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A Look Back
Have a question about something or someone you remember from your time at Kent State? Hereās some help to find an answer. A five-year process to digitize every printed issue of The Daily Kent Stater (now The Kent Stater) concluded this summer. Ninety years of issues, spanning 1926ā2016, are now searā¦
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Golden Year
In its 50th year, Kent Stateās College of Nursing has been designated a Center of Excellence for 2017ā2022 by the National League for Nursing, in the category of āAdvance the Science of Nursing Educationāāthe same category it received when first designated in 2013. It will be recognized at the 2017 ā¦
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One University Commencement
Dix Stadium was the place to be at 10 a.m. on May 13, 2017, as graduates from all campuses gathered for Kent Stateās first One University Commencement Ceremony, and their friends and families joined together to celebrate their achievements. āThis approach enables us to honor all graduates fā¦
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Live and Learn
This fall marks the beginning of the second year of Ā鶹¹ū¶³ās living-learning community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA) students and their allies in the recently renovated Korb Hall. While Residence Services has offered gender-inclusive housinā¦
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Learning to Connect
To help new students get acclimated to academic life, during the summer all incoming students to Kent State read the same book, write an essay in response to reading prompts and then talk about it in discussion groups when they get to campus. This yearās Common Reading book, selected by the Cā¦
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Presidential Perspectives
On With Purpose At Kent State, those three words above represent how much we value a life of purposeāthat sense of calling that can open our minds, uncover new paths and transform the world around us. Finding purpose, however, is an intensely personal journey. When I was an undergraduate, beā¦
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Flashback
President John McGilvrey and faculty members pose proudly with the first graduating class in 1914 on the steps of Merrill Hall, the first building completed on campus. Building on Firsts On July 29, 1914, Kent State Normal School held its first Commencement ceremony, celebrating the 34 membā¦
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Taking Flight
As Kent State celebrates the 50th anniversary of its flight technology program, we survey the sky-high dreams of women in aeronautics. By Erin Peterson / Kent State Magazine
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Kent State Ascends in U.S. News Ranking of Best National Universities
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ has made an impressive climb up the Best National Universities list released last week by U.S. News & World Report in its new 2018 edition of Best Colleges.
Kent State Ascends in U.S. News Ranking of Best National Universities
Continuing Threads
The head of Kent Stateās Textile Arts Program, Janice Lessman-Moss has spent 35 years elevating woven cloth into high art.
By Laura Billings Coleman / Kent State Magazine
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