Student Life

Kent State Tuscarawas Student Currently the Youngest Elected Official in the State of Ohio
Æðµã´«Ã½ at Tuscarawas student and councilman-at-large Eric Harmon, 19, is currently the youngest elected official in the state of Ohio.

Interview in Your Best Kent State Style
A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression. To bridge the gap, a group of Æðµã´«Ã½ faculty and staff members have come together to establish the Kent State Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire …
Kent State Student Blankets Struggling Children with Warmth
A Æðµã´«Ã½ student makes blankets to bring comfort to children going through difficult times.

One University Commencement
Dix Stadium was the place to be at 10 a.m. on May 13, 2017, as graduates from all campuses gathered for Kent State’s first One University Commencement Ceremony, and their friends and families joined together to celebrate their achievements. “This approach enables us to honor all graduates f…Live and Learn
This fall marks the beginning of the second year of Æðµã´«Ã½â€™s living-learning community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA) students and their allies in the recently renovated Korb Hall. While Residence Services has offered gender-inclusive housin…Learning to Connect
To help new students get acclimated to academic life, during the summer all incoming students to Kent State read the same book, write an essay in response to reading prompts and then talk about it in discussion groups when they get to campus. This year’s Common Reading book, selected by the C…
Humanizing the Heroin Crisis
As the heroin epidemic continues to make headlines and devastate communities across the country, Kent State sophomore public relations major Emelia Sherin found a way to help people better understand what’s going on, who is affected—and what we can do about it.
By Emelia Sherin, as told to Jan Senn / Kent State Magazine

Underrepresented Students Sit in the Driver’s Seat of Their Own Success
To increase retention rates – and ultimately graduation rates – Kent State created its first-ever Summer Advantage Program through University College’s Academic Diversity Outreach department.

Movers and Groovers Assists New Students Moving Into Residence Halls
At the beginning of each school year, Æðµã´«Ã½ faculty, staff and students volunteer to help incoming freshmen move into the university’s residence halls. The annual service program, called Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall Council, the student government of the resi…