Kent State’s least used residence hall, Verder Hall, sits empty.
With no air conditioning, temperatures can reach upwards of 90 degrees in the summer, which made it unpopular as a place to live on...
Verder Hall was brought back for the 2023-24 academic school year to meet the high demand for housing. Residents have experienced a wide range of issues from broken sewer lines to temperatures reaching...
Students living in Verder Hall were told their water would shut off from 5 a.m. Friday to Saturday evening – and potentially longer – due to needed repairs to the building's main sewage line.
Early...
More students are living on-campus this semester than in recent years. TV2's Jacob Brooks explains how University Housing gave everyone a place to live.
Jacob Brooks is a TV2 reporter. Contact him at...
Verder Hall is reopening for student housing after being closed for three years.
“Verder is back and will be housing incoming freshman and sophomores,” said Jill Jenkins, senior executive director...
Kent State began part one of its three-part plan which aims to add new buildings to campus while making the campus a more walkable place.
The 10-year plan is known as the Kent Campus Gateway...
Elias Shingleton Digital Content Producer
• February 25, 2021
Kent State announced it will conduct more in-person classes and activities in the fall 2021 semester amid continuing protocols to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.According to a letter from the Office...
Becky Doherty is a Common Pleas Court judge for Portage County. She has served as a Common Pleas Court judge since the beginning of 2014 and is now running for re-election. On the Common Pleas Court, she...
Jessica Cobb Regionals/Teaching reporter
• September 29, 2020
It was a hectic first day of quarantine for Nicholas Negron and his roommates in the Centennial Court A dorms. “I just woke up to my roommate saying, ‘we’re done, either shut down here or we’re...
Twenty-five residents of Clark Hall are in quarantine after two positive cases of COVID-19 were detected among students living there. The Kent City Health Department told residents they must quarantine...
Despite a $2 million increase in need-based funding to support lower- and middle-income students, incoming freshmen are going to incur increased room and board costs this fall.The Kent State Board of Trustees...
Filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid is an important part of the financial college process for students across the country, as many students depend on financial aid to pay for their...
