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For most of her life, Kent State junior visual communication design major Jasmine McCulley, has built her identity around community, the arts and competition, whether through The Touch of Gold Twirlers or competitive baton twirling. Sixteen years after she first picked up a baton, she will represent Team USA this August in Paris at the IBTF World Competition.
For many students at Kent State University, talking about mental health or wellness can feel intimidating. But for those who connect with Certified Peer Educators, those conversations often start with something simple: another student who understands.
When Yeshe Mulugeta arrived at Kent State University, she expected the transition to be challenging, but not overwhelming. Kent State’s Summer Advantage Program provides first-generation students with the award-winning support needed to overcome academic challenges and move forward with confidence. It helped turn things around for Mulugeta.
In early April, a video of the Kent State Golden Flashes football team went viral when they cheered on the Golden Flashes softball team at a doubleheader against Bowling Green.
Be the hero in someone's story. April 14 is Kent State's 24-hour Day of Giving, part of Flashes Give Back Week, a weeklong celebration of all the ways Golden Flashes support our blue and gold communities.
A beautiful, living sculpture changes with the seasons on Kent State University's historic front campus.
A 2024 graduate from Kent State University's School of Fashion shares an update about her life after Kent State and beginning her exciting career in New York City.
As the world watched NASA's Artemis II mission complete a historic journey around the moon and back, one Kent State University professor had a unique vantage point — decades of firsthand experience at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Half of the protected prairie surrounding Kent State University’s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on April 17 to allow for new growth during the summer season.
When disaster strikes: Students at Kent State University at Trumbull received real world disaster training through a partnership with a local hospital.
A short film co-directed by two Kent State University faculty members is eligible to submit to the Academy after winning Best Live Action Short Film at the Oscar-qualifying St. Louis Film Festival- and is now being featured at the Cleveland International Film Festival.
Meet Hannah Fletcher, a senior history major and anthropology minor, from Ravenna, Ohio. This history major thrives on creating powerful connections between visitors and the stories that shaped a generation.
U.S. News & World Report has named 20 Kent State University graduate programs among the nation’s best in its 2026 rankings, with seven programs placing in the top 100 nationally.
Kent State University is partnering with Osh State University in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, to help reduce rising cancer rates in the Central Asian nation.
Adorned in bright colors and eye-catching patterns, Adam Nathaniel Furman, a London-based artist and designer, took the stage at The John Elliot Center for Architecture and Environmental Design’s Cene Lecture Hall to deliver “Productive Exuberance,” a lecture spanning his creative career as part of Kent State’s 2025-2026 Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series.
Laurie Ann Moennich, Ph.D., didn't arrive at Kent State University planning to change healthcare. She came to study graphic design. But Kent State had a way of opening doors she didn't even know existed.
Kent State's Office of Global Education shared the international images captured by the winners of its 2025 Education Abroad Fall Photo/Video contest.
Ohio State Representative Derrick Hall recently visited the Kent State University Airport, where he received an informational tour of the facilities hosted by College of Aeronautics and Engineering Dean Christina Bloebaum, Ph.D.
A future Kent State University president and a past Kent State administrator were serving at universities in Dayton and Texas on May 4, 1970, and had to find ways to manage student protests in reaction to the shootings.
Kent State graduate Luana Johnson highlights how the American Academy partnership and the university's elite design labs provided the professional access needed to launch a global career.