Student Life
蹤獲扦 Student Escapes Dating Abuse, Helps Others Know Their Worth
After experiencing dating violence in high school, Rhylee Shepherd turned her pain into a teaching opportunity for her peers through the Know Your Worth project.
蹤獲扦 Nursing Student Honored for Lifesaving Effort
A 蹤獲扦 College of Nursing student who graduated Aug. 20 recently was honored by the city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, along with her sister, for working to save the life of a woman who fell ill while playing volleyball.
蹤獲扦 Students Study Sustainable Gardening for Poverty Reduction in Mexico
蹤獲扦 partnered with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City for an international, cross-cultural exchange for students to study how sustainable gardening projects aid immigrant populations.
Undergraduate Student Government Wins 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from National Student Government Group
蹤獲扦's Undergraduate Student Government, the student organization responsible for being the direct line of communication to the administration to make students voices heard, was honored with the 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from the Conference on Student Government Associations.
Where on the Web? Explore Kent, Go! 蹤獲扦s Golden Location Showcase
蹤獲扦's Explore Kent, Go! web pages give the 蹤獲扦 community the ability to explore 蹤獲扦s campus, downtown Kent and surrounding cities. Next in the Where on the Web? series, the focal point is the Explore Kent, Go! web pages at www.kent.edu/go. The Explore Kent, Go! web pages are an introduction to the diverse opportunities offered by the universitys niche area in the Midwest, according to Lin Danes, director of Web Services and Interactive Media at 蹤獲扦.
100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Distance Learning Comes to 蹤獲扦 Normal College
In 1922, 蹤獲扦s first president, John McGilvrey, introduced what could be considered the great-grandmother of our current distance-learning programs at 蹤獲扦: correspondence courses.
100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Jazz Age Brings Changes to Student Culture at 蹤獲扦
"Roaring 20's" Bring New Styles and Social Rules. Women, in keeping with the fashions of the time, were wearing shorter skirts, bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, along with other sweeping changes.
蹤獲扦 Freshman Receives Gold Medal Recognition at The National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships
First-year advertising major and marketing minor, Isabelle Collyer, recently won a gold medal at the 2022 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships (NCTA).
蹤獲扦 Partnership with Portage County Agency Saves More than Half a Million Pounds of Residence Hall Castoffs from Landfill
Workers from the Portage County non-profit organization recently arrived at 蹤獲扦s Kent Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles.
蹤獲扦s American Academy Graduates Its First Brazilian Student
Alvacir Wesley Kalatai Alberti of Imbituva, Brazil, is the first student to graduate from the American Academy, a dual-enrollment program offered jointly at 蹤獲扦 and the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, located in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.