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Community Impact

Veterans Day 2024

Â鶹´«Ã½ honored all who have served with Veterans Day Commemoration ceremonies Friday on the Kent Campus’ Student Green.

Kent State Today
Students hanging flyers on bulletin boards

As excitement builds for the upcoming event hosted by your student group, you plaster posters on lamp posts and the sides of campus buildings to promote it. While Kent State supports events created by student organizations, there is a right way and a right place to hang posters on campus.

Professor Dave Foster works with students

Â鶹´«Ã½ understands the financial impact course materials have on students and is taking measures to reduce those costs to Golden Flashes. University Libraries hosted the 2024 Affordable Course Materials Summit, the fourth of its kind, aiming to promote the use of inexpensive course materials among faculty.  

Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs Diamond Anniversary

Â鶹´«Ã½ awarded its first three doctoral degrees in 1964 and recently celebrated that anniversary at the Â鶹´«Ã½ Hotel and Conference Center.

Kent State student and first-time voter

Kent State students – many of them first-time voters, were proud to go to the polls on Tuesday. 

Members of Â鶹´«Ã½ Air Force and Army ROTC programs salute the American flag during the university’s 2023 Veterans Day Commemoration.

Â鶹´«Ã½ invites all to pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces and attend the university’s annual Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Student Green on the Kent Campus. 

Zach Graves helps students understanding voting at event

Welcoming a multitude of perspectives, Kent State Votes and the students behind it rally for registration and information this election season. Meet two of the Kent State students instrumental in driving the voting engagement on campus. 

Members of the Greater Cleveland LGBTQ+ research team and guest presenters pose for a group picture at the Oct. 19 community event. (Photo credit: Bridget Caswell)

The Greater Cleveland LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment findings are in. Led by Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s College of Public Health, in collaboration with 120 local organizations and nonprofits, this groundbreaking initiative marks a significant stride toward understanding and addressing the unmet needs of LGBTQ+ individuals across Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Lorain counties. 

Pumpkin in the Herrick Conservatory

There's a massive pumpkin inviting visitors to guess its weight inside the Herrick Conservatory. It's an annual tradition presented by student volunteers studying in the Department of Biological Sciences.