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Overflow housing predicted for Fall 2015

Carolyn Pippin November 13, 2014

Residence Services is predicting the returning number of students set to apply for housing for Fall 2015 will be higher, once again causing dorm overflow for the first two weeks of the semester.“As the...

Residence Services to celebrate completed Tri-Towers renovations

Carolyn Pippin October 13, 2014

More than 64,000 students have lived in the Tri-Towers buildings since 1968.Renovations on the Tri-Towers buildings began in 2012, and in commemoration of the renovations coming to an end, Residence Services...

The Province

Student demand strains off-campus housing availability

Danielle Hess September 3, 2014

Over the past few years, new student housing complexes have popped up around Kent State University's campus, but even with the increase in housing, some students still scrambled to find off-campus housing...

HUD charges KSU with housing discrimination over support animal

Emily Mills August 24, 2014

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday it has charged Kent State and four university employees with housing discrimination for refusing to allow a student with...

Wright Hall staff finds discarded bottles of urine in trash cans

Martin Harp March 2, 2014

Wright Hall staff and students faced sanitary concerns around their hallways last month.David Haas, residence hall director for Wright Hall, said the housekeeping staff had found bottles of urine in the...

Google+ business chat

Martin Harp February 17, 2014

The Department of Residence Services will be holding a Google+  Conversation Interview that will be streamed live on YouTube Thursday, Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., in Twin Towers’ Studio A.The...

Lift Up Your Love Celebration of Life event to be held Thursday at Verder Hall

Martin Harp February 11, 2014

Lift Up Your Love Celebration of Life for Leah Carothers will be held in Verder Hall from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13. The event is in remembrance of RHC Leah Carothers, who passed away on Nov. 28, 2013.At...

New Residence Services Vision Statement aims to improve student life on campus

Martin Harp February 10, 2014

Kent State's Residence Services has started working on their new vision statement to improve on-campus life.Jill Church, director of Residence Services, said the new vision statement is to “be recognized...

Resident Assistant Meghan Blaha updates one of the bulletin boards in Olson Hall on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014.

RAs tested to handle stress

Martin Harp January 28, 2014

The search for next year's residence assistants is underway with the start of RA group processing.RA group processing ran from Jan. 22 to Jan. 24 for the 151 students who are looking to become RAs next...