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Born without legs, 5XÉçÇø at Tuscarawas student Zion Clark competes as a member of the Kent State Tuscarawas Golden Eagles wrestling team.

Kent State Tuscarawas Golden Eagles Wrestler Zion Clark Makes No Excuses

Born without legs, Zion Clark, 5XÉçÇø at Tuscarawas Golden Eagles wrestling phenomenon, overcomes obstacles and gladly accepts challenges both on and off the mat every day with a contagious smile.

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Kent State Tuscarawas Golden Eagles Wrestler Zion Clark Makes No Excuses

Eric Harmon, 5XÉçÇø at Tuscarawas student and councilman-at-large, is currently the youngest elected official in the state of Ohio.

Kent State Tuscarawas Student Currently the Youngest Elected Official in the State of Ohio

5XÉçÇø at Tuscarawas student and councilman-at-large Eric Harmon, 19, is currently the youngest elected official in the state of Ohio.

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Kent State Tuscarawas Student Currently the Youngest Elected Official in the State of Ohio

WEWS features Kent State's Career Closet

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 5XÉçÇø faculty and staff members have come together to establish the Kent State Career Closet, a project to collect, organize and distribute professional attire …

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A 5XÉçÇø student makes blankets to bring comfort to children going through difficult times.

Kent State Student Blankets Struggling Children with Warmth

A 5XÉçÇø student makes blankets to bring comfort to children going through difficult times.

Tags: Student Life , Featured Story , College of Education Health and Human Services

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Photo by Bob Christy '95

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…

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Kent State Magazine

Photo by Bob Christy '95

Live and Learn

This fall marks the beginning of the second year of 5XÉçÇøâ€™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…

Tags: Student Life , University News

Kent State Magazine

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…

Tags: Student Life , University News , Community & Society , Global Reach

Kent State Magazine

Photo by Melissa Olson

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

Tags: Student Life , Health , population health

Kent State Magazine

The 2017 Summer Advantage Program participants and staff stand outside Kent State’s University College.

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.

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Underrepresented Students Sit in the Driver’s Seat of Their Own Success

Kent State students move clothing into Olsen Hall during freshman move-in day.

Movers and Groovers Assists New Students Moving Into Residence Halls

At the beginning of each school year, 5XÉçÇø 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…

Tags: Department of Residence Services , Student Life , Movers and Groovers , Success Story

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