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Changes are coming to Rave, Kent State University’s Emergency Communication System, which is used to send Flash ALERTS as text messages when important information needs to be distributed in a timely fashion, such as during a safety crisis or weather emergency.  Previously, students, faculty and staff were able to opt in to Rave/Fla...

Juliana Buonaiuto, Undergraduate Student Government president, stated in her convocation speech this year that she got a lightning bolt tattoo during the first two weeks of her first year. “When I first got to campus in 2020, there was not a lot to do, but I met these two girls, and they just really wanted to get tattoos,” Buonaiuto sai...

October is Kent State University’s Mental Health Awareness Month. Though the national health observance is in May, the university chooses October to promote mental health awareness as the need for mental health support on campus peaks during this time.    The goal behind making October Kent State’s Mental Health Aware...

“‘If Monday was a color, she’d be red...’” Kent State University senior communication studies major Jaelyn Brown’s voice echoed across the room as she read from her selected banned book, “Monday’s Not Coming” by Tiffany D. Jackson.     With the anticipation of each reader that followed, the room fell silent, eager to s...

Kent State University leadership and donors known as the Renaissance Scholars Society will gather to commemorate 50 years of education abroad in Florence, Italy, during the first week of October. Kent State first brought students to study in Florence in 1972 when a dozen architecture students arrived in the city with their faculty leader f...

Many people do not know what they want to be when they grow up. For Kent State University alumna Reilly Berk, the answer came early. “It was nice for me knowing what I wanted to do at such a young age,” Berk told The Business Journal, which recently featured her and her family business. Berk serves as CEO of Berk Enterprises, an achi...

Stories of friendship and loss set against the backdrop of May 4 memorabilia and a ’60s soundtrack were the focal points of a listening party held Sept. 21 as part of “Snapshots in Time: The Lives of Four Students” held at the May 4 Visitors Center. The “Snapshots in Time” exhibition provides a more personalized remembrance of the four stu...

Growing up in Akron, Sarah Labovitz, D.M.A., was surrounded by music. Her dad sang to the radio. Her mom played guitar. Her siblings excelled in music. She excelled in music. With a lengthy list of accomplishments across numerous states, she recently returned to “the heart of it all” as the new director of the Hugh A. Glauser School of Mus...

Daisy Pops founder and alumna Amy Mucha spoke at the inaugural “LunchNET” event on Wednesday, Sept. 20, where Kent State University students were invited to have lunch and learn the secret to a local entrepreneur's success. Mucha graduated from Kent State in 2015 with a master's degree in education and a specialization in mathemati...

Sept. 21 is World Gratitude Day, a day dedicated to showing thanks and appreciation to the many different people in your life. While many people appreciate receiving gratitude, what they may not know is that expressing gratitude actually makes them feel better, too. Steven Toepfer, Ph.D., associate professor and the coordinator for ...