They are (left to right) Jordan Manning, Meghan Simmons, Brooke Mihalick, Kaylee Madden, Brittany Hopkins, Katie Uterhark, Quintin Caponi, Chelsa Vogel and Brittany Pope.

The Kent State Club Managers Association of America student chapter received an award at the association's World Conference.

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Kent State transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, Kent State is home.

Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community, such as the student organization Trans*Fusion and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center. Transgender students also receive support from Kent State’s faculty, staff and administrators.