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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University football team opens its 2014 season Saturday, Aug. 30, hosting Mid-American Conference East Division rival Ohio University at 6 p.m. inside Dix Stadium. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Golden Flashes won their final two games of the 2013 season, while the Bobcats earned…
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University held its 44th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events that took place May 3 and 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured…
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The Kent Student Center and the Center for Student Involvement invite students, faculty and staff to enjoy a week of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« spirit (and free food) to start the academic year with Welcome Back Week, from Aug. 25-29.
Four research groups at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University have been awarded more than $1.5 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for projects that will advance basic knowledge of liquid crystals and further their development in new materials and technologies, such as advanced…
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been appointed new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University, effective July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in the Department of History as an assistant professor starting in…
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University football team opens its 2014 season Saturday, Aug. 30, hosting Mid-American Conference East Division rival Ohio University at 6 p.m. inside Dix Stadium. The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Golden Flashes won their final two games of the 2013 season, while the Bobcats earned…
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Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University community welcome new and returning students to campus for the start of the 2014 Fall Semester. Students, faculty and staff members highlight various aspects of the university.
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Each August during freshman move-in day, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University faculty, staff and students volunteer to assist incoming freshmen get settled into their new university accommodations. To make the experience more fun and welcoming, the Kent InterHall Council sponsors the Movers…
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has named Allison Moats, a recent graduate of the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University, as a Portz Scholar for 2014. Allison is a native of Ravenna, Ohio, and received her bachelor’s degree…