When Judy Devine came to Kent State in 1969, women’s athletics barely existed.
There were no scholarships or varsity letters for women athletes. There were no paid coaching positions. There was no...
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Title IX passed on June 23, 1972, but it did not bring immediate change.
Judy Devine, who had earned her masters in health and physical education, was the university’s...
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Despite its successes on the field and in the arena for women’s athletics, Kent State’s road to equality has not always been smooth. During Joel Nielsen’s tenure as...
Kent State’s first ever Unified Sports League, an inclusive athletic program where people with intellectual disabilities play sports alongside people without disabilities, played their championship basketball...
A 3-on-3 basketball tournament is scheduled to take place Saturday, March 18 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m in the Kent State Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC).The winner of the tournament will represent...
After only two days, Kent State's Kent Interhall Council (KIC) has gathered the needed 100 signatures to submit a petition to Student Recreation Services to change the point system in coed intramural sports.Council...
The stress of academics and extracurricular involvements are beginning to settle in for many students; however, many have found a healthy, time-efficient alternative that allows them to unwind from it...
Kent State offers a wide variety of options for intramural sports throughout the school year, with the fall leagues starting soon after move-in.The fall semester will hold five different leagues including...
