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Kent State Gymnastics and Wrestling athletes paired with rose icons. Text overlaid that reads: Beauty & the Beast Enhanced Experience

Kent State Athletics is pleased to announce two upcoming events for kids and families. Beat the cold this January and join the Cheerleading and Dance teams on Jan. 20 for their Cheer and Dance Clinic, or support the Wrestling and Gymnastics teams on Jan. 29 at their "Beauty and the Beast"-themed enhanced experience.  Cheer and Dance Clinic Join the Kent State Cheerleading and Dance teams for a fun night of cheering, dancing and basketball! Kids ages 12 or younger are invited to spend the night with our spirit teams, learn some fun and exciting new routines and appear in a special ha...

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Faded picture of students walking in the Student Center with text overlay that reads Equal Access: Essential for some; useful for all

With sessions as early as Feb. 1, 2023, Equal Access trainings are now available for registration. Whether you’re new to accessibility or looking for a refresher, there’s something for you. Visit the Online Training Calendar and select “Equal Access” from the category dropdown bar to see all Spring 2023 selections. The Equal Access Cooperative was born in the hearts of Alison Haynes and Amanda Feaster. They envision it as an umbrella reaching across the Flashes Family, an umbrella bringing people together to enable fully equal access to higher education. To learn more about the Equal Acc...

President Diacon on campus with students

In the new video series "What's the Big Idea?", Â鶹´«Ă˝ President Todd Diacon travels around campus exploring research activity.  In Episode 2, Diacon talks with a student and an assistant professor from Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering about the research they are conducting involving birds, drones and the challenges in keeping them from colliding in the sky.  Take a ride with Diacon to find out more about their research.      Katie Horn is a sophomore aeronautics major, who participated in the...

WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? BIRDS AND DRONES

In the new video series "What's the Big Idea?", Â鶹´«Ă˝ President Todd Diacon travels around campus exploring research activity.  In Episode 2, Diacon talks with a student and an assistant professor from Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering about the research they are conducting involving birds, drones and the challenges in keeping them from colliding in the sky.  Take a ride with Diacon to find out more about their research.      Katie Horn is a sophomore aeronautics major, who participated ...

University Facilities Management

The 'Hole' Class

On a sunny, fall day, Kent State graduate student Korey Patterson, of Pittsburgh, was wearing a hard hat and safety glasses as he and other students stood near the edge of a large, open hole on the east side of the Aeronautics and Engineering building on the Kent Campus. Safety's important when class is conducted in the field, which in this case means traveling to the other side of campus.   The excavation is for the expansion of Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) building. The project broke ground on Oct. 1, 2021. A livestream of construction progr...

Lab Tour

We invite high school students and their families to visit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for Explore Kent Chemistry Day on Saturday, February 4, 2023 from 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. High school juniors and seniors come from all over Ohio and neighboring states for Explore Kent Chemistry Day! At Explore Kent Chemistry Day, our chemistry and biochemistry Faculty will discuss our curriculum, job prospects with our degrees and research opportunities available to undergraduates.  Current Kent State chemistry and biochemistry majors will provide insight into Ken...

Â鶹´«Ă˝ at Ashtabula will celebrate the fall graduating class of 2022 when it hold its 75th Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 at SPIRE in Geneva, Ohio, beginning at 7 p.m. Approximately 150 graduates will be recognized at the event, which will be the fourth Kent State Ashtabula ceremony held in SPIRE’s track and field building. Ashtabula native and graduating honors senior Justin Thompson will deliver the student address. “Commencement is a major milestone in the lives of our students,” said Interim Dean and Chief Administrative Officer R. William (Bill) Ay...

Happy Holidays from Kent State Stark

Happy Holidays from Â鶹´«Ă˝ at Stark! The campus will be closed for winter break Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, through Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.  Buildings and offices will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, during regular business hours. Everyone at Kent State Stark wishes you a joyous and healthy holiday season. ...

  The School of Peace and Conflict Studies is excited to share our latest news!  From Kent State Today: KENT STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES MASTER’S DEGREE IN PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES    The Â鶹´«Ă˝ Board of Trustees approved the establishment of a new master’s degree that will help meet two decades of sustained growth in the broad field of conflict studies. The new Peace and Conflict Studies major within the Master of Arts degree will be offered in person on the Kent Campus and will prepare students for careers as practitioners in the ...

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Drupal 9 Logo

Last week’s Faculty/Staff News Now publication made the university community aware of the fact that the year-long Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 project, undertaken by the web presence group in the Division of Information Technology, web team from the Division of University Communications and Marketing and our partner, One Origin, would wrap up this month. Project Update This weekend the project team flipped the switch for Kent State’s website so that it now lives in a Drupal 9 environment rather than a Drupal 7 instance.    While the project team hopes that 80-90% of the changes...

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