College of Arts and Sciences

Religious and Spiritual Accommodations Allow Students Time to Celebrate Other Religious Holidays
Testing Your Faith Act (H.B. 353) was enacted in the Spring 2023 semester. In ordinance with this bill, Kent State University created a new administrative policy for religious and spiritual accommodations. This administrative policy allows students to report up to three days of unexcused absences to participate in religious holidays or community-held events in alignment with their spirituality.

Kent State English Professor Reflects on Authoring New Book
Jennifer MacLure's book, The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian Fiction, was released in hardcover and digital on Nov. 2. In this book, MacLure examines the works of authors George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens and William Morris through the lens of necroeconomics. This book examines, in MacLure's words, how Victorian authors "depict the feelings that circulate around capitalism's death function."

Got Writer's Block? Senior English Major Offers Some Helpful Tips

IN A FLASH: The Glow from the Grow
The greenhouses behind Cunningham Hall cast a warm glow at night.

I AM FIRST Celebration Kicks off on November 6

‘It’s a Celebration of Life’
The president of the Spanish and Latine Students Association shares the tradition of the Day of the Dead.

Scholars at Risk Network Helps Professors and Researchers Find Refuge and Continue Their Work

Kent State Welcomes Freshman Class of 2027

Graduate Student Enrollment Driving Increases in International Ranks
Large numbers of international graduate students are boosting enrollment of both international students and graduate students.
