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Aeronautics & Engineering Professor Trent True.

Foundry professor discusses teaching, advising students

Trent True watched closely as the oven-sized furnace slowly tipped and released an orange flow of molten silica bronze. The 2,350 degree Fahrenheit metal cascaded into a massive ladle, held by two students...

A student taste testing a cup of chili at Kent Tuscarwas' chili cookoff to celebrate Kent's 100 years of Homecoming. 

How to do Homecoming, regionally

Rachel Walker October 4, 2018

“For every one of the regional students, their regional campus is Kent State University,” said Larry Froehlich, the assistant to VP for Kent System Integration. “That is their university. That is...

Class of ’17 to graduate in Dix Stadium

Ian Flickinger November 1, 2015

Graduation is an unforgettable moment for college students: four (or more, for all the super-seniors) years of 7 a.m. classes, all-night cramming for exams and eating ramen for breakfast, lunch and dinner...

Geauga campus to EMPOWER freshmen students

Katie Rush October 4, 2015

Kent State Geauga Campus is planning their upcoming student orientation, advising and EMPOWER registration program.The program invites students and their parents or spouses to learn about the services...

Board of Trustees increases 16-credit hour cap to 18, waits to set in-state tuition

Jimmy Miller and Emily Mills June 4, 2015

Kent State’s Board of Trustees voted to push the threshold of the credit hour cap from 16 to 18 credit hours and not raise undergraduate in-state tuition pending the release of the state budget in its...

Kent State regional campuses give students the opportunity to earn two degrees

Victoria Manenti March 19, 2015

Bachelor’s degree-seeking students enrolled at a Kent State regional campus will automatically receive an associate degree upon meeting requirements for either an Associate of Science or Associate of...

Regional campuses to award associate degrees to students

Payton Moore March 16, 2015

Kent’s regional campuses will begin giving automatic associate’s degrees to those who meet the university-mandated requirements, but are currently seeking bachelor’s degrees.The movement intends...

Snow day gives students winter reprieve

Katie Chilson February 2, 2015

Freshman finance major Brycen Wise lays out in an attempt to catch the football in the endzone during a pick-up game on Centennial Field on Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Kent State and much of Northeast Ohio...

Kent State University's president-elect Beverly Warren (center) and Kent State-Stark Dean Walter F. Wagor (right) talk with students and faculty at the meet and greet reception held at the Stark campus, Thursday, Apr. 24, 2014, to welcome Warren.

President-Elect Warren visits regional campuses

Julia Adkins April 24, 2014

Kent State President-Elect Beverly J. Warren visited regional campuses Thursday and will continue to visit campuses Friday.Warren will visit Trumbull’s campus Friday from 3 to 4 p.m.Warren started her...

Melody Tankersley (center) listens among other faculty senate members at the meeting in the Governance Chambers, March 17, 2014.

Faculty Senate revises admission requirements for incoming freshmen

Nicholas Sewell April 14, 2014

The Faculty Senate approved a proposal Monday to revise admission requirements for incoming freshmen to the university’s main campus and for deferred students at regional campuses who wish to enroll...

Our View: An even burden

DKS Editors March 6, 2014

If a student was to sign up for an online class today at a regional campus, he or she would pay less than what a student at the main campus would pay.In theory, this aligns with the notion that students...

Pamela Carter, Kent State - Stark student, studies for her online statistics class.

Online courses to cost the same across campuses

Marissa Barnhart March 6, 2014

Deborah Huntsman, associate vice president of continuing and distance learning, said within the next two academic years, the cost of online classes will increase so they cost the same at every campus....