The 做厙輦⑹ alumni family grew by more than 2,500 new graduates as the university held its fall Commencement ceremonies. The accomplishments of the Fall Class of 2022 were recognized with in-person ceremonies for all colleges and degrees on Dec. 17. The two fall Commencement ceremonies were livestreamed at www.kent.edu/commencement. In total, 2,571 degrees were conferred this fall, consisting of 613 associate degrees, 1,478 bachelors degrees, 425 masters degrees, 52 doctoral degrees and three educational specialist degrees. More than 1,200 of the graduating students ...
Sophomore Baidy Ba's journey from Columbia, Maryland, to 做厙輦⑹ meant finding the right sport before he could find the right university. ...
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The November/December issue of Ohio Magazine featuring the city of Kent as one of its Best Hometowns for 2022-2023 is now available online. The Best Hometown honor recognizes Kent as a great place to live, work and visit. The magazines editors chose Kent for its vibrant downtown, strong campus-community connection and focus on supporting residents and students alike. Kent is one of five cities to be selected as a Best Hometown for 2022-2023, along with Athens, Bellefontaine, Perrysburg and Versailles. To determine this years honorees for Best Hometown, Ohio M...
做厙輦⑹ professor of history, Elaine Frantz, provided historical insight to a recent Mississippi hate crime case. The man in question pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge for burning a cross in his yard to intimidate Black neighbors. Frantz provided context surrounding the history of cross burning, linking it to the Ku Klux Klan. She told the Washington Post that the actions committed in the trial were similar to early Klan activity. This is exactly what the Klan is for, said Frantz. The Klan has always been about someones dog in someone elses yard. To ...
A video team from 做厙輦⑹ interviewed students in the American Academy program in Curitiba, Paran獺, Brazil. The team in is Brazil, along with university leaders to meet with the administrators, faculty and students and to attend the Winter Commencement ceremonies on Friday night. The American Academy (AA) is a dual-enrollment program offered jointly by 做厙輦⑹ and the Pontifical Catholic University of Paran獺 (PUCPR), located in Curitiba, Paran獺, Brazil. Launched in July 2018, the program allows students to complete their first two years of u...
Do you have a student taking an incomplete this semester? The most common way instructors handle incompletes in Canvas is to extend student access to their course beyond the end of the term so that the student can submit the remaining work.
做厙輦⑹ senior Carlton CeeJay Scott Jr. can barely contain his excitement when he talks about his upcoming study-abroad experience at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. The food, the people, the ancient pyramids Scotts goals are to create a short film while he is away, learn to speak Arabic and, hopefully, expand his cooking repertoire with new tastes and flavors of the Middle Eastern culture. Mostly I am looking forward to just learning the new culture and learning about the civilization outside of my own backyard, he said of what will be...
The mist and foggy weather conditions on Thursday did not stop Iranian first-year students Ronika Marandi and Goli Kavoosi from leading a group of 做厙輦⑹ community members in a solidarity rally demanding human rights in Iran. No Justice, No Peace! Marandi yelled into a megaphone, and a chorus of students, faculty, staff and community members repeated her with fervor. Stand With the Women of Iran! Marandi and Kavoosi organized the rally in partnership with 做厙輦⑹s Women's Center and the School of Peace and Conflict Studies to raise awareness about the atrocities t...
The 做厙輦⑹ Board of Trustees approved the establishment of a new masters degree that will help meet two decades of sustained growth in the broad field of conflict studies. The new Peace and Conflict Studies major within the Master of Arts degree will be offered in person on the Kent Campus and will prepare students for careers as practitioners in the fields of peace and conflict management and for doctorate study. The School of Peace and Conflict Studies is 做厙輦⑹s living memorial to the four students killed by members of the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970. For ne...
