Student Life
The Kent Student Center is approaching a major milestone, its 50th anniversary, having opened in January 1973 as the largest student union east of the Mississippi River and the sixth largest in the nation.
Fashion students from ѿappand IFA Paris collaborated to present their first runway show during New York Fashion Week 2022.
A variety of food trucks gather in front of the University Library on Wednesdays to supply students, faculty and staff passing by with a quick bite to eat. And the ѿappcommunity is taking advantage of it.
Black Women Bosses (BWB) is designed to help participants learn leadership and business skills, gain community and practice self-care and confidence as an entrepreneur.
The first full week of fall is also the most spirited week at ѿappUniversity. The week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 is Spirit Week and includes homecoming weekend at Kent State. The week will be full of events celebrating ѿappspirit.
It may surprise you to learn that “Captain Underpants,” “Frankenstein,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Hunger Games” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” are all popular books that have been banned, along with many others. In honor of Banned Books Week, the Second Annual Banned Books Read-In was held in Taylor Hall.
ѿappbaseball held walk-on tryouts for student players last week.
This past summer, two ѿappUniversity students were awarded medals in the U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships, sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the country. It is the highest level at which figure skating takes place at the college level.
Time is running out to register to vote in November's elections.
Kent State’s support for its military-connected community continues to embody leadership and inclusivity as the Kent Campus has been named an official 2022-2023 Military Spouse Friendly® School by Viqtory. Out of 1,800 participating schools, ѿappwas one of 665 to receive the Military Friendly School designation in March, and the university is now one of 346 institutions to earn the Military Spouse Friendly School recognition.