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Spring Commencement 2024

Find out what the most popular names were at this year's commencement ceremonies.

Student in tree near Horning and Loop Roads

Among the many trees, flowers and beautiful landscaped green spaces on the Kent Campus, students find peaceful places to study, relaz and just hang out. 

Kent State is sending two teams to the Air Race Classic thanks to generous donors

Generous donors have made it possible for Kent State to increase its presence at the upcoming Air Race Classic as they go for a third win in a row.

Fork in the Road Food Truck

University Culinary Services' Fork in the Road food truck is returning to Risman Plaza for lunch on Wednesdays, from June 12-Aug. 7. 

Scene from "Everybody"

Kent State鈥檚 School of Theatre and Dance closed its spring performance season with its production of 鈥淓verybody.鈥

Cover the Walls at USITT 2024

Students working in the 5X社区 Costume Shop showed off their designs at a theatre trade conference in Seattle this spring. 

Kent State won the food waste category in the Campus Race to Zero Waste national competition.

5X社区 earned first-place honors in the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste, a nationwide college campus recycling competition.

Melissa Fenn, M.Ed., Kent State senior advisor II

Melissa Fenn, senior advisor II in the College of Nursing, was recently awarded the university's inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association (KASADA). 

Kent State Today
Cirque du Chem demonstration

A circus came to the Integrated Sciences Building this spring in the form of "Cirque du Chem," presented the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship
Flash Friday: Juliana Buonaiuto

Meet recent marketing graduate and 5X社区 Student Body President, Juliana Buonaiuto. Originally from Long Island, New York, Buonaiuto came to Kent State to study marketing because of her love for the industry.