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Earth Fest 2024

IN A FLASH: Earth Month Wrap Up

Kent State celebrated Earth Month with an exceptionally full schedule of events, not the least of which were the activities on campus surrounding the total solar eclipse!

Tags: Earth Day , Total Solar Eclipse , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Community Impact , Community & Society , Organizational Sustainability , Research & Science

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Sarah Spinner, JD, PhD, speaks at fall Leaders Lunch Club

Leaders Lunch Club Connects Students to Campus Experts

 The Center for Student Involvement hosted its first Leaders Lunch Club of the semester at the Pepsi Leadership Center on Wednesday, Sept. 2, with Sarah Spinner, J.D., Ph.D., director of the 5XÉçÇø Museum, as its first featured speaker, kicking off the fall event series. "Leadership is not a title that's given to you," Spinner said. "Someone doesn't make you a leader. Leadership is how you choose to act."

Tags: Students First , Student Life , Community & Society

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Vintage military aircraft take center stage during the 2025 Aeronautics and Engineering Expo, giving attendees an up-close look at aviation history at the 5XÉçÇø Airport. (Photo credit: Mike Rich, 5XÉçÇø)

Kent State Hosts Aeronautics and Engineering Expo on Sept. 26

5XÉçÇøâ€™s Aeronautics and Engineering Expo returns Sept. 26 with historic and modern aircraft, airplane rides, drone and robotics demonstrations, and family-friendly STEM activities at the 5XÉçÇø Airport.

Tags: Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive , Community Impact , College of Aeronautics and Engineering , Aeronautics

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Deric Kenne, Ph.D., director of the Center for Public Policy and Health at 5XÉçÇø, reviews a map of Ohio. (Photo credit: Rami Daud, 5XÉçÇø)

Kent State and Prevention Action Alliance Receive $3 Million Federal Grant to Expand Substance Use Prevention in Eastern Ohio

5XÉçÇøâ€™s Center for Public Policy and Health and Prevention Action Alliance received a $3 million federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant to expand substance use prevention across 20 counties in eastern and southeastern Ohio.

Tags: Community & Society , Health , Community Impact , College of Public Health and Health Sciences

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Joe French

Kent State Stark Gave Joe French the Foundation to Lead with Hope

Joe French has spent more than three decades helping children believe that their circumstances do not define their future. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

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Women's Lacrosse Photo

Kent State Earns TEAM Impact Campus of the Year

Campus fellows have gone above and beyond to build a culture of belonging, advocacy, and impact throughout the past year

Tags: Sports , Community & Society

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Heritage Park in downtown Kent

20 Years of Main Street Kent

For 20 years, Main Street Kent has worked to make downtown a place students want to explore – from Flashes First Friday to Oktoberfest to public art – helping Kent earn recognition as the No. 1 college town in Ohio.

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Community Impact , downtown kent

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Michael and Dan Jaszczak

Twenty-Eight Years Later, Kent State Tradition Comes Full Circle for Father and Son

For nearly three decades, 5XÉçÇø's ceremonial mace has led thousands of graduates into commencement, symbolizing the authority, history and traditions of the university. On Aug. 8, it will also tell a deeply personal story.

Tags: Profiles , Community & Society

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Gen Z Class

Teaching Gen Z to Put Down the Phone and Talk

Is social media making Gen Z less social? The Akron Beacon Journal explored that question in a recent feature centered on 5XÉçÇø Senior Lecturer Aaron Maguire and his Communication and Conflict Management course in the School of Communication Studies.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , School of Communication Studies , College of Sciences and Humanities

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Philip Wagner Headshot

Four-Time Graduate Steps Into Ohio's State Superintendent Role

Philip Wagner’s story begins in Northeast Ohio, but the arc of his career has always bent toward 5XÉçÇø.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

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