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Forbes Ranks Kent State Nation’s Top University for Diversity Employment

Kent State University has the distinction of ranking among the top five companies nationwide in Forbes recent list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2019.

From Kent State to Beyoncé: Alumna Jade Novah Shares Her Journey Into Entertainment

Kent State University alumna Jade Novah, appeared in a 24-minute interview with YouTuber Terrell. Ms. Novah told Terrell about her time at Kent State before getting into the entertainment industry and eventually becoming a backup singer for Beyoncé.

Lunch & Learn: How Social Media Impacts Relationships

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Kent State Magazine: Beyond Business as Usual

Kent State University’s College of Business Administration—one of Ohio’s largest and fastest-growing business schools—offers unique, innovative programs that have heightened its national and international reputation. 

Campus Kitchen Keeps on Cooking

The Campus Kitchen at Kent State University is celebrating eight years of making an impact across campus and in the Kent community, annually turning 60,000 pounds of leftover food into 18,000 meals.

Kent State Receives Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant

The College of Public Health has received a $306,000 federal grant to be used for suicide prevention and to address other student mental health needs. The Grant will help to fund the project, More Aware, a collaboration among Student Affairs, University Health Services, Student Support Services, and other divisions across the university.

Kent State student team selected for competition.

TechHelp Service and Repair Center Reopens After Renovation

Over winter break, the Division of Information Technology, in cooperation with Residence Services, renovated the TechHelp Service and Rep

Professor Sheds Light on How the Government Shutdown Is Hurting the Field of Science

Kent State University Associate Professor of Geology Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., details her personal account of how the partial government shutdown is dramatically impacting her research and the research of others.

Presidential Search Committee Update

On behalf of the Presidential Search Committee, we would like to express our appreciation for your thoughtful input as we begin the active phase of our national search for Kent State’s next president. Through a series of open meetings and an online survey, we have received nearly 500 comments and suggestions articulating the strengths and characteristics you believe are most important in our next president.

Kent State Honors 2019 Diversity Award Recipients

Kent State University’s Director of Public Safety and Police Chief Dean Tondiglia was honored with the university’s 2019 Diversity Trailblazer Award for his years of promoting inclusion and diversity within public safety.

Kent State Robotics Team Places Third in NASA Robotics Mining Competition

From November 2017 to the day of the competition in May, the Kent State Robotics team spent months preparing for the competition held at the Kennedy Space Center. The competition is designed to mimic the procedure of having a robot on Mars if sent there by NASA. Along with 44 other university teams, the team worked together to design and construct a robot that is fashioned to mine simulated Martian terrain along with the gravel below it.