Student Life
Enhancing Students’ Leadership Skills
The new Leadership Certificate Program at Kent State focuses on enhancing students’ intrapersonal, interpersonal, and socially just leadership skills.
The program is a culminated experience of what the Pepsi Leadership Center offers. From workshops and annual institutes (Culture of Care Institute and Student Leadership Institute) to leadership classes for credit, the center holistically paired these with Kent State's Leadership Model and created a program that provides students with a comprehensive view of leadership.
Kent State’s ‘Hidden Gem’ Celebrates 25 Years
If you frequent the Â鶹´«Ã½ Library for Starbucks and studying, you may not have noticed you were within feet of one of the most important resources for students on campus. The Student Multimedia Studio on the first floor provides a space for high academics and creative play for students, faculty and staff.
Video: The Power of a Kind Gesture
Moving the ‘BUS’ Forward to Maintain its Strong Legacy, Honor its History
Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, one of Â鶹´«Ã½'s oldest student organizations, is working to maintain the legacy of the organization credited for starting the formal observance of February as Black History Month.
IN A FLASH: Record-Setting Victory at Home
The Kent State Golden Flashes gymnastics team posted a decisive win at home - capturing four event titles.
Advancing Kent State’s Core Values of Freedom of Expression, Respect and Kindness
Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s new series titled Dialogue and Difference: A New Understanding continues with upcoming programming for the university community. The next event, "Dialogue on Hatred: A Peacebuilder's Perspective," occurs on Feb. 22.
'The Most Effective Brands Tell A Story Over Time': Advertising Professor Reflects On Super Bowl Winners And Losers
Before Mike Jackson, ’78, returned to Â鶹´«Ã½ as a professional-in-residence, he worked for renowned brands like General Motors and Coors on advertising campaigns, including Super Bowl ads. Today, he teaches advertising in the School of Media and Journalism and is faculty advisor for the Kent State chapter of American Advertising Federation (AAF). Following Super Bowl LVIII, he provided insight into the advertising winners and losers for 2024.
‘This Is It’ Moment for Sustainable Fashion Visionary
Senior fashion design student Frances Brunner uses lessons from distinctive fashion program to make her mark.
Sister Circle Is Nationally Recognized
The student initiative, Sister Circle, recently won the gold for the category “Fraternity and Sorority Life, Leadership, Student Activities, Student Union, and related.†Sister Circle, housed under the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center (The Moore Center), supports the personal, social, cultural, and professional development of women of color at Â鶹´«Ã½.
Flash Friday: Virginia Doherty
Meet Virginia Doherty, a junior triple major of history, art history and economics with minors in marketing and ancient, medieval and renaissance studies from Pittsburgh.