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Decorated door at DeWeese Health Center

On-campus flu vaccine clinics help keep Kent State students, faculty and staff healthy throughout the flu season. 

Revisions to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid are posing challenges for students and parents.

Kent State University officials are offering reassurance to students, prospective students and parents in the wake of Tuesday’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Education that the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA is facing yet another delay.

A collage-style face of a Black person, made of pieces of pictures of different Black individual's faces. Text that reads "Black History Month: Black Excellence in every aspect, shade and expression"

Kent State University has a roster of programmed events to celebrate Black excellence this February with the theme: Black excellence in every aspect, shade and expression, or ÀSE, a Yoruba term that represents the power that produces change. Kent State has a wide variety of events that aim to encompass and ignite the month with recognition and celebration

School of Media and Journalism
Students presenting their campaigns

The combination of a strong curriculum, real-world experience and a focus on networking allows Kent State University’s undergraduate public relations students to develop a strong foundation for their future careers.  

Students with terrariums

Students eagerly filed into the Kent Student Center on Jan. 23 for the Flash Activities Board’s winter terrarium event aimed to bring some greenery to students during the cold winter months. 

Senior fashion design majors Mackenzie Karsten and Daniella Byrnes review candidates during model tryouts at Kent State's School of Fashion

Students, faculty and alumni from Kent State University’s world-renowned School of Fashion will be sending some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio. 

Kent State Today
Flash Friday series graphic

Meet Maddie Goerl, a senior public relations major with a minor in public health at Kent State University from Mars, Pennsylvania.

Kent State Today
CAE professors host Popcorn with Professors

During the first full week of the spring semester, Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering provided two events for students, staff and faculty in the building to mingle and get to know each other, as a fun way to kick off the academic term.  

Revisions to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid are posing challenges for students and parents.

Filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is always challenging for students and their parents, but this year’s process may be even more daunting.