University News
Student Voting Rate Skyrockets in Recent Years
While student voting nationwide doubled since 2014, the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ student voting rate has increased 135% from 2014 to 2018, according to a recent report from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement, conducted by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Magazine: Design Innovation Hub Launches
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ celebrated the launch of a dynamic new space, the Design Innovation (DI) Hub, in May that will bring innovations from many disciplines together in a 68,000 square foot building near the center of the Kent Campus.
From Badgers to Golden Flashes: Kent State’s President, Wife and Head Football Coach Share Connection With Two Universities
Even Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s highest-ranking officials can experience a tug on their loyalties when the Golden Flashes take on their alma maters in athletic contests. President Todd Diacon, his wife, Moema Furtado, and head football coach Sean Lewis all will experience that dual loyalty on Saturday when Â鶹¾«Ñ¡faces the University of Wisconsin-Madison at noon at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Nursing Alumna Reflects on May 4 Tragedy
In the spring of 1970, two-time Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in Kent State’s inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. Fifty years later, Gless now reflects on the events surrounding that tragedy and how they have impacted her life and nursing career.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Debuts New TV Commercial Produced Entirely In-House
An ecology student testing water in a river. A nursing student assisting a patient. A music student performing onstage. These are just three of the 30 Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students featured in the new Â鶹¾«Ñ¡TV commercial that was developed and produced entirely in-house by Â鶹¾«Ñ¡staff members who are all Â鶹¾«Ñ¡graduates.
Flashes Sign Team IMPACT Recruit Mary Alice Tryda
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer is pleased to announce the signing of 10-year-old Mary Alice Tryda through Team IMPACT to the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡field hockey team.
Ascendium Grant Will Streamline Transfers and Increase Student Retention, Graduations
The pathway from a two-year college to Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ will soon become an easier road to travel for Ohio students, thanks to a grant awarded to Â鶹¾«Ñ¡to collaborate with three Ohio community colleges to streamline the transfer process.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Celebrates Homecoming
On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their Â鶹¾«Ñ¡days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and the entire campus boomed with Â鶹¾«Ñ¡pride.
Delta Air Lines Program Propels Kent State’s Flight Technology Students to Careers as Pilots
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s nationally ranked Flight Technology program, in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, is one of only three nationwide that Delta Air Lines selected this year to become a Delta Propel Partner, a program that creates career opportunities for students studying to be future commercial pilots.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Board Formalizes New 10-Year Agreement With Tuscarawas Campus
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s long-standing relationship with the Tuscarawas County University Branch District to administer the Tuscarawas Campus of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡will continue through June 30, 2030, in a new 10-year agreement approved by the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Board of Trustees.