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The Division of People, Culture and Belonging wants to inform you of a minor change related to the last pay period of the calendar year that will be implemented in December 2024. For several years, employees who were paid semi-monthly received their paychecks early, typically the day before the winter break shutdown. We are now implementing a new consistent semi-month pay practice, meaning that the final paycheck for the calendar year will be on December 31. That means that employees paid semi-monthly will no longer receive their last paychecks of the year early. This change will not affe...

5X���� welcomed special guests to campus from Sept. 20-22 for its annual Parents and Families Appreciation Weekend. Each year, nearly 1,000 students and their families participate in activities that invite them to explore campus, make key connections with the people, departments and support services of Kent State – and to have fun.This year’s all-campus activities included the Black Squirrel Festival, a pep rally, games, technology demos, college open houses, a movie night and dining events, which included an Oktoberfest-themed dinner.  A Special Honors College Experie...

Kent State Today will be following a group of six Golden Flashes for the 2024-25 academic year chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group of students are at various places in their 5X���� academic careers and will share their experiences throughout the year as they take part in our distinctive programs, research and global experiences.Today, we kick off the series by introducing the group.   Dylan Buffum: An 18-year-old freshman exploratory major and track and field athlete from New York, Dylan Buffum chose Kent State f...

Welcome to Flash Focus! In this series, we introduce you to fascinating student Flashes from all walks of life. Meet Morgan Bedilion, a senior costume design technology and production major from Hartville, Ohio. With an educational background in the Miller South School for the Visual Arts and Akron School for the Arts at Firestone CLC, Bedilion considers herself an Akronite.Bedilion’s interest in historical fashion and previous interest in musical theater motivated her to change her major to costume design technology and production shortly after becoming a Golden Flash.“I immediately fell...

Numbers in the Honors College are growing again this year, with 693 first-year students in this fall’s class of 2028, exceeding last year’s count of 593 first-year students. With 23.8% of students traveling from out-of-state, 27 international students from 10 different countries, and 76.2% of students home-grown right here in Ohio, the Honors College is continuing to exceed expectations in enrollment. They’re not looking back anytime soon though -  this year’s class of first-year students has again broken the record for largest incoming class in the history of the Honors Co...