Â鶹ÊÓƵ

Success Story

Celeste Dawson credits Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s EXCEL program for making the Kent Campus feel like a second home.

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.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students fill Risman Plaza in front of the Kent Student Center at the start of the fall 2018 semester. Once again, Â鶹ÊÓƵ ranks in the top tier of the Best National Universities list released by U.S. News & World Report.

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.

A College of Business Administration graduate show off her glasses while in line to enter Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

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.

A Â鶹ÊÓƵ student proudly displays an award certificate during the university’s Lavender Graduation ceremony, which honors the achievements of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally students.

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

Â鶹ÊÓƵ students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2018 spring fashion show.

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