Student Life

‘No Matter Where Life Takes Us, We Will Always Have These Friendships’
Three friends who attended schools together their entire lives, beginning at Kent State’s Child Development Center, have graduated together in Kent State’s spring Class of 2025. Now, they are contemplating where their post-graduate lives will take them and how they will maintain their close friendship.

Brain Health Research Institute Welcomes 2025 Summer Undergraduate Fellows
Eleven 91³Ô¹ÏÍø students are taking part in the university’s Brain Health Research Institute Undergraduate Fellows Program for Summer 2025.
Salvador Dalà Paintings Make Their Debut Alongside Kent State Fashion School Creations
An exhibit of rare Salvador Dalà paintings and a collection of garments designed by 91³Ô¹ÏÍø School of Fashion students inspired by the Dalà artwork has opened at Peg’s Gallery in Hudson, Ohio.
Flying High: Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor tours Kent State’s Nationally Ranked College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel recently toured 91³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, seeing firsthand how the university is educating students for critically needed jobs in the aviation and engineering fields.

Kent State’s Making Our Own Space Program Gives Teens a Taste of Architecture
Summer camps for kids interested in architecture don’t come along often – at least that’s what Elise Bolton’s mother discovered when she searched for one. But then, not a whole lot of 11-year-olds may dream of becoming architects.

‘If You Succeeded in Every Situation, You’d Learn Nothing’
A resilient mindset and an innovative plan for the future helped Jude Carver recover from a competition setback as he looks ahead to Fall Semester 2025.

Honors College Advisor Given the Distinguished Advisor Award
For all of her exemplary work, Theresa Yogi was recently awarded Kent State’s Distinguished Advising Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association. Of her 13-year career, Yogi has spent seven-and-a-half years at Kent State’s Honors College.

Crossing the First-Year Finish Line: ‘I’ve Learned So Much’
Muna Koirala’s first year at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø was an exercise in academic anxiety, and she’s willing to share her story in hopes that her struggles will help other students overcome their own.

IN A FLASH: A FAB-tastic Block Party
A mid-April Block Party, presented by the Flashes Activities Board, welcomed spring to campus with makers' tables, a caricature artist, a photo booth, a giant, inflatable slide and more.

Aging with Care Through Technology
As a doctoral student of sociology, Adedayo Adeagbo is doing her research on dignity care for aging people using advancements of technology in healthcare. With a specialization in medical sociology, Adeagbo’s thesis is built on the perceptions and attitudes of healthcare workers and the use of robots for caring for older adults.