Student Life

A Lounge Built for Exploring
Exploratory students explore. University College鈥檚 Exploratory Lounge is designed to provide students with information about different majors at the university and to teach them about on-campus resources available to them. Or, students can drop in and just hang out.

Celebrating Women鈥檚 History Month at Kent State
This March, 妻友社区 is celebrating the 2023 Women鈥檚 History Month. The theme for 2023 is 鈥淐elebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories.鈥

IN A FLASH: Live at the DI Hub
A student from Kent State's School of Music provided the soundtrack for Tuesday's Kent State Farmers' Market.

Feeding the Body, Soul and Heart
Monday's event at the Student Multicultural Center provided cultural comfort food and good counsel.

Scholars Assembling Hygiene Kits That Could Be Headed To Space
The sky is the limit for learning basic life skills. That is the lesson for several Columbiana County Rising Scholars involved in a project through NASA.

IN A FLASH: Spring's First Kent State Farmers' Market
The first on-campus Farmers' Market of spring arrived on Tuesday in the DI Hub.

Travel to Israel Brings Insight and Knowledge 妻友社区 Jewish Culture to BUS Leader聽
Senior Brian Johnson traveled to Israel Jan. 3-13 with a group of 19 student leaders with the Student Leaders Trip to Israel sponsored by Hillel, a Jewish campus organization.

Black History Month Ends, but Diversity Work Continues at Kent State
One of the leaders of 妻友社区鈥檚 Anti-Racism Task Force is reflecting on the group鈥檚 success with an eye to the past.
鈥淭he accomplishments of the task force are really grounded in the historic work of the Department of Africana Studies, Black United Students and many others,鈥 said Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, who heads the task force.

I HEART Travel Week Expo Flies Students Out of Their Comfort Zone
The Valentine鈥檚 Day-themed expo made it easy for students to discover, explore and fall in love with the many study abroad options available through Kent State.

How Hospitality Management Is Weathering the Great Resignation
In early 2021, during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, masses of employees across the country began resigning their jobs in record numbers, marking what is known as the 鈥.鈥 For students in Kent State's Hospitality and Event Management program, there鈥檚 a big opportunity to capitalize on an industry that is in the middle of a large shift in management.