Students First
President Todd Diacon welcomed the Class of 2027 during a colorful and festive Convocation celebration, encouraging students to embrace the spirit of the university’s core values. A relatively new tradition on the Kent Campus, Convocation not only serves to get students excited for the start of their academic careers at Kent State but also to introduce the students to the deans and faculty for each of the university’s colleges.
Move-in days create excitement and emotion in everyone on campus, ahead of the start of fall classes next week.
The Kent State University alumni family grew by nearly 1,200 new graduates as the university held its summer commencement ceremonies. The accomplishments of the Summer Class of 2023 were recognized with outdoor commencement ceremonies on Aug. 19.
Kent State’s Office of Admissions is seeing its hard work, creativity and strategic planning pay off by way of increased engagement and an elevated level of interest in the university.
Kent State-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.
Kent State University is hosting 39 international graduate students for the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture.
Kent State University graduate Erik Gomez, who earned his bachelor’s degree in political science in May, spoke at Spring Commencement about his journey as a first-generation Latino-American student.
Every summer, the Kent Campus welcomes hundreds of high school students and their parents to discover Kent State at Preview KSU.
First-generation, non-traditional student Yalanda Cunningham knows that Kent State has her back. After graduating with her associate's degree from a community college in Kalamazoo, Cunningham decided to finish her bachelor’s degree at Kent State University. “I believe you can go so much further in your life,” Cunningham said, “if you had a solid background in education,” she said.
Kent State's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future.