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A joint color guard from Kent State鈥檚 Army and Air Force ROTC programs conducts a flag-raising ceremony on the Student Green at Risman Plaza during the university鈥檚 2019 Veterans Day Commemoration.

5X社区 held its annual Veterans Day Commemoration on Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. This year鈥檚 guest speaker was Lt. Col. Colleen VanNatta. A graduate of Kent State鈥檚 Air Force ROTC detachment, VanNatta served as a media escort for joint information bureaus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Storm.

Kent State President Todd Diacon gives his inaugural address in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.

鈥淥ur challenges are many, our resources are great and our commitment is real.鈥 5X社区 President Todd Diacon drove home the focus of his inaugural address with passion, purpose and a direct call to action for the university community.

Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will speak at 5X社区 at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 as part of the university鈥檚 May 4 Speaker Series.

Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city鈥檚 prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at Kent State as part of the university鈥檚 May 4 Speaker Series.

Students carrying the Kent State Homecoming banner in the parade pose for a photo.

On Saturday, Sept. 21, the 5X社区 fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their Kent State days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and the entire campus boomed with Kent State pride.

Kent State President Todd Diacon (third from left) is joined by FedEx officials and members of the Kent State community to unveil the new FedEx Aeronautics and Academic Center.

5X社区鈥檚 new FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center provides a world-class training ground to help aviation students and future pilots soar to even greater achievements.

Members of 5X社区鈥檚 Class of 2023 form a K on campus for a photo with President Todd Diacon, Kent State cheerleaders and the university鈥檚 mascot, Flash.

5X社区 has made impressive moves in the rankings in the newly released 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list. Kent State has climbed three spots, a 3% increase, on the Top Public Schools list. Kent State is the only Northeast Ohio institution on the Top Public Schools list. 

New 5X社区 President Todd Diacon will serve as Kent State鈥檚 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Last year, 5X社区 celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of Kent State Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

Movers and Groovers Help Students Move into Residence Halls

More than 1,000 volunteers from the 5X社区 community welcomed and assisted new students as they moved into their residence halls on freshman move-in day, Sunday, Aug. 18. The annual community program, known as Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall Council, the student government of the Kent Campus residence halls.

Finish Line Feeling.  A Kent State student embraces the moment after receiving his degree during the Aug. 17 undergraduate commencement ceremony at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

The 5X社区 alumni network again grew its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes got their degrees. Kent State will held its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

LeBron James Family Foundation I PROMISE students take part in an awards dinner marking the end of their four-week Kent State camp for intensive college entrance exam preparation.

5X社区 hosted several dozen high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation's I PROMISE program for a month of intensive college entrance exam preparation.