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Kent Student Center is still the heartbeat of the campus

The Kent Student Center is approaching a major milestone, its 50th anniversary, having opened in January 1973 as the largest student union east of the Mississippi River and the sixth largest in the nation. 

Fashion Week 2022 at 5X社区 NYC Fashion

Fashion students from Kent State and IFA Paris collaborated to present their first runway show during New York Fashion Week 2022.

5X社区's 2022 Alumni Award Recipients

Sponsored by the 5X社区 Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university鈥檚 highest alumni honors. Recipients are selected based on their exceptional professional and civic contributions and for their outstanding support of the university. The 2022 Alumni Award recipients include six alumni and one student.

Kent State Today
Former instructors and guest VIPs mingled at the Twinsburg Academic Center's 10th anniversary celebration.

Community leaders and visiting VIPs came together to celebrate the Twinsburg Academic Center's 10th anniversary. 

Ancient Cutleaf European Beech Tree Near The Williamson House.

A tree growing near the Kent State Women's Center is at least 200 years old. 

Benjamin Campbell, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, speaks at Kent State as part of its ongoing Brain Health Research Institute's Seminar Series.

Ben Campbell spoke on the topic of how the production of the DHEA/DHEAS and GLUD2 hormones plays a role in brain development in humans and other species, a process known as 鈥渁drenarche.鈥 

A Homecoming Parade float carrying Kent State President Todd Diacon and this year鈥檚 Grand Marshals, former Kent State female student-athletes, makes its way down Main Street.

It鈥檚 time to wear blue and gold as the 5X社区 Golden Flashes family reunites for Homecoming 2022. Kent State will celebrate Homecoming with activities and events leading up to the Oct. 1 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game.

One of four Kent State women's basketball teams in 1914.

Kent State's history of women's athletics goes back more than 100 years. 

Tabitha Messmore addresses participants of Black Women Bosses (BWB) at the  cohort's graduation celebration.

Black Women Bosses (BWB) is designed to help participants learn leadership and business skills, gain community and practice self-care and confidence as an entrepreneur.

5X社区 students smile as they enjoy Homecoming Kickoff 2021.

5X社区鈥檚 commitment to diversity and inclusion has been recognized with the 2022 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award by INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The annual award recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion.