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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...

Kent State's 2022 Grand Marshals, former female student-athletes, ride with President Todd Diacon in the 2022 Homecoming Parade.

Title IX homecoming celebration: 50 years of opportunity for women’s athletics

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor October 5, 2022

At Saturday’s Title IX homecoming celebration, Kris Ewing and a group of fellow former women athletes realized something. Everyone had a Judy Devine story. Devine, a pioneer in women’s sports...

Joel Nielsen, who served as the Kent State athletic director from 2010 to 2021, watches the Kent State women's basketball team play Purdue Fort Wayne on Nov. 16, 2019.

A ‘low-key’ revolution: 50 years of Title IX at Kent State

Isabella Schreck, Sports Editor September 26, 2022

To read day two, click here. 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...