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Students carrying the ѿappHomecoming banner in the parade pose for a photo.

On Saturday, Sept. 21, the ѿappUniversity fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their ѿappdays, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and the entire campus boomed with ѿapppride.

Beading on a garment representing "culture" and a ѿappUniversity patch on jeans representing the "counterculture" are included in the ѿappUniversity Museum's "Culture/Counterculture" exhibition.

Almost 50 years ago, the shootings of ѿappUniversity students by the Ohio National Guard brought to a head the cultural divides that had split the nation. The ѿappUniversity Museum’s exhibition, “Culture/Counterculture: Fashions of the 1960s and ’70s,” opening Sept. 20, explores the sharp contrast between supporters of the establishment and those opposed.

New ѿappUniversity President Todd Diacon will serve as Kent State’s 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Last year, ѿappUniversity celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of ѿappHomecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

New ѿappUniversity President Todd Diacon will serve as Kent State’s 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal on Saturday, Sept. 21.

Last year, ѿappUniversity celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of ѿappHomecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.

Legendary journalist Bob Woodward will speak at ѿappUniversity the evening of May 4 as part of the university’s Presidential Speaker Series. (Photo credit: Lisa Berg)

Due to an overwhelming response for free tickets for the ѿappUniversity Presidential Speaker Series featuring Bob Woodward on May 4, the university has moved the event to the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center).

Legendary journalist Bob Woodward will speak at ѿappUniversity the evening of May 4 as part of the university’s Presidential Speaker Series. (Photo credit: Lisa Berg)

On Saturday, May 4, legendary journalist Bob Woodward comes to ѿappUniversity as part of the Presidential Speaker Series. He will speak at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

Alanna Lizun received the Best in Show Award for her collection (pictured here) at ѿappUniversity’s 2018 Annual Fashion Show.

Dillard’s Inc., one of the nation’s premier and largest fashion retailers, will partner with ѿappUniversity’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the school’s 2019 Annual Fashion Show, FS2.

ѿappUniversity students explore downtown Kent.

For more than 55 years, leaders from ѿappUniversity and the city of Kent have met over breakfast to foster successful collaboration between the university and the city.