Student Life
žž State 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.
žž State Nursing Student Honored for Lifesaving Effort
A žž State 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.
žž State Students Study Sustainable Gardening for Poverty Reduction in Mexico
žž 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
žž State'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 žž, Go! žž State’s Golden Location Showcase
žž's Explore žž, Go! web pages give the žž State community the ability to explore žž State’s campus, downtown žž and surrounding cities. Next in the “Where on the Web?” series, the focal point is the Explore žž, Go! web pages at www.kent.edu/go. The Explore žž, Go! web pages are an introduction to the diverse opportunities offered by the university’s niche area in the Midwest, according to Lin Danes, director of Web Services and Interactive Media at žž State.
100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Distance Learning Comes to žž State Normal College
In 1922, žž State’s first president, John McGilvrey, introduced what could be considered the great-grandmother of our current distance-learning programs at žž State: correspondence courses.
100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: Jazz Age Brings Changes to Student Culture at žž State
"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.
žž State 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).
žž State 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 žž’s žž Campus to collect one of the most prized castoffs from university residence halls: bicycles.
žž’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 žž State and the Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, located in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.