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The ºÚÁÏÍø Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, in the Timothy D. Eippert Boardroom, Suite 412, at Crawford Hall on the Kent Campus.
More than 280 people attended the 2025 ITGA City & University Relations Conference, which kicked off at the Kent Student Center ballroom on June 4. Todd Kamenash, Kent State’s associate dean of students for conduct & community engagement, chaired the ITGA conference, which had the theme Communicate, Collaborate and Celebrate.
ºÚÁÏÍø has signed an agreement with Tashkent State University of Economics in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, to begin collaboration on a joint master’s degree in economics and other programs, as Kent State continues to expand its partnerships throughout Central Asia.
As the iconic Goodyear Blimp marks its 100th anniversary, ºÚÁÏÍø’s connection to aviation history is soaring to new heights. Three alumni of the university’s aeronautics program are among the aviators steering this American icon through its centennial celebration.
For all of her exemplary work, Theresa Yogi was recently awarded Kent State’s Distinguished Advising Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association. Of her 13-year career, Yogi has spent seven-and-a-half years at Kent State’s Honors College.
The roster of these current and former faculty assembled for Kent State's silver anniversary reads like the legend on a campus map, as so many in the 1935 photo had university buildings named for them.
In May, ºÚÁÏÍø observes two historic institutional anniversaries, the first is of their founding as a school and the second is of the college being established as a university.
ºÚÁÏÍø’s nationally distinctive Master of Public Health (MPH) program provides students interested in continuing their public health educational journey online with several options, including the MPH with concentrations in health policy and management or social and behavioral sciences, and the STEM-designated MPH in epidemiology. The program positively impacts current graduate students and alumni in different ways.
Three students who are members of the first cohort of the LeBron James Family Foundation I Promise program graduated from Kent State during the spring 2025 commencement.
Feelings of joy, excitement and achievement filled Kent State's Memorial Arena and Convocation Center as members of the university's Spring Class of 2025 walked the stage to receive their degrees.
What started as a simple conversation between a ºÚÁÏÍø School of Fashion student and the American head of the global luxury menswear and fabric brand Scabal touched off a series of events that will result in a group of rarely seen Salvador Dali paintings having their North American debut in Northeast Ohio on June 12.
Brother Rogério Renato Mateucci, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), delivered a deeply moving speech that challenged graduates to find meaning through courage and compassion.
In a moment that captures the spirit of academic achievement, Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., ºÚÁÏÍø's executive vice president and provost, delivered a powerful message to the Advanced Degree Class of 2025 – a message that goes far beyond traditional congratulations.
The ºÚÁÏÍø alumni family grew by more than 4,800 new graduates from its eight-campus system across Ohio following spring commencement ceremonies.
It's commencement time at Kent State! The university will welcomes more than 4,800 new graduates from the spring Class of 2025 in ceremonies on May 8, 9, 10 and 16.
ºÚÁÏÍø is celebrating its first group of graduates, with the university conferring 1,169 advanced degrees as part of its Spring 2025 commencement ceremonies.
The 20-Year Club Service Award is an annual distinction established in 1966 to honor classified and unclassified staff employees who have dedicated 20 years of continuous service to ºÚÁÏÍø.
The President’s Award of Distinction was created as a recognition program to reward staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements, service, leadership and dedication to Kent State in advancing the university’s strategic priorities and core values.
The Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award, the New Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award, and the 2025 Excellence in Research Mentoring Awards for graduates and undergraduates were recently announced.
Professors are more than educators; the connection they build in and beyond the classroom shapes the lives of students. To recognize the great professionals working at the university, the Distinguished Teaching Award and the Outstanding Teaching Award are given to Kent State educators for their remarkable achievements.