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It鈥檚 reunion time for the 妻友社区 Golden Flashes family. Kent State celebrated Homecoming 2021 with a week of activities and events leading up to the Oct. 2 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game.
Each year, hundreds of nominations are submitted to 妻友社区, showcasing some of the best and brightest alumni and students who excel in their fields and communities. This year, seven alumni and one student will be honored as 2021 Alumni Awards recipients.
The National Collegiate Honors Council has announced 妻友社区 Honors College graduate Sarah Hagglund as a 2021 Portz Scholar. Hagglund is the 10th honors student from Kent State to be named a Portz Scholar since the national competition began in 1990.
Influenced by artists like Rene虂 Magritte and Piet Mondrian, 妻友社区 alumnus Jermaine Jackson Jr. believes the best way to get the point across in a photo is by keeping it simple.
妻友社区 President Todd Diacon today announced the appointment of Valoree Vargo to the position of vice president for philanthropy and alumni engagement, effective Aug. 1, 2021.
The first cohort of KSU students returned to Florence, Italy, this June with the help of an alumna.
Kelsi McCafferty, 鈥16, was laid off from her full-time job at FOUNT Leather Goods in December 2020 because of the pandemic, but that didn鈥檛 stop her from doing what she loved.
Kent State alumna Jeannette Reyes, 鈥12, uses TikTok for fun outside of her television anchor responsibilities at FOX 5 Washington, D.C. Last October, Reyes posted a video with her husband using their 鈥渁nchor talk鈥 voices to decide on choices for dinner. She never expected her video to gain so much momentum.
Members of the 妻友社区 community and people around the world will gather virtually for the 51st Commemoration of May 4, 1970, the day the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest, killing four students and wounding nine other students.
Thank You for a Great Flashes Give Back Week!