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First-Gen Week 2022

Â鶹´«Ã½ will celebrate its first-generation students this week with a series of events and programs to spotlight and encourage current students who will be the first in their families to earn a bachelor’s degree. 

T-shirts made by Kent State students displayed on a clothesline

Kent State’s Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services provided survivors of sexual or relationship violence the opportunity to heal by sharing their stories in a unique, visible way.

Pictured from Kent State's College of Nursing, are: Tracey Motter, associate dean of Academics; Kay Gianantonio, 2018-2020 Jonas Scholar; Nicole Lewis, 2020-2022 Jonas Scholar recipient; and Lisa Onesko, professor and director of the DNP Program.

Two-time Â鶹´«Ã½ alumna and current Doctor of Nursing Practice student Nicole K. Lewis, MSN ‘20,  was selected by Jonas Philanthropies, a leading national philanthropic funder of graduate nursing education, as a 2020-2022 Jonas Scholar Award Recipient.

Kent State Students at LaunchNET event

Young entrepreneurs are able to pursue their dreams thanks to LaunchNET microgrants at Â鶹´«Ã½.

Matthew Williams and his fashion collections

Imagine making a dress out of LEGO dots. Matthew Williams, a junior fashion design major at Kent State, is doing just that.

Student studying near sculpture installation on campus.

You're never far from a piece of art on the Kent Campus. 

Vote With Flash

President Diacon is encouraging all students to do what Flash can't. 

Get out and vote!

Election day is just one week away. 

Kent State Vice President Valoree Vargo, presents alumnus Earl Miller with the Founders Award, In appreciation for his $2 million commitment to Kent State, with Michael Lehman, director of Kent State's Brain Health Research Institute.

Â鶹´«Ã½ alumnus Earl Miller, Ph.D., a leading cognitive neuroscientist, and his wife Marlene Wicherski were recognized at the university’s 10th Annual Neuroscience Symposium, for their $2 million commitment to support research programs and students in Kent State’s Brain Health Research Institute. 

Quintin Cooks

From student-athlete to student government to homecoming royalty, Quintin Cooks, senior communication studies major, is breaking barriers and getting the most out of his college experience.

PR Student Izzy Stewart Registering Students to Vote

Some Kent State students who are first time voters expressed excitement as they hurried to class or the library on Oct. 31, 2022, a week before the midterm elections. Other students said they were voting, but they had not registered to vote before the deadline in Ohio which was Oct. 11, 2022, for the Nov. 8, election.