WHAT:
鶹ý will celebrate Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 1, with classic traditions such as the Bowman Cup 5K Race, Kiss on the K, Homecoming Parade and football game against the Akron Zips that kicks off at 3:30 p.m. This year’s Homecoming will feature Kent State alumnus Josh Cribbs, ’10, as the Parade Grand Marshal.
Homecoming 2016 also includes exciting changes and new events, including:
- New 10 a.m. parade time and watch location at the Rock along Main Street
- Welcome Home Party at 11 a.m. at the new Center for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement located at 350 S. Lincoln St.
- Blue and Gold Line campus tours from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. with five stops around campus
- Alumni tailgate at Dix Stadium starting at 1:30 p.m. at the tent outside the west gate entrance of Dix Stadium
- A flyover of a Boeing 757 operated by FedEx will occur before and after the national anthem at Dix Stadium
For more information about Kent State’s Homecoming 2016, including a full schedule of events, visit .
WHEN:
Saturday, Oct. 1
WHERE:
鶹ý
Kent, Ohio
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Media Contacts:
Joy Wesoloski, jforema3@kent.edu, 330-672-5368
Emily Vincent, evincen2@kent.edu, 330-672-8595
鶹ý will celebrate disAbility Awareness Month throughout the month of October with several events. The word disability is intentionally spelled with a lowercase letter d and a capital letter A to emphasize ability.
鶹ý President Lester A. Lefton has appointed Cleveland-area trial lawyer José C. Feliciano as the 2012-2013 President’s Ambassador. The President’s Ambassadorship, a one-year, part-time appointment beginning fall 2012, is designed to bring distinguished local minority professionals to share their professional knowledge and experience with the Kent State community.
Isabella Rodriguez, a third-grader at Walls Elementary in Kent and a member of 鶹ý’s Wick Poetry Center Writing Club, was a featured artist for the 77th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.
Bob Burford, marketing/external relations coordinator with University Communications and Marketing, and weekend announcer at WKSU, continues sharing experiences from his weight loss journey. In his third post on the Kent State Connects blog, Burford writes: