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Community Impact

Scene from Summer Commencement 2023

IN A FLASH: The Summer Class of 2023

Kent State's Summer Commencement ceremonies took place on Manchester Field last Saturday. 

Tags: Class of 2023 , Summer Commencement , University News , Community Impact , Student Life , Community & Society

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Students painting The Rock.

100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Happy Anniversary to The Rock!

For more than a century, "The Rock" on the Kent Campus has been a colorful canvas expressing the changing moods of the community.

Tags: The Rock , University News , Community Impact , Student Life , Community & Society

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School of Music Percussion Camp 2023

IN A FLASH: The Beat Goes On

High school students come to Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡each summer for the School of Music's Percussion Camp.

Tags: Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , Community Impact , Arts & Culture , College of the Arts , Summer

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Kent Campus in Fall

Flaunting Our Foliage

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡has been recognized for the 15th consecutive year with the Tree Campus Higher Education recognition (previously called the Tree Campus USA designation).

Tags: University News , Community & Society , Community Impact , Organizational Sustainability , Nationally Distinctive

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Main Street

East Main Street to Get a $25.5M Makeover

A federal grant will help restart a major improvement project for a highly trafficked area of downtown Kent. Changes to East Main Street will include wider sidewalks, bike and pedestrian paths and crossings, and two roundabouts.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Town-Gown

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Students take part in the Stark County Summer Math Academy for high school students at the Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Stark Campus.

Math Camp for High Schoolers Seeks to Ready Future College Students for STEM Jobs in Ohio

Kent State-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.

  

 

Tags: Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡Works , Research & Science , Community & Society , Students First , Community Impact

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Professor Karl Kosko shows a Kent-area public school teacher how to use a 3-D printer.

Creativity + Technology = Help for Math Teachers Here and Abroad

Teachers from northeast Ohio and from thousands of miles away in sub-Saharan Africa have been learning to create inexpensive math teaching tools thanks to the efforts of some Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ professors. 

Tags: Community & Society , Global Reach , Community Impact , Organizational Sustainability

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Dog Days of Summer 2023

IN A FLASH: Four-Legged Flashes on Campus

Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡canines and their human companions came to the Kent Campus for the Dog Days of Summer. 

Tags: Alumni , Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement , Community Impact , Community & Society , University News , Police Services

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The Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡balloon at the Balloon Classic.

IN A FLASH: Balloons and Horses on Campus

Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ at Stark. 

Tags: Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ at Stark , Community Impact , Community & Society , Admissions

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