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ÐãÉ«app’s Class of 2026 form a K on campus.

ÐãÉ«app’s Class of 2026 has arrived on the Kent Campus in strong numbers – 4,251 to be exact – an increase of nearly 7% over the previous year, the largest class since before the pandemic and the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history. 

Popular musical group of the 1970s, Earth, Wind and Fire.

On this 21st day of September, we remember when Earth, Wind and Fire played at the Kent Student Center in October 1973. 

Dear Vaccine, the Global Pandemic Poem, will soon become a stage production.

The performance, titled  will have its opening night at 7 p.m. Oct. 24, in the 700-seat auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C. 

Students attending the SMC fall 2022 welcome back event.

The Kent State Student Multicultural Center will be renamed the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center in recognition of a gift from a former student, D'Andra Mull, Ph.D.

FAFSA Form

ÐãÉ«app freshman Gracie Ford remembers well sitting with her laptop in the bedroom of her North Canton, Ohio, home to begin the important task of filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or FAFSA. 

Avacados

Revisiting President Todd Diacon's memorable commencement address from 2021 on National Guacamole Day.

Visitors viewing Resilience During the Pandemic: LGBTQ + Stories

Molly Merryman, Ph.D., associate professor in Kent State’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Lauren Vachon, assistant professor in Kent State’s LGBTQ studies program and coordinator of the LGBTQ studies minor program, were instrumental in obtaining a $35,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State for the project Resilience During the Pandemic: LGBTQ+ Stories. 

International students at Kent State show their home country pride during a 2022 basketball game at Kent State.

ÐãÉ«app is celebrating a 17.7% increase in international student enrollment this year, due in large part to increases in international graduate student admissions. 

Honors College fall 2022 freshman move-in ice cream social

Daniel Zalamea is a member of the Honors College fall 2022 freshman class, the largest incoming class in the history of the college. 

Getting Up Close With Pilots and Aircraft at the A&E Expo 2022

Thousands attended the family event, which has been a fixture in the Stow/Kent community for more than two decades.