Community & Society

Students painting The Rock.

100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Happy Anniversary to The Rock!

For more than a century, "The Rock" on the Kent Campus has been a colorful canvas expressing the changing moods of the community.

Tags: The Rock, University News, Community Impact, Student Life, Community & Society

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Sound production student

Breaking Barriers, Barbie-Style

Kent State Media and Journalism assistant professor talks to WFMJ Youngstown’s “21 News at 5” about the opportunities for women in the film industry today, following the record-breaking success of woman-directed Barbie movie.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Community & Society, school of media and journalism

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Kent Campus in Fall

Flaunting Our Foliage

Kent State has been recognized for the 15th consecutive year with the Tree Campus Higher Education recognition (previously called the Tree Campus USA designation).

Tags: University News, Community & Society, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability, Nationally Distinctive

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July Preview KSU events were well attended.

Using Creativity and Innovation to Boost Student Applications

Kent State’s Office of Admissions is seeing its hard work, creativity and strategic planning pay off by way of increased engagement and an elevated level of interest in the university. 

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community & Society, Students First

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Main Street

East Main Street to Get a $25.5M Makeover

A federal grant will help restart a major improvement project for a highly trafficked area of downtown Kent. Changes to East Main Street will include wider sidewalks, bike and pedestrian paths and crossings, and two roundabouts.

Tags: Community & Society, Community Impact, Town-Gown

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Kent State Alumna Jennifer Schuller Named President of Lake Erie College

New Lake Erie College President Is a Kent State Alumna

Kent State alumna Jennifer N. Schuller has been named president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. She is the first woman to lead the institution in 75 years.

Tags: Community & Society, Kent State Works, Nationally Distinctive, alumni-news

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Students take part in the Stark County Summer Math Academy for high school students at the Kent State Stark Campus.

Math Camp for High Schoolers Seeks to Ready Future College Students for STEM Jobs in Ohio

Kent State-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.

  

 

Tags: Kent State Works, Research & Science, Community & Society, Students First, Community Impact

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Professor Karl Kosko shows a Kent-area public school teacher how to use a 3-D printer.

Creativity + Technology = Help for Math Teachers Here and Abroad

Teachers from northeast Ohio and from thousands of miles away in sub-Saharan Africa have been learning to create inexpensive math teaching tools thanks to the efforts of some Kent State University professors. 

Tags: Community & Society, Global Reach, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability

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Dog Days of Summer 2023

IN A FLASH: Four-Legged Flashes on Campus

Kent State canines and their human companions came to the Kent Campus for the Dog Days of Summer. 

Tags: Alumni, Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, Community Impact, Community & Society, University News, Police Services

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Kent State grad Josh Budd, teaches at Stow-Munroe Falls Schools

Honors College and Education Abroad Gave Kent State Grad Tools For Success

Honors College ranked high when graduate Josh Budd was deciding whether to attend Kent State because it offered him a challenging experience through its thesis programs and its education-abroad program. Studying abroad helped him develop more empathy and connection with people of backgrounds different from his own. 

Tags: University News, Community & Society, Honors College, Kent State Works

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