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Spring 2025 poster sale

IN A FLASH: Deck the Walls!

Happening in the first few weeks of the fall and spring semesters, the on-campus poster sale is a Kent State tradition. 

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Kent Student Center

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Black History Month 2025

It Started Here: Kent State to Celebrate 55th Anniversary of Black History Month

5X社区 will mark the 55th anniversary of Black History Month in February and celebrate its founding by the student organization Black United Students.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact

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Classroom to Catwalk: Sophomore Fashion Student Takes Chance, Thrives in New York

The School of Fashion is globally recognized for its exceptional programming. It provides students with opportunities to apply their skills in real-world settings, but it takes awareness and nerve for students to recognize a golden opportunity to showcase those skills. Jesus Baldrich, a sophomore fashion merchandising major, saw one such chance and took it.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Students First, Profiles

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Honors College Student鈥檚 Journey Goes From Research Lab to Italy

Senior Abygail Deemer, a pre-med major, is one of 404 Honors College students who are majoring in health-related fields.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Honors College, Office of Global Education, Department of Biological Sciences

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Marching Band during the 2024 Freeze Out game

Marching to the Beat: Outreach and Investments Lead to Band Growth

In the fall, when you hear the Kent State Marching Golden Flashes practicing, does it sound like it鈥檚 getting louder? It is. The band and the programs are growing.  

Tags: Arts & Culture, Students First, Student Life

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Looking Forward to his Junior Year 鈥 and Robot Combat!

Kent State Today continues to follow mechatronics engineering technology student Jude Carver as part of ongoing 鈥淵ear with a Flash鈥 series. Carver is beginning his first semester as a junior in Spring Semester 2025. 

Tags: Mechatronics, College of Aeronautics & Engineering, Student Life, Students First, Combat Robotics Team, Featured Story, Profiles

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Flash Focus Banner: Renee Ellis

Flash Focus: Renee Ellis

Meet Renee Ellis, a second-year double major in fashion design and fashion merchandising and member of the Honors College from Chicago, Illinois, who said her family influence has inspired her to look at fashion through a deeper lens.

Tags: Profiles, Students First, Student Life

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Rwandan students studying at Kent State meet with the Rwandan Minister of Education Claudette Irere, and officials from the Office of Global Education.

Kent State Working to Bring Fashion and Aeronautics to Rwanda

5X社区鈥檚 partnership with the African nation of Rwanda continues to blossom with the School of Fashion, the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences all working to add program partnerships in Rwanda.

Tags: Global Reach , Student Life, Global Presence, Office of Global Education, University News, Featured Story

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Fresh Start Fair Spring 2025

IN A FLASH: A Fresh Look at Student Organizations

The Fresh Start Fair gave student organizations an opportunity to let students know what they are all about - and a chance for students to check them out. 

Tags: Center for Student Involvement, Student Organizations, Student Life, Diverse Kent State, Spring Semester

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IN A FLASH: Flashes in a Winter Wonderland

A steady snowfall made travel more challenging, but also picturesque for Golden Flashes on Thursday. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Student Life, Spring Semester

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