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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their Â鶹ÊÓƵ days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes, and the entire campus boomed with Â鶹ÊÓƵ pride.

Celeste Dawson had made up her mind. She was not going to attend college and that was her final decision. 

Her story could have ended there, but the support of her parents and a program at Â鶹ÊÓƵ opened up a new chapter in her life – one filled with opportunities she never imagined.

In a class by itself, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the Best National Universities list released by U.S. News & World Report.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ was flat out dominant in a 54-14 victory over Howard University Saturday in its 2018 home opener at Dix Stadium. Behind six rushing touchdowns, the Golden Flashes out-gained the Bison on the ground 355-65.

A Â鶹ÊÓƵ tradition for 37 years, the annual Black Squirrel Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 7, from noon-5 p.m. on the Student Green and Risman Plaza. The Black Squirrel Festival, which is hosted by the Flash Activities Board, attracts more than 3,000 students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the Kent community. 

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni network again grew its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes got their degrees. Â鶹ÊÓƵ held its Summer 2018 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). The Kent Campus conferred 1,325 degrees.

An inclusive campus acknowledges and respects diversity, and offers a welcoming environment for all community members regardless of their differences.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising is once again ranked high among the nation’s elite, according to .

Their remarkable work takes place in studios, classrooms, laboratories and outdoors. They have been published in prestigious journals, authored books and received significant research grants. Now, they add a new honor to their list of notable achievements.

A group of sophomores from Firestone Community Learning Center in Akron  spent a week at Â鶹ÊÓƵ exploring university programs and learning more about college and careers.