Student Life

A Year With a Flash: Kent State Journeys to Be Chronicled This Academic Year
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社区 academic careers and will share their experiences throughout the year as they take part in our distinctive programs, research and global experiences.

Flash Focus: Morgan Bedilion
Meet Morgan Bedilion, a senior costume design technology and production major from Hartville, Ohio, already using - and getting recognized for - her skill sets.

Flash Focus: Lilly Kensicki
Meet Lilly Kensicki, a mechatronics engineering technology major from Parma, Ohio. Think of the phrase 鈥渨ell-rounded student,鈥 and you should think of Kensicki.

Wanted: Student Feedback on New Room Options
Students are invited to examine and evaluate a sample assembly of furniture in Kent State鈥檚 Tri-Towers rotunda so that their input can guide University Housing in selecting new furnishings for residence halls.

Indian Delegation Visiting Kent Campus to Experience University First-Hand
A group of college recruiters who have contributed to 5X社区鈥檚 high enrollment of international students from India are on campus this week to experience the university first-hand.

Historian's New Book Gives 360-Degree View of May 4 Tragedy
Brian VanDeMark, a historian with the United States Naval Academy, has written a new book 鈥淜ent State: An American Tragedy.鈥 He will participate in a panel discussion at Kent State on Sept. 27.

Flash Focus: Cheer Co-Captains
Meet Addison Sharrow and Essence Holloway, the Kent State cheer team co-captains, combining their love of sport with their academics.

IN A FLASH: Back to Classes
It has only been a few weeks since the start of classes, but the buzz and hustle of fall semester is in full effect.

Flash Focus: Lilly Kensicki
Meet Lilly Kensicki, a mechatronics engineering technology major from Parma, Ohio. Think of the phrase 鈥渨ell-rounded student,鈥 and you should think of Kensicki.

Student Creates Moving Memorial to 9/11
A 5X社区 student honored the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks with a display of 2,977 American flags on the campus student green this week.