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Traffic returns to using Summit St. as a two way road after lenthy construction in Kent, Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016

Summit Street opens two-way traffic, university plans Phase Two construction

Mitch Felan November 16, 2016

Summit Street Opens For Two Lane Traffic from KentWired.com on Vimeo.After months of construction, Kent’s East Summit Street is once again open to two-way and two-lane traffic.According to Kent City...

Summit Street Closed Today

Mitch Felan October 15, 2016

Summit street will be closed between Fraternity Circle and East Campus Center Drive from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm today. According to a press release by Kent City Engineer Jim Bowling, workers will be laying...

Emergency crews tend to Thirupathi Vakiti after he was struck by a car on East Summit Street near the Kent State Student Center on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

Student struck by vehicle on Summit Street

Skye McEowen April 5, 2016

A Kent State student who was hit by a car at the intersection of Risman Drive and Summit Street and was taken to University Hospitals Portage Medical Center.The victim's roommate identified him as Thirupathi...

Construction workers leave the site of the 345 Flats on the corner of Summit and Depeyster Street on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016.

Summit Street Construction

Taylor Kerns February 24, 2016

One-way, one-lane eastbound traffic on Summit Street will begin March 7.East Summit Street, which has been identified as a high-traffic, high-accident area and a dangerous corridor for pedestrians, is...

Photo courtesy of Ben Orner.

City of Kent checking water quality after main break

Skye McEowen February 7, 2016

A water main break occurred Saturday night on East Summit Street, near Loop Road and Windchimes Condominiums, releasing over 250,000 gallons of water before being shut down for repairs.As a result of the...

Members of the Area Wide Protective Street construction company dust off the road and work in the ditch on the corner of Summit and Lincoln on Monday, Nov. 9, 2015.

Summit Street closes until Wednesday

Emily Mills December 21, 2015

Summit Street will be closed Monday through Wednesday for crews to work on underground utilities in preparation for the Summit Street Improvement Project.Both lanes of the street are closed from Depeyster...

Members of USG hear proposals at public USG forum in the Kent State Governance Chambers on October 21, 2015

USG hears allocations for drug policy conference

Sarah Matthews October 21, 2015

Members of Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government listened to presentations regarding police and safety on Halloween, and the finished product of construction on Summit Street during Wednesday...

The intersection of Summit Street and West Campus Center Drive on Wednesday Sept 16, 2015.

Future plans for Summit Street set to improve traffic flow

Carson Kleinman September 17, 2015

A $17.5 million street improvement project will begin this year to alter a one-mile stretch of Summit Street, from Loop Road to Lincoln Street.This construction, which is divided into two phases, is projected...

Summer Kent Stater Construction of the Manchester/Fletcher parking lot on July 17, 2015.

Parking Services makes campus-wide improvements

Eric Poston September 15, 2015

Students who park in campus parking lots can expect to see some improvements this semester. Several of them were made this summer in preparation for the Summit Street project, which is expected to begin...

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...

Rec center to close May 9-May 17 for cleaning, addition of new equipment

Emily Mills May 8, 2015

The Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) will be closed from May 9 to May 17 for its annual facility shutdown.    Associate director Kim Rufra said the center will be replacing all of its...

Kent State University and Kent City Council plan to discuss the closing of South Willow Street from East Main Street to East College Avenue later this year. The university would like the section of South Willow Street closed to keep pedestrians on the Esplanade safe from oncoming traffic. 

City tables Willow Street closure talks with university

Hilary Crisan November 23, 2014

Discussions between Kent State University and the City of Kent to permanently shut down South Willow Street have been postponed to next September. The university’s desire to shut down a part of South...