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 When Yeshe Mulugeta, a senior criminology and justice studies major from Washington, D.C., arrived at ��ñ��, she expected the transition to be challenging, but not overwhelming. By the end of her first year, she fell behind academically and was unsure where to turn.“Adjusting from high school to college is really hard,” Mulugeta told ��ñ��Today. “My high school didn’t prep me enough for the workload, and I didn’t do well in one of my science credits.”A staff member suggested she look into the Summer Advantage Program. She applied, was accepted and, without realizing...

  On April 3, the entire ��ñ��Golden Flashes football team came to Devine Diamond right after spring practice, in full pads, to support the ��ñ��Golden Flashes softball team as they faced the Bowling Green Falcons in a doubleheader.  Cheers from the team seemed to help the women rally for a comeback win in the first game (7-6) and a win in the second game, also (1-0). With another win on Saturday, the Golden Flashes softball team swept the series.   Video from the game went viral and was featured on ESPN's SportsCenter, Sports Illustrated and othe...

Be the hero in someone's story.  Today is our 24-hour Day of Giving — part of Flashes Give Back Week, a weeklong celebration of all the ways Golden Flashes support our blue and gold communities.You can be a hero by supporting scholarships and the ��ñ��causes that matter to you. Matching funds* are live now, helping double your impact! As a bonus, when you make a gift of $50 or more, you'll receive an exclusive, "flashy" pair of ��ñ��socks (limit one pair per donor while supplies last)!Students: There's even more to get excited about this week! On Thursday, April 16, Kent ...

��ñ��’s College of the Arts and the School of Art has earned a national ranking for the university in the newly released U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Graduate Schools report, highlighting the strength of its graduate programs in the visual arts.In the new rankings for 2026, Kent State’s School of Art placed No. 54 on the Best Fine Arts Programs list, ranking No. 2 in the state of Ohio and making ��ñ��the highest-ranked institution – public or private – in northern Ohio on the list."We are thrilled by this national recognition of our School of Art," said Jil...

In the greenery behind Rockwell Hall on ��ñ��’s Kent Campus, another green landmark can be found – a patinaed, bronze statue, alive with growing plants inside it.  This living sculpture, “Sidney,” was created in 1972 by Robert Wick in memory of his first wife, ��ñ��alumna Sidney Barnes Wick. Another living sculpture, “Seated Earth” by Wick is the centerpiece of the Wick Poetry Park behind the Wick Poetry Center, inside the historic May Prentice House.What is now called the Wick Poetry Center was founded by Robert Wick and his brother, Walter Wick,In 1984, Robert...

 ��ñ��Today posted a series of stories about fashion design major Kaleigh McGreal in her senior academic year 2023-2024 for its “Year with a Flash” feature. She graduated in May 2024 with dream of beginning her professional career in New York City’s fashion industry.Two years ago, Kaleigh McGreal graduated with the ��ñ�� School of Fashion's Spring Class of 2024, earning her degree in fashion design. As a student, she studied abroad at Kent State's Florence facility and at Kent State’s New York City Fashion, completed multiple internships in New York City and worked c...

 As the world watched NASA's Artemis II mission complete a historic journey around the moon and back, one ��ñ�� professor had a unique vantage point — decades of firsthand experience at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.John Sankovic, Ph.D., interim director of the School of Engineering in Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering, joined WAKR radio host Ray Horner to discuss the Artemis II mission and what it means for the future of human space exploration. Listen to the full interview at WAKR.net. The conversation came at a landmark moment in...

UPDATED 4/17/26: Originally planned for April 13 and postponed until April 17, the annual prairie burn has been rescheduled for April 24 due to wet conditions. The story below has been updated accordingly.Half of the protected prairie surrounding ��ñ��’s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on April 24, starting at 1 p.m., to allow for new growth during the summer season. The City of Kent Fire Department will conduct the controlled burning of the prairie, which has been a yearly practice since 2004. The prairie burn on April 24 is dependent on the w...