KentStater

Recruitment leads to record-breaking classes

Erica Batyko • September 25, 2014

Kent State’s recruitment efforts led to the third largest class in university history.The class of 2018 has 4,245 students and the highest incoming GPA, according to the university census.The Admissions...

Justice Department sues KSU for violating Fair Housing Act

Celia Fernandez • September 17, 2014

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Kent State University, several university officials and its board of trustees for violating the Fair Housing Act because of discrimination against students with...

Governor appoints two members to Board of Trustees

Emily Mills • August 6, 2014

Gov. John Kasich appointed two new members to Kent State’s Board of Trustees, the governing body of the university.Stephen A. Perry, former president and executive director of the Pro Football Hall of...

Board of Trustees approves 2 percent tuition increase

Matt Merchant, Taylor Williams • May 28, 2014

Kent State University student tuition will increase 2 percent effective for the 2014-2015 academic year, a change the Kent State Board of Trustees approved at its meeting Wednesday.Undergraduate tuition...

KSU Trustees Chair: ‘No laws have been broken’

May 19, 2014

Letter to the EditorThe success of Kent State University’s recent presidential search is already being felt across the region as Dr. Beverly J. Warren prepares to assume her new role in July, yet stories...

Presidential personality

Jimmy Miller • April 22, 2014

When Matthew Lilley woke up and checked his email on the morning of Jan. 25, 2012, he, as he remembers two years later, “felt my jaw drop.”“I was at a loss for words, really,” Lilley said in a...

Presidential search committee’s privacy called into question

Jimmy Miller • April 8, 2014

Details about Kent State’s presidential search — the identities of the finalists interviewed for the presidential position and methods of funding the search have remained unanswered as the university...

Reception to honor Lefton set for Friday

Elizabeth Randolph • March 31, 2014

A reception will be held this Friday to honor retiring President Lester Lefton, who announced last year that he will retire this July.The Board of Trustees is hosting the event, which will be held in the...

Guest columnist: 10 things KSU students need to know about the Board of Trustees

Jody Michael • March 16, 2014

1. Your room and board rates are going up more than 3.8 percent next year. The Board of Trustees decided that on Wednesday.2. While students are paying hundreds more, President Lester Lefton is receiving...

Board approves Lefton’s $100K bonus, more than $33 million in building plans

Jimmy Miller, video by Emily Crilley • March 12, 2014

The Kent State Board of Trustees awarded President Lester Lefton a $106,538 bonus and approved the construction for two new buildings on campus at its meeting Wednesday morning.The board approved the construction...

Faculty ‘frustrated,’ ‘insulted’ with presidential search involvement

Jimmy Miller • February 9, 2014

Just before the Board of Trustees announced Beverly Warren as the next president of Kent State Jan. 8, a select few Faculty Senate members were interviewing her on the second floor of Rockwell Hall.“We...

International student activity fee doubled without warning, students say

Madeline Winer • January 14, 2014

When Kent State’s Board of Trustees doubled the international student activity fee for this academic year, many international students were unaware they were funding an additional $36,000 to International...