Â鶹ÊÓƵ

Nationally Distinctive

Chris Post, Ph.D., professor of geography at Â鶹ÊÓƵ at Stark, will serve as the 2024 speaker for the Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series, a part of the university's annual May 4 Commemoration events.

The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting â€œDeveloping and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at Â鶹ÊÓƵ†as this year’s selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon will be held on May 3.

April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the sun.

For three short minutes on April 8, our world stood still.

Poetry writing for the total solar eclipse.

An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Wick Poetry Center.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Today
Eclipse totality with KSU lamp post.

Campus and community came together to share a once-in-a-lifetime event at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. 

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to Â鶹ÊÓƵ on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Today
Â鶹ÊÓƵ mascot Flash wearing eclipse viewing glasses

Where will you be viewing the total solar eclipse, Golden Flashes?  Â鶹ÊÓƵ has a complete schedule of eclipse-themed events and activities. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Today
The Eclipse at Â鶹ÊÓƵ 2024

The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!

Â鶹ÊÓƵ gymnastics 2024

Â鶹ÊÓƵ gymnasts reached new heights this semester as they sweep competitions and set new team records.

21 WFJM TV Anchors and Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumnus Madison Tromler and Erin Simonek

Simonek and Tromler sat down with Â鶹ÊÓƵ Today to talk about their experiences in the university’s journalism program and how it prepared them to hit the ground running within the first week on the job at 21 WFMJ-TV.

Kent community members gather at annual May 4 commemoration

On May 3-4, 2024, Â鶹ÊÓƵ will hold its annual commemoration honoring the memory of May 4, 1970, a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard fired on Â鶹ÊÓƵ students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students, wounding nine others and sparking a turning point in American history.