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We invite high school students and their families to visit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for Explore Kent Chemistry Day on Saturday, February 4, 2023 from 10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. High school juniors and seniors come from all over Ohio and neighboring states for Explore Kent Chemistry Day! At Explore Kent Chemistry Day, our chemistry and biochemistry Faculty will discuss our curriculum, job prospects with our degrees and research opportunities available to undergraduates.  Current Kent State chemistry and biochemistry majors will provide insight into Ken...

������ at Ashtabula will celebrate the fall graduating class of 2022 when it hold its 75th Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 at SPIRE in Geneva, Ohio, beginning at 7 p.m. Approximately 150 graduates will be recognized at the event, which will be the fourth Kent State Ashtabula ceremony held in SPIRE’s track and field building. Ashtabula native and graduating honors senior Justin Thompson will deliver the student address. “Commencement is a major milestone in the lives of our students,” said Interim Dean and Chief Administrative Officer R. William (Bill) Ay...

Happy Holidays from ������ at Stark! The campus will be closed for winter break Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, through Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.  Buildings and offices will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, during regular business hours. Everyone at Kent State Stark wishes you a joyous and healthy holiday season. ...

  The School of Peace and Conflict Studies is excited to share our latest news!  From Kent State Today: KENT STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVES MASTER’S DEGREE IN PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES    The ������ Board of Trustees approved the establishment of a new master’s degree that will help meet two decades of sustained growth in the broad field of conflict studies. The new Peace and Conflict Studies major within the Master of Arts degree will be offered in person on the Kent Campus and will prepare students for careers as practitioners in the ...

Last week’s Faculty/Staff News Now publication made the university community aware of the fact that the year-long Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 project, undertaken by the web presence group in the Division of Information Technology, web team from the Division of University Communications and Marketing and our partner, One Origin, would wrap up this month. Project Update This weekend the project team flipped the switch for Kent State’s website so that it now lives in a Drupal 9 environment rather than a Drupal 7 instance.    While the project team hopes that 80-90% of the changes...

The November/December issue of Ohio Magazine featuring the city of Kent as one of its Best Hometowns for 2022-2023 is now available online.   The Best Hometown honor recognizes Kent as a great place to live, work and visit. The magazine’s editors chose Kent for its vibrant downtown, strong campus-community connection and focus on supporting residents and students alike.  Kent is one of five cities to be selected as a Best Hometown for 2022-2023, along with Athens, Bellefontaine, Perrysburg and Versailles.  To determine this year’s honorees for Best Hometo...

On chilly, gray days like today, people can find a place that's warm and green in the greenhouse behind Cunningham Hall on the Kent Campus  The Herrick Conservatory is home to a large and diverse selection of plants, plus some fish and a couple of turtles. Highlights of the collection include a 30-year-old rubber tree, a strawberry guava tree, banana trees, flowering plants and vegetables, succulents, tropical varieties and even carnivorous plants. The conservatory is managed by Melissa Davis (pictured), horticultural facilities director. It&n...

Today's Kent State Farmers’ Market, taking place in the DI Hub from 4-7 p.m. will be the final on-campus farmers’ market of the 2022 season The Kent State Student Recreation and Wellness Center partnered with the Haymaker Farmers’ Market to bring this farmers’ market to campus. Other campus partners include the Office of Sustainability, the Kent CARES Center, Kent State Culinary Services/ Hospitality Management / Chefology and the Student Dietetic Association. In the warmer months, the market sets up on the Student Green near Ri...

Kent State is always engaged in giving back to the community. In light of the giving season, check out some of the incredible initiatives around campus that help those in need and find out how you can get involved.  CEL Stuff the Truck  The “Stuff the Truck” Food Drive, sponsored by Community Engaged Learning (CEL), demonstrates Kent State’s commitment to fighting hunger. Volunteers and caring community members came together to fill a truck with non-perishable food and toiletry items to be donated to a pantry run by Kent State’s Flashes Fighting Hunger. To learn more ...

Ohio universities offer sustainable ways to combat student food and housing insecurity BY:CHANTAL BROWN - NOVEMBER 21, 2022 4:55 AM View Article ...