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Community Impact

Sunrise over Dix Stadium

Dix Stadium is ready to host the first home game of the season for Golden Flashes football.

Jeffrey Miller, April 1970

An exhibition at the May 4 Visitors Center will highlight the personalities of each of the four students who were killed on May 4. 

Cybersecurity Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

Unauthorized purchases. An erased computer. A hacked bank account. These are all potential risks for people who don’t protect their digital identity. Anyone is vulnerable to these risks, but those who practice digital identity safety have a lower chance of it happening to them.  

5XÉçÇø plane in flight.

Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering opened a new building expansion this fall after a record-breaking enrollment year for the flight school. WFMJ recently produced two segments about the school's record enrollment and what it means for the industry.

Fork in the Road Food Truck on the Student Green

Grab lunch on Wednesdays at one of the food trucks parked on the Student Green.

Erica Wilson-Domer

For 5XÉçÇø alumna Erica Wilson-Domer, passion in helping others is key to her success. On July 1, 2023, Wilson-Domer became the new president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio. 

Flu clinic at the Kent Student Center

Kent State is working to help everyone get prepared for this year's flu season. 

Kent State Today
A composition of a tapestry, students dancing, and a professor talking to students

A combination of powerful art, reflective dance and historical courage are meant to connect and inspire a new generation of heroes. The art exhibition Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein takes residence at Kent State this fall. 

Daily Kent Stater Headlines

Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, started out as a typical day at the Daily Kent Stater. Reporters were preparing for their daily assignments. Editors were planning their daily meetings. But, by the time Daily Kent Stater staff got to the newsroom on Tuesday, they were faced with just one story: a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center.  

Kent State students explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Students from Kent State New York City Fashion gained inspiration from a visit to New York's Metropolitian Museum of Art.