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Since 2021, there has been a concerted effort to build strong student traditions on campus. Athletics uses giveaway items, such as Kent State T-shirts, to increase interest and encourage student engagement.

Kent State turns to giveaways to get students lining up for athletic events

Lauren Bischof, Beat Reporter February 19, 2025

What’s one thing guaranteed to get Flashes flocking to the next Kent State athletic event? Free merch. Kent State spends an average of about $90,000 per year for marketing campaigns and giveaway items...

A women's bathroom located in the Center for the Visual Arts with directions to universal facilities Jan. 17, 2025.

Kent State updates campus map in preparation for SB 104

Aryn Kauble, Reporter February 10, 2025

Kent State sent out an email Monday morning notifying students that the interactive campus map was updated to make navigating and identifying single-occupancy universal restrooms easier.  SB 104 goes...

Eboni Pringle will be named senior vice president for student life, effective Dec. 1.

Eboni Pringle to be named senior vice president for student life

Lauren Bischof, Beat reporter November 22, 2024

Effective Dec. 1, Eboni Pringle, Ph.D. will be named the senior vice president for student life after assuming the position on an interim basis in August 2023. “I am honored to serve in this capacity,”...

Flashes 101: the new First Year Experience

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter March 8, 2023

The First Year Student Experience (FYE) course will be reimagined into Flashes 101 for the upcoming fall semester on all campuses. Eboni Pringle, senior associate vice president for Student Access and...

Faculty senate passes all new proposals

Sophie Young, Reporter November 8, 2022

The faculty senate unanimously approved every proposal in its Nov. 7 meeting, but not without debate. Tracy Laux, senior lecturer in the mathematics department, presided over the meeting as chair. Laux...

KeyBank Foundation awards $200,000 for Kent State’s first-generation, low income students

Kelly Krabill, Managing Editor March 24, 2022

KeyBank Foundation donated $200,000 to Kent State’s Key Connections program, which serves “underserved students” such as first-generation and those with a limited income. “We are committed to...

Kent State's women discuss breaking gender bias

Kent State’s women discuss breaking gender bias

Katherine Masko, Reporter March 8, 2022

The hustle and bustle of Kent State’s campus is well known to many students. They have heard vibrant conversations while waiting for coffee at Starbucks or laughter from classmates as class is about...

Eboni Pringle, dean of University College at Kent State University.

Kent State prepares for incoming freshmen

Taylor Gay Reporter June 16, 2021

A post-pandemic world is slowly but surely becoming a reality and Kent State is moving with the times. Welcoming their incoming freshman class in the fall, the faculty and staff are working to help where...

Overview of Kent State University.

Meet the figures who are leading Black representation at Kent State

Cameron Aloway reporter May 7, 2021

Fifteen years ago, she came to the university as an assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies. Six years later, she was named chair of the department.Presently, Amoaba Gooden has been...

The Board of Trustees approved the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute in a Zoom meeting Wednesday. Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, presented the proposal at the Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee meeting March 4.

Board of Trustees approves Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, amid the racial climate

Kelly Krabill Reporter March 10, 2021

The university’s plan to establish diversity will be the new focus of an institution approved by the Board of Trustees in a Zoom meeting Wednesday.The Anti-Racism and Equity Institute will host faculty,...

Women’s basketball forced to pause operations for a second time

Kathryn Rajnicek Sports Reporter January 13, 2021

Kent State’s women’s basketball team announced it would be pausing all team related activities due to COVID-19 protocols Tuesday.This is the second time the team has entered a pause with the first...

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Samuel Corum January 7, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital...