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Provost Todd Diacon. 

Q&A with Provost

Nicole Ciccarelli February 5, 2017

Editor's note: Once a month, editors and producers from The Kent Stater and TV2 interview Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon about issues of importance to the university....

Demonstrators march across the Veteran's Memorial Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio. The demonstrators continued toward the city's downtown to assemble in front of the court house and city hall in order to show their opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration ban on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017.

Demonstrators gather in Cleveland to protest the recent immigration ban

Francesca Demming February 3, 2017

Protests erupted across the country after President Donald Trump implemented his immigration ban on Jan. 27.Demonstrators marched in Friday's Emergency Cleveland Rally and March for Refugees at Market...

Dining services pushes to create a healthier campus

Hannah Wagner, Linda Stocum February 3, 2017

Kent State's Dining Services hopes to bring student health to the forefront with a new business partnership aligning to the university's Healthy Kent State initiatives — a contract that will last the...

Professor explores loss of identity in cancer caregiving

Molly Spillman February 3, 2017

The unspoken truth of being a caregiver for a loved one is an issue few understand, but many will go through during their life.During Kent State's School of Communication Studies' research colloquium...

(From the left) Laura King, Victoria Piering, Samantha Peirce, Raegan Bishop, Michela Rocco.

Kent State students experience a magical internship

Danielle Johnson February 3, 2017

Kent State students have the opportunity every year to intern at "the most magical place on Earth:" Walt Disney Resorts.Students in any major can apply for the semester long internship because there are...

School of Communication Studies spring colloquium series to start Friday

Molly Spillman February 2, 2017

The Kent State School of Communication Studies will kick off its spring 2017 research colloquium series Friday, Feb. 3 at 4 p.m. in the Art Building. A discussion about being a caregiver to a cancer patient,...

SPC creates petition urging university become sanctuary campus

Alec Slovenec February 1, 2017

Editor's note: This article previously reported that the Ohio Student Association (OSA) created the petition calling for Kent State to become a sanctuary campus. The petition was actually created by the...

VIP dining event celebrates freshmen in their second semester

Linda Stocum February 1, 2017

Students gathered at Eastway on Wednesday to celebrate the achievement of surviving their first semester of college.The VIP dining event has been a tradition on campus for the past eight years and has...

Gerald H. Read Center celebrates 30 years

Hannah Wagner February 1, 2017

The Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education will celebrate its 30-year anniversary throughout 2017 to acknowledge the center's accomplishments and milestones.Linda Robertson,...

Print vs. Digital

Libraries across campus weigh in on print versus digital

Paige Brown February 1, 2017

The Kent State libraries take different approaches to the print versus digital debate.Taking a walk around the Kent State campus, one would find that it is home to an Architecture Library, Fashion Library,...

Dr. Richard Serpe and Akhil Hill talk during the KENTTalks Let’s Talks Trump event in Tri-Towers rotunda on January 31, 2017. The event was held in order to help bring understanding to the different opinions on the recent presidential election.

Students engage in open political dialogue during Trump KENTtalk

Caelin Mills January 31, 2017

Kent State students gathered in the Tri-Towers lobby Tuesday night for the fifth installment in the KENTtalk series, ‘Let’s Talk Trump: Understanding Both Sides of the Vote.’The goal of the KENTtalk...

Alpha Phi Alpha president Isaac Floyd poses for a portrait in Oscar Ritchie Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.

Celebrating Black History Month: Q&A with Isaac Floyd

Olivia Williams January 31, 2017

In honor of Black History Month, The Kent Stater will be featuring Q&As with black student leaders throughout the month of February.The Stater spoke with senior nutrition major and Alpha Phi Alpha...