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The Provost’s Leadership Academy is only for students enrolled at the Kent campus. Students enrolled in the PLA program will become familiar with resources and staff on the Kent campus and will be working on resolving areas of concern specific to this campus. If you choose to enroll at one of our regional campuses, we highly recommend talking with their Student Services Office to learn about leadership and involvement opportunities at their respective campuses. 

Once your application is complete, you will receive an email indicating that Student Success Programs has received your completed application. 

The person you choose to serve as a reference for you will receive an email notification prompting them to complete the reference form on your behalf. You are welcome to follow up with your reference after submitting your completed application.  

Depending upon when your application is considered complete, you may not hear from us for a few weeks. It is important to check your email (for now both preferred and Kent State) regularly as this is how we will notify you of your status. 

No, please do not show up to Interview Day unless you have received an invitation from the Office of Student Success Programs. You will receive an email with our decision and prompting you with next steps. We publish the interview date well in advance to give our applicants the opportunity to make the necessary arrangements to participate. We cannot stress enough how important it is to check your email regularly. 

Those who are invited to participate in the PLA Interview Day will be notified through email. In this email, it will include directions and more specific information on the details of the PLA Interview Day. Again, it is important to check your email regularly.  

The book award will not be dispersed until May after completion of the PLA program. Only members of the Provost’s Leadership Academy who successfully complete the program will receive the book award. No money or scholarship will be distributed before the program is successfully completed. 

Members of PLA will generally spend no more than three (3) hours per week involved in activities and meetings for the program. Meetings will be every Monday for two hours. Due to the size of the teams, no one member should be required to do a majority of the group’s work. Every member of the PLA groups must contribute to the final project. The PLA Mentors will help guide and facilitate this process and assure equal distribution of the workload. Unless the members decide on it, there will be little work needed outside of scheduled PLA hours.  

Yes,  any amount of assistance that a student received from a federal, state, or institutional sources, needs to be counted as other financial assistance. Your financial assistance is awarded based on merit and/or calculated need as determined from the information provided on your FAFSA. Financial aid awards are subject to adjustments or cancellations due to changes in laws, regulations, appropriations, changes in your financial situation, verification, discovery of data errors, changes in your enrollment status or changes in your residency status amongst others.