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In his Fall 2024 Commencement address, ������ President Todd Diacon delivered a heartfelt and memorable message to the graduating class, blending personal experience with words of encouragement that resonated deeply with the 2,500 new graduates.

In a groundbreaking advancement for augmented reality technology, ������ researchers have developed a novel dual-sided transparent display that could revolutionize how we interact with digital information in everyday environments.

Senior Rebecca Stratton hopes to meld her love of natural science and research to her desire to communicate her work to those around her. Becoming bilingual is a necessity she says because “a communication-focused approach to science is the only way science can be worthwhile.”

A new partnership between the ������ Museum and the Fabric Pantry, a student-led organization dedicated to providing free fabric to Kent State students, offers students the resources they need while promoting environmentally responsible fashion practices.

The LGBTQ+ Center’s LGBTQ+ Emergency Fund has been helping members from the LGBTQ+ community with different financial crises encountered throughout their academic journeys since 2010. The main purpose of the fund is to ensure that students are able to overcome challenges they face and continue pursuing their education.

Eric Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of economics in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, says the most rewarding part of the job is knowing that he has impacted his students in some way. And now they've honored this impact with the Distinguished Teaching Award.  

Alumnus Evan Gildenblatt said ������’s peace and conflict studies program intially appealed to him because it was so broadly applicable to everyday life. Today, he uses the skills he learned while earning his Bachelor of Arts in Peace and Conflict Studies in his role as a judicial law clerk at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Cincinnati.

As the first light snow of the season fell on ������, the Student Center Ballroom radiated warmth and camaraderie during the International Cook-Off Competition. The event, part of International Education Week, brought together hundreds of students, faculty and staff to celebrate global flavors and cultural diversity.

Antonio Gates and James Harrison, two Golden Flashes alumni who took drastically different paths to professional football stardom, now find themselves a step closer to football immortality as semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.

Pratyusha Ghanta’s presentation "Stopping Lung Cancer in its Tracks" earned her third place in Kent State’s fall 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition.