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Lavender Graduation 2023 celebrated ����������������'s spring LGBTQ+ graduates. 

FAB hosted the "Food, Arts and Beats" event in the Kent Student Center.

For 19 years, ���������������� student-athletes have always been able to count on one fan to be there to cheer them on at every event. That fan is Heather Strittmatter, better known as Super Fan.

A visiting documentary star (and Elvis fan) received a very special welcome at ����������������.

���������������� Libraries offered a stress-free study break for students on Friday. 

The ���������������� alumni family will grow by about 5,500 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement ceremonies. 

The ���������������� Community came together for the 53rd Commemoration of May 4, 1970. 

Serving as the Chair of the May 4 Task Force has been something communication studies major Avery Hall, ’23, describes as one of the most impactful and rewarding experiences she’s had at ����������������.

“The Power of Our Voices” theme inspired this year’s May 4 Commemoration events and programming, which focused on tying May 4 and the anti-war movement of 1970 to emerging movements today.

As someone who studied higher education administration, ���������������� Assistant Professor Erica Eckert, Ph.D., had always wondered what it would have been like to experience the May 4, 1970, ���������������� shootings as a student affairs administrator. 

Emily Maslanka was among 34 ���������������� students who traveled to Kansas City in April 2023 to work the NFL draft through a partnership arranged by Mark Lyberger, associate professor in ����������������’s Sports Administration program in the School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration in the College of Education, Health and Human Services.  

����������������'s Annual Fashion Show included several collections for children. 

���������������� alumna Lillian Kuri has been unanimously elected as the Cleveland Foundation’s 10th president and CEO.

On Tuesday morning, a fire was reported at the University Inn, 540 S. Water St. in Kent. University officials sent out a text message warning residents to stay away from the area.

Aliyah C. Tipton, MA ’20, serves as assistant director of communications in ����������������'s Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement. An alumna of both Jackson State University and ����������������, she was invited to join University College’s Community Engaged Learning (CEL) division as a trip leader for an Alternative Winter Break, “May 1970, Student-Led Collective Action and the Civil Rights Movement,” in Jackson, Mississippi, from Dec. 19-22, 2022. We asked her to share her experiences

����������������'s NYC Fashion campus hosted a livestreamed watch party of the Fashion Show in Kent. 

���������������� Assistant Professor Richard Piet, Ph.D., has received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to aid in his ongoing neuroendocrinology research. 

Students who join the ���������������� Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corp (ROTC) program do double time as they work to earn college degrees and graduate as Army officers. While the schedule may be grueling, for two ���������������� graduates, the program prepared them for any challenges they may face.

As CEO of DesignGroup in Columbus, Ohio, ���������������� alumnus Sherm Moreland found his niche in architecture and a passion for healthcare design. He says the same values that he lived by as a ���������������� student still guide his work today.