Student Organizations
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Rocket Team Launches to Spaceport America Cup
The Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Rocket Team took seven members to New Mexico for the 2022 Spaceport America Cup, the world’s largest intercollegiate rocket engineering conference and competition!
IN A FLASH: Mindful Mayem
A Â鶹¾«Ñ¡fraternity presented its annual car smash in early May to help students de-stress while raising money for cancer research.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Flight Team Earns Ninth Place at National SAFECON 2025
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Flight Team secured a ninth-place overall finish at the 2025 National SAFECON competition, held March 23 and hosted by the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Capstone Redefined: Students Launch Design Team with Industry Support and Faculty Mentorship
What began as a senior capstone project for aerospace engineering students at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has grown into a full-fledged student organization preparing to take flight in a national competition.
IN A FLASH: Kent State's Earth Fest
In April, Kent State’s Earth Fest was part of a full month of events and activities celebrating Earth Day and Earth Month.
IN A FLASH: A FAB-tastic Block Party
A mid-April Block Party, presented by the Flashes Activities Board, welcomed spring to campus with makers' tables, a caricature artist, a photo booth, a giant, inflatable slide and more.
IN A FLASH: Flashes, Saddle Up!
The Flashes Activities Board brought some cowboy fun to Â鶹¾«Ñ¡with the FAB Wild West Rodeo. Presented inside the Kent Student Center Ballroom, the activities mechanical bull-riding, line dancing, a Skee-Ball shooting gallery and a free Â鶹¾«Ñ¡cowboy hat giveaway!
‘I Am in It for the Fun of Robot Fighting’
In a meeting with junior mechatronics engineering technology major Jude Carver a few weeks before the KSU Combat Robotics Tournament, he was still planning and building his 'bot. He shares the details of his combat robot’s design along with the next steps in its construction before the competition. He also demonstrates his skills in drawing complex Japanese characters.
IN A FLASH: Holi Hai!
With messages of unity, diversity, and people coming together, Holi, the Indian festival of love, colors and spring was celebrated by the Kent Indian Association on Centennial Court Green on March 8.
IN A FLASH: Canine Kisses for a Cause
A Valentine’s Day Puppy Kissing Booth in the Kent Student Center helped Â鶹¾«Ñ¡students raise funds for an organization that provides service dogs to children and veterans with disabilities.