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Kent State releases outline of Transformation 2028

Savannah Carroll, Beat Reporter • November 4, 2025

Kent State’s new initiative, Transformation 2028, outlines a vision for how the university will evolve over the next few years, focusing on academic innovation, student success and community impact. Through...

OPINION: Name 5 songs

Audra McClain Opinion Writer • April 27, 2021

You have two options when it comes to listening to a new music artist. They are as follows:1.) Become their biggest fan. Memorize every album title, EP title, song title, lyric, former and present band...

Van Dulmen accepts associate provost, dean of graduate studies position

Kaitlyn Finchler Reporter • April 2, 2021

Manfred van Dulmen accepted the position of associate provost of academic affairs and dean of the Division of Graduate Studies, according to an email from Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley...

University selects candidates for associate provost position

Kaitlyn Finchler Reporter • March 16, 2021

Two candidates were selected to move on to the next phase of the selection process for the position of associate provost for Academic Affairs and dean of the Division of Graduate Studies.One candidate...

Kent State receives a C+ rating on its coronavirus dashboard

Megan Becker Reporter • October 24, 2020

Kent State received a C+ rating on a website that rates the COVID-19 dashboards of colleges across the country. “A C+ rating is demonstrating the barely minimal effort to convey information about COVID....

State representatives object to anime textbook that depicts sexual assault

Lyndsey Brennan Reporter • October 13, 2020

State representatives Reggie Stoltzfus (R-Paris Twp.) and Don Jones (R-Freeport) sent a letter to Kent State President Todd Diacon last week demanding the university immediately pull a textbook they said...