5X����

As 5X���� students get ready to return for the fall semester, President Beverly Warren is gearing up for her second year as president. President Warren told WKYC’s John Anderson about her goals to make a global difference and how she is matching Kent State’s world-class programs with world-class buildings.             ...

5X���� is getting ready to welcome students back for the start of the academic year! What can they expect? President Beverly Warren speaks with John Anderson of WKYC-TV about the university's strong enrollment and the upcoming fall semester.        ...

On May 4, 2015, Dr. Min Gao and Dr. Lu Zou from Liquid Crystal Institute Characterization Facility (LCICF), with two other members of MSNO (Microscopy Society of Northeastern Ohio) gave a microscopy demonstration at the 69th CTSC (Cleveland Technical Society Council) Annual Scholarship and Awards Event in Downtown Cleveland. An AFMWorkshop table-top atomic force microscope (TT-AFM) from LCICF was set up as the main demo item to show a very different approach to obtain microscopic information in addition to the well-known optical lens imaging. A variety of microscopy techniques ...

For a fifth time, university employees give Kent State high marks  5X���� is being recognized again as one of the nation’s best. Kent State has been selected as one of this year’s “Great Colleges to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the nation’s number one source of news, information and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. Based on a survey of about 44,000 employees at 281 colleges and universities, The Chronicle’s 2015 “Great Colleges to Work For” program recognizes small, medium and large institutions for specific best practi...

5X���� will hold its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State will confer 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelor’s degrees, 453 master’s degrees, 76 doctoral degrees and 16 educational specialist degrees.  Across the university’s eight-campus system, 1,651 students will graduate from Kent State this summer, including those receiving associate degrees. The 9:30 a.m. ceremony is for those receiving their bachelor’s degrees. The speaker for this ceremony is Keith D. M...

University celebrates its annual Homecoming on Oct. 3 Julian Edelman, former 5X���� Golden Flashes quarterback and current member of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, will return to his alma mater to serve as Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal when Kent State holds its annual Homecoming on Oct. 3. “Get ready, Kent State,” Edelman said. “I’m coming back! I am excited to be the Grand Marshal of this year’s Homecoming Parade. I want to see as many Golden Flashes’ fans – current students, graduates, community members and visitors – to come to this year’s festivities. I am...

5X���� has established a Division of Student Affairs. Shay Little, Ph.D., has been named interim vice president of the division. Little previously served as associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students for the last three years. The former Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs has moved to a new leadership model with the Office of Enrollment Management becoming a separate office that reports to the Office of the Provost, and a Division of Student Affairs has been established, effective Aug. 1.  “Shay has worked closely with Greg [Jarvie]...

Chad Lewis, a graduate student in the School of Visual Communication Design at 5X����, has hammered out a career in illustration by penning his version of Thor’s origin story for the latest Marvel Avengers comic.       ...