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A program new to Hiram College this year could help students with autism and other neurodivergencies succeed, while also boosting the school’s graduation rate.

In an effort to address a statewide trend of declining enrollment, Kent State University will soon undergo big changes to reorganize its academic affairs division and better its finances in the form of its Transformation 2028 initiative.

The federal government’s efforts to remove immigrants seems to be gaining steam at Kent State University, which now tallies the number of international students whose visas have been revoked at 10.

The city of Kent and Kent State University are considering an already-drafted agreement to share funding for a new 100-foot ladder truck for the Kent Fire Department.

The Hiram College James H. Barrow Biological Field Station is pleased to announce its schedule of programming and educational outreach events for the month of March.

The Hiram Historical Society has possession of the 1880s James A. Garfield presidential campaign flag.

After becoming the new director of the Kent State University Museum July 1, Sarah Spinner Liska got to work — fashionably quickly. In the month of September alone, Spinner Liska and her “small but mighty team” ran seven programs. She held the first-ever director’s office hours, started on plans for facility updates to make the space more welcoming, met with faculty throughout various disciplines and supported the first entirely student-run fashion show at the museum, among other projects. The goal […]

Kent State University has long had an undergraduate literary magazine, but it lacked a graduate, student-run publication.

Last week in Round Two, I discussed how almost nothing about college sports makes sense anymore, including simple math (the Big Ten Conference has 18 teams) and geography (two California schools, Stanford and Cal, are now in the Atlantic Coast Conference).

A large crowd of spectators from around the world cheered as darkness overtook Kent State’s Risman Plaza on Monday when the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024, reached totality at 3:14 p.m. 

Each year, Kent State University community members and visitors gather on the Kent State Commons for the annual May 4 Commemoration to pay tribute to those who were killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.

The Ohio State University Extension Portage County Master Gardeners is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a qualifying student.

So far, the NCAA’s Name, Image, Likeness policy and the transfer portal aren’t doing Kent State University football any favors.

Rob Senderoff is 247-147 in 12 seasons as the men’s basketball head coach at Kent State University, making him the winningest and longest-tenured coach in program history. His Golden Flashes won Mid-American Conference regular season and tournament championships in 2017 and 2023, automatically qualifying for the NCAA Tournament both years. Last season’s squad went 28-7, the best record of Senderoff’s career and the best by the Flashes since the 2007-08 campaign. And he earned MAC Coach of the Year honors in 2022.

Once a decade, Kent leaders must adjust the city’s six political ward boundaries based on new U.S. Census data so the populations are roughly equal.

July 1, 2021 will go down as the day college sports changed forever.

On that day, the NCAA approved its NIL policy allowing all NCAA Division I, II and III student-athletes to be compensated for their name, image and likeness – regardless of whether their state has an NIL law in place or not.

The college football preview magazines are out for the 2023 season, and it’s obvious what the prognosticators expect from your Kent State Golden Flashes this fall:

Next to nothing.

A local entrepreneur and former Kent State student, along with a group of investors, has been buying properties around Kent for the past two years and now owns a quarter of the city’s licensed rental units.