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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Police arrested Christopher Eugene Clark, age 21, of Newton Falls, Ohio, for gross sexual imposition, assault and obstructing official business in connection to an incident that occurred Tuesday morning near the fitness track behind DeWeese Health Center on…
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![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« President Todd Diacon and his wife, Moema Furtado, embrace during the Kiss on the K event during Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s 2019 Homecoming.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/homecoming%20BC-6R.jpg?VersionId=vGjhTfuFfAgf5KW4vXek25hTDf5niIad)
Even Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s highest-ranking officials can experience a tug on their loyalties when the Golden Flashes take on their alma maters in athletic contests. President Todd Diacon, his wife, Moema Furtado, and head football coach Sean Lewis all will experience that…
*For media planning purposes, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is providing this monthly email that outlines all planned events for the upcoming month related to the 50th commemoration of May 4. For the latest updates on events, visit ·É·É·É.°ì±ð²Ô³Ù.±ð»å³Ü…
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![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University alumna Pat Gless reflects on May 4, 1970, near what was then the ambulance bay of the old Ravenna hospital.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.27.19%20Photo%202%20of%20Pat%20Gless.jpg?VersionId=uCELUp2nmVq._N.zBDJHuCV_YvVJJ9j.)
In the spring of 1970, two-time Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. …
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![A Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University graduate biological sciences – ecology student stands in the river with a video crew to record a scene for the new Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« TV commercial.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.26.19%20Photo%201%20-%20Behind-the-scenes%20photo%20from%20Kent%20State%20commercial%20shoot.jpg?VersionId=d_q3EnTn_C_13hYkflhsMRZYBp8g5KXw)
An ecology student testing water in a river. A nursing student assisting a patient. A music student performing onstage. These are just three of the 30 Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students featured in the new Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« TV commercial that was developed and produced entirely in-house by…
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is aware of a man approaching sorority homes in the city of Kent. Kent City Police are investigating this matter. The safety of our students and community members is our top priority, and we take these reports seriously.
The university continues to engage…
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The pathway from a two-year college to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will soon become an easier road to travel for Ohio students, thanks to a grant awarded to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« to collaborate with three Ohio community colleges to streamline the transfer process.
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More than 20,000 people applied to be part of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Class of 2023, and 4,270 can now consider themselves to be Golden Flashes.
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On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and…