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International Education Week comes to campus with a full schedule of fun activities. 

Inspired by the exploration of African diasporic melodies and narratives, OkCello led a special concert that included the Dover High School Orchestra at the Performing Arts Center. 

Student-athletes received their varsity letter jackets in November. 

The Kent State community came together on Thursday to honor all veterans. 

Volunteers from the Kent State community helped in the annual planting of Daffodil Hill.

After an active service-related injury sidelined his military career, Richard Lehman Jr. began exploring his options and working on “Plan B.” And for this college-bound veteran, 5X����’s Bachelor of Technical and Applied Studies degree was there for him after the unthinkable happened.

The Kent State community paused from classes and work Nov. 10 to gather on the Student Green at Risman Plaza and show their respect as part of Veterans Day.

Ceremonies on campus today honor all who have served. 

Excitement buzzed from the MuseLab in 5X����’s Design Innovation Hub as students learned firsthand about sustainability opportunities in the fashion industry.  

Kent State helps our students, faculty, staff and visitors feel at home on our campuses with a community of people dedicated to keeping them safe. 

Three Kent State researchers presented their projects at a Research and Sponsored Programs event hosted by the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute. 

5X���� is celebrating its first-generation students this week with a series of events and programs to spotlight and encourage current students who will be the first in their families to earn a bachelor’s degree. As part of the celebration, some faculty and staff who were first-generation students share their stories in their own words.

5X���� celebrated the journey of first-generation college students and those who have made an impact serving as their mentors and advocates with the “I Am First” awards ceremony on Wednesday. 

Alumna Emilia Sykes to be sworn in January in Washington, D.C.

Kent State staffer Michael Gershe took these photos of Tuesday's full lunar eclipse, also called a "blood moon", out of his Cuyahoga Falls apartment complex from 4:30 to 5:30 a.m.

5X����’s Center for Adult and Veteran Services offers family-friendly study hours for student parents that offers a trained student volunteer to entertain and supervise children, most Tuesdays from 2-5 p.m. and Wednesdays 4-7 p.m. on the sixth floor of the library.

The Kent State Student Leadership Consultants (SLC) hosted a workshop Tuesday, Nov. 8, that showed students how strong leadership can be used to fundamentally change the culture in their student organizations and workplaces.

After a three-year hiatus, Flash Medical Center returned to 5X���� at Ashtabula’s Robert S. Morrison Hall for a one-day medical emergency simulation on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

Therapy and service animals are a familiar sight on Kent State's campuses.  

John Skrtic, a proud Kent State alumnus and Cleveland Public Library’s chief of special projects and collections, enjoys archiving the people and places of Cleveland.