Under normal circumstances, a new Kent State football coach is tasked with dragging a forlorn Golden Flashes program from the dark, musty corners of the Mid-American Conference basement and into college football’s radiant light of day.
Kent State President Todd Diacon rests his hand on a railing while former Black United Students president Patrick Ferguson speaks...
The Portage Foundation announced the recipients of its 2023 scholarships. This year, the community foundation granted over $55,000 in scholarships to students from various schools in Portage County.
Trash talk has been as tightly woven into the fabric of athletics as long as athletics have been in existence — which pretty much covers most, if not all, of recorded human history. But there is a fine line between trash talk within the context of competition, and vile, vulgar, repugnant words and behavior.
In a project that involved over 1,500 Kent State students and dozens of volunteers, 18 quilted art pieces are now on sale to benefit a community center in one of Portage County’s historically impoverished communities.
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.
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.
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.
I am writing to urge the president and provost of Kent State University to provide a public explanation of their decision-making concerning the social media threat on March 7, 2022, as well as a public apology to the Kent State community for their severe mishandling of the situation.
Two educators with ties to Kent State’s beloved Child Development Center announced they will open a new school for young children in Kent’s historic South End neighborhood.
The union representing Kent State professors issued a forceful call to action against Ohio House Bills 322 and 327, which mimic a nationwide effort to ban teaching critical race theory in classrooms.