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Students forming the letter "K" on campus.

Hailing from 39 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., this freshman class also represents 31 countries, more than doubling the freshman international student population from the previous year.

Former Kent State female student-athletes pose for a picture before serving as this year’s Homecoming Parade Grand Marshals.

The Kent State University Golden Flashes family was marking milestones and making memories at Homecoming 2022, held Saturday, Oct. 1. Kent State alumni, students, parents, employees and community members donned their blue-and-gold gear and reunited for one of the university’s long-standing traditions.

Proclamation by Ohio Governor Mike Dewine and Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted next to photo of Michael Palmieri (left) and Chris Cooper

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted recently issued a joint proclamation recognizing the impact that employee-owned companies have on Ohio’s economy as well as the work of the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) based at Kent State University, which requested the proclamation. The OEOC has served as a nonprofit outreach center providing support, resources and assistance to businesses since 1987.

Defensive line coach, Colin Ferrell, helps wide receiver Dante Cephas come to a stop on the sidelines.

Kent State's Golden Flashes set records and extended their at-home winning streak to 11 games at Saturday's Homecoming game.

Kent Student Center is still the heartbeat of the campus

The Kent Student Center is approaching a major milestone, its 50th anniversary, having opened in January 1973 as the largest student union east of the Mississippi River and the sixth largest in the nation. 

Fashion Week 2022 at Kent State University NYC Fashion

Fashion students from Kent State and IFA Paris collaborated to present their first runway show during New York Fashion Week 2022.

Kent State University's 2022 Alumni Award Recipients

Sponsored by the Kent State University Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s highest alumni honors. Recipients are selected based on their exceptional professional and civic contributions and for their outstanding support of the university. The 2022 Alumni Award recipients include six alumni and one student.

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Former instructors and guest VIPs mingled at the Twinsburg Academic Center's 10th anniversary celebration.

Community leaders and visiting VIPs came together to celebrate the Twinsburg Academic Center's 10th anniversary. 

Ancient Cutleaf European Beech Tree Near The Williamson House.

A tree growing near the Kent State Women's Center is at least 200 years old. 

Benjamin Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, speaks at Kent State as part of its ongoing Brain Health Research Institute's Seminar Series.

Ben Campbell spoke on the topic of how the production of the DHEA/DHEAS and GLUD2 hormones plays a role in brain development in humans and other species, a process known as “adrenarche.”