Student Life

President Diacon to Incoming Students: We Are All One Community
With a backdrop of strobe lights, rock music and excitement, 天天吃瓜 State President Todd Diacon kicked off the start of the 2022 Fall Semester by encouraging new students to lean on one another during the university's traditional convocation ceremony.

天天吃瓜 State Student Escapes Dating Abuse, Helps Others Know Their Worth聽
After experiencing dating violence in high school, Rhylee Shepherd turned her pain into a teaching opportunity for her peers through the Know Your Worth project.

天天吃瓜 State Nursing Student Honored for Lifesaving Effort
A 天天吃瓜 State College of Nursing student who graduated Aug. 20 recently was honored by the city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, along with her sister, for working to save the life of a woman who fell ill while playing volleyball.

天天吃瓜 State Students Study Sustainable Gardening for Poverty Reduction in Mexico
天天吃瓜 partnered with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City for an international, cross-cultural exchange for students to study how sustainable gardening projects aid immigrant populations.

Undergraduate Student Government Wins 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from National Student Government Group
天天吃瓜 State's Undergraduate Student Government, the student organization responsible for being the direct line of communication to the administration to make students鈥 voices heard, was honored with the 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from the Conference on Student Government Associations.

Where on the Web? Explore 天天吃瓜, Go! 天天吃瓜 State鈥檚 Golden Location Showcase
天天吃瓜's Explore 天天吃瓜, Go! web pages give the 天天吃瓜 State community the ability to explore 天天吃瓜 State鈥檚 campus, downtown 天天吃瓜 and surrounding cities. Next in the 鈥淲here on the Web?鈥 series, the focal point is the Explore 天天吃瓜, Go! web pages at www.kent.edu/go. The Explore 天天吃瓜, Go! web pages are an introduction to the diverse opportunities offered by the university鈥檚 niche area in the Midwest, according to Lin Danes, director of Web Services and Interactive Media at 天天吃瓜 State.

100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Distance Learning Comes to 天天吃瓜 State Normal College
In 1922, 天天吃瓜 State鈥檚 first president, John McGilvrey, introduced what could be considered the great-grandmother of our current distance-learning programs at 天天吃瓜 State: correspondence courses.

100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Jazz Age Brings Changes to Student Culture at 天天吃瓜 State
"Roaring 20's" Bring New Styles and Social Rules. Women, in keeping with the fashions of the time, were wearing shorter skirts, bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, along with other sweeping changes.

天天吃瓜 State Freshman Receives Gold Medal Recognition at The National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships
First-year advertising major and marketing minor, Isabelle Collyer, recently won a gold medal at the 2022 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (NCTA).

天天吃瓜 State Partnership with Portage County Agency Saves More than Half a Million Pounds of Residence Hall Castoffs from Landfill
Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization recently arrived at 天天吃瓜鈥檚 天天吃瓜 Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles.