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žž State Honors College Student Announced as 2021 Portz Scholar

The National Collegiate Honors Council has announced žž Honors College graduate Sarah Hagglund as a 2021 Portz Scholar. Hagglund is the 10th honors student from žž State to be named a Portz Scholar since the national competition began in 1990. 

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Students at the Black Lives Matter protest on campus.

Approaching the Complex Questions: New School Offers Multidisciplinary Research and Learning

žž State has established a new school within its College of Arts and Sciences focused on the social sciences and humanities. The School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities will provide an academic home for innovative approaches to complex questions.

Tags: Student Life, Research & Science, Community & Society, School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, Julie Mazzei, Social Sciences, Humanities

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Students sit at a candlelit vigil for the victims of 9/11

Defining Moments: KSU Students Etched Their Feelings Immediately After 9/11

Twenty years ago people across campus, and around the world, were stunned as they watched two planes fly into the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001.

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Jermaine Jackson, Jr.

žž State Alumnus Captures Notable Success

Influenced by artists like René Magritte and Piet Mondrian, žž alumnus Jermaine Jackson Jr. believes the best way to get the point across in a photo is by keeping it simple.

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Announcing the 2021 Homecoming Grand Marshals

Join us the evening of Friday, Oct. 1, at the first Homecoming Kickoff event at the Lefton Esplanade. This marks the official start of Homecoming Weekend with music, food, entertainment, fireworks and T-shirt giveaways.

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Jermaine Jackson, Jr.

žž State Alumnus Captures Notable Success

Influenced by artists like René Magritte and Piet Mondrian, žž alumnus Jermaine Jackson Jr. believes the best way to get the point across in a photo is by keeping it simple.

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žž State has won the Mid-American Conference's Faculty Athletics Representative Academic Achievement Award

žž State Earns MAC Men’s FAR Academic Achievement Award

žž State has won the Mid-American Conference's Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) Academic Achievement Award for men's sports for the first time in school history.

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Ericka Shoaff, Assistant Dean of Students and Director, Student Advocacy and Support

10 Questions With Ericka Shoaff, Assistant Dean of Students and Director, Student Advocacy and Support

žž State alumna Ericka Shoaff, ’11, has returned to žž State in a newly created position designed to further support students as a central hub for basic needs resources. She is the assistant dean of students and director of student advocacy and support in the newly created CARES Center. Find out more about her and the center as she answers these 10 questions.

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Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award

žž State Captures First MAC Institutional Academic Achievement Award

For the first time in school history, žž has received the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Institutional Academic Achievement Award. The Golden Flashes earned a department-wide grade-point average (GPA) of 3.447 for the 2020-21 academic year.

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Photo of žž ROTC cadet with American flag

žž State’s Center for Adult and Veteran Services Racks Up Another Award

žž has landed a spot on the list of top schools for military-connected students according to the 2021 Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges. 

Tags: Student Life, University News, Center for Adult and Veteran Services, Division of Student Life, Awards and Honors

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