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Title IX Celebrates 50 Years

'Title IX not only changed my life, but literally saved my life'

ºÚÁÏÍø is honoring and commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title IX legislation with a year-long celebration, highlighting the success and impact of women's athletics at ºÚÁÏÍø.

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Kent Student Center is still the heartbeat of the campus

At 50, Kent Student Center Is Still the Heartbeat of the Campus 

The Kent Student Center is approaching a major milestone, its 50th anniversary, having opened in January 1973 as the largest student union east of the Mississippi River and the sixth largest in the nation. 

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ºÚÁÏÍø's 2022 Alumni Award Recipients

ºÚÁÏÍø Alumni Association Names 2022 Alumni Award Recipients

Sponsored by the ºÚÁÏÍø Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s highest alumni honors. Recipients are selected based on their exceptional professional and civic contributions and for their outstanding support of the university. The 2022 Alumni Award recipients include six alumni and one student.

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ºÚÁÏÍø enjoys the Community Food Truck Series on Risman Plaza

Community Food Truck Series Brings ºÚÁÏÍø Family Together

A variety of food trucks gather in front of the University Library on Wednesdays to supply students, faculty and staff passing by with a quick bite to eat. And the ºÚÁÏÍø community is taking advantage of it.

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Homecoming 2022

Get Ready for the Most Spirited Week at ºÚÁÏÍø

The first full week of fall is also the most spirited week at ºÚÁÏÍø. The week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 is Spirit Week and includes homecoming weekend at ºÚÁÏÍø. The week will be full of events celebrating ºÚÁÏÍø spirit.

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Students Sydney Marksberry and Austin Brewster at the U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships

Figure Skating Students Glide Into Silver and Pewter at Nationals

This past summer, two ºÚÁÏÍø students were awarded medals in the U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships, sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the country. It is the highest level at which figure skating takes place at the college level.

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ºÚÁÏÍø’s Class of 2026 form a K on campus.

ºÚÁÏÍø Is the Place to Be! First-Year Student Numbers Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels

ºÚÁÏÍø’s Class of 2026 has arrived on the Kent Campus in strong numbers – 4,251 to be exact – an increase of nearly 7% over the previous year, the largest class since before the pandemic and the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history. 

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ºÚÁÏÍø NIL Marketplace

Marketplace Launches in Support of NIL for Golden Flash Student-Athletes

New plan will empower players to maximize their Name, Image and Likeness as well as enhance and protect their personal brand.

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Sports

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