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 5X����’s Glauser School of Music is receiving statewide recognition as the Kent State Wind and Flute Ensembles were selected to perform at the 2026 Ohio Music Educators Association (OMEA) Professional Development Conference.   The OMEA conference draws hundreds of music educators, professional musicians, alumni and industry leaders from across Ohio and beyond. Fewer than 30 ensembles are chosen to perform each year, making the selection a significant honor for the university’s students and faculty.“This is a big deal,” Benjamin Lorenzo, D.M.A., associate professo...

  When Kent State's Golden Flashes football team played Bowling Green's Falcons in October at Dix Stadium, they brought a secret weapon: an orange cat named Hyperion - "Hype" for short. "Hype" was Kent State's representative in a cat-to-cat match up with "Pudge," another orange cat that has received a lot of attention on the web as Bowling Green's athletic mascot and feline good luck charm. However, Hype's mojo won the day as Kent State beat Bowling Green 24-21.   After the winter storm in January, Hype's human companion, Mahli Mechenbier J.D., a senior lecturer at Ken...

Andy Wyatt, Ph.D., received his undergraduate degree in English from Kent State in 2016, and is now the Assistant Director of Student Affairs at the Kent State Florence Center in Italy. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2023, and his research focused on modern Italian literature and intellectual history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Andy had the opportunity to study abroad in the Kent State Florence Semester program as an undergraduate, and the experience inspired him to pursue a career in Italy. He felt a connection to KSU Florence especially, because of how influe...