University News
Â鶹ÊÓƵ will be closed from Dec. 24, 2024, through Jan. 1, 2025. University offices will reopen on Jan. 2, 2025.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed two new trustees to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees. DeWine named Gregory White, J.D., of Concord Township, Ohio, to a nine-year term as trustee and Abygail Deemer of Warren, Ohio, to a two-year term as an undergraduate student trustee.
Fall 2024 graduate Cecelia Kirk is thankful to Â鶹ÊÓƵ for all the resources and connections she made during her three years in the Fashion School program.
In his Fall 2024 Commencement address, Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Todd Diacon delivered a heartfelt and memorable message to the graduating class, blending personal experience with words of encouragement that resonated deeply with the 2,500 new graduates.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees endorsed the 2024 University Remediation Report at its Dec. 12 meeting. The report provides a comprehensive overview of student remediation at the university.
The first significant snowfall of the season blanketed Â鶹ÊÓƵ's campuses last week.
Eric Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of economics in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, says the most rewarding part of the job is knowing that he has impacted his students in some way. And now they've honored this impact with the Distinguished Teaching Award.
When Notre Dame College announced in March 2024 that it would be closing its doors for financial reasons, students like Reagan Davenport found the doors at Kent State to be wide open, and a welcoming and accessible transfer process followed.   
On Dec. 14, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni family will grow by more than 2,500 new graduates as the university holds its fall commencement ceremonies, recognizing the accomplishments of the Fall Class of 2024.
Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community joined together to cause a ripple effect of change reaching far beyond Â鶹ÊÓƵ, raising more than $4.9 million to support scholarships and programs across the university for its Giving Tuesday 2024 campaign.