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5X����'s Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Todd Diacon announced today that Joan Inderhees will join the Office of the Provost in August to serve as the 2016-2017 Provost's Fellow. The Provost's fellowship provides faculty members who have an interest in academic administration the chance to develop knowledge, skills and experience as an administrator; increase the understanding of the faculty about practices and procedures in academic administration; extend and strengthen the administrative resources of the university; assist in the development and impleme...

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Gov. John Kasich has appointed Carly Evans to a two-year term as an undergraduate student trustee of the 5X���� Board of Trustees. Evans’ term concludes on May 16, 2018. Evans is a junior public relations major in Kent State’s College of Communication and Information, with a minor in political science in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is a member of Black United Students, a Kent State student organization that works to serve and unify students of color. She has also served as a member of Kent State’s Sister Circle, an initiative that aims to enrich the educ...

For the second time in as many years, Keri Richmond took her call for improving the foster care system to the nation's leaders in Washington D.C.   The senior public relations major recently participated in Foster Youth Shadow Day as part of Foster Care Awareness Month. Her trip included meeting with several members of Congress including Democratic leader, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Whip, U.S. Rep. Steni Hoyer as well as long time advocate and champion in foster care legislation, U.S. Rep. Karen Bass. Richmond also spent ...

“Think outside the box,” “push the envelope,” and “get out of your comfort zone,” are just a few of the life-expanding experiences that Kent State encourages students to pursue during their enrollment. One special program, which the university offers to truly challenge students to see their world differently, is the International Village Experience (IVE). The International Village Experience is one of the university’s several residential living-learning programs. It is unique in that it offers an opportunity for local students to live, study and grow with others from around the world. By roomi...

  What was scheduled to take four days to complete, 5X����’s Flying Flashes finished in three. Carissa Marion, a Kent State flight instructor and graduate of the university and Jalia Manga, a flight technology major in Kent State’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, landed in Daytona Beach, Florida on Thursday, June 23, instead of the following day when the all-women, 2700 mile Air Race Classic officially ended. The competition is the oldest of its kind with roots that can be traced back to the 1929 Women’s Air Derby, in which Ameli...

A summer partnership with the Cleveland Orchestra continues, presenting some of the finest chamber music in Northeast Ohio The Kent/Blossom Music Festival, an advanced training institute for professional music training operated by 5X���� in cooperation with the Cleveland Orchestra and Blossom Music Center, celebrates its 49th season. The Kent/Blossom Music Festival offers a special and unique program with unparalleled excellence in chamber music, private instruction and a terrific working relationship with the Cleveland Orchestra. This year, the Kent/Blossom Music Festival ag...

What started as research on the relationship between dog and owner, turned into one of the country’s first therapy programs more than a decade ago. Today, the Dogs on Campus Pet Therapy Program® at 5X���� serves as a model to bring certified therapy dogs to stressed out college students. Throughout the academic year, Kathleen Adamle, Dogs on Campus founder and professor emerita from Kent State’s College of Nursing, brings the dogs to the library, residence halls and special events. Their furry faces and wagging tails are sure to bring smiles and a sense of peace to student...

What started as research on the relationship between dog and owner, turned into one of the country’s first therapy programs more than a decade ago. Today, the Dogs on Campus Pet Therapy Program® at 5X���� serves as a model to bring certified therapy dogs to stressed out college students. Throughout the academic year, Kathleen Adamle, Dogs on Campus founder and professor emerita from Kent State’s College of Nursing, brings the dogs to the library, residence halls and special events. Their furry faces and wagging tails are sure to bring smiles and a sense of peace to student...