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Though official numbers will not be out for about a month, enrollment and retention are looking up for the fall semester. If fall enrollment numbers are as projected, this will be the first time in two years that enrollment has stayed the same or increased. (0) comments
Campers at Ho Mita Koda enjoy most of the usual resident camp activities. A typical day begins with breakfast, followed by flag raising and morning assembly. Then they proceed to their first activity, which could be anything from arts and crafts to fencing. Then they have their blood sugar tested. (4) comments
Kent State is implementing a new student identification number and database system to help keep students safe from identity theft. In October, the university will issue each student a new identification number, called a banner ID, to stop the use of social security numbers to identify students. (0) comments
Students moving into residence halls this fall will see a few changes. Many of the buildings will have newly renovated bathrooms, including Korb, Fletcher, Clark and Olson halls. The bathrooms will be finished in time for when the freshmen move in Aug. 22, and Korb is done already, said Michael Bruder, assistant director of the office of the University Architect. (1) comment
A detailed plan is still in the works, but Kent State is now united with Ohio's other public universities and community colleges under the University System of Ohio. (1) comment
After completing the most successful fundraising year ever by raising nearly $28 million in fiscal year 2007, the university is on its way to launching the public phase of the Centennial Campaign. The Centennial Campaign, Kent State's major fundraising drive, will end in 2010 with the university's 100-year anniversary and is currently in its silent phase. (0) comments
A renovation at Susan's Coffee and Tea started in May when a patron overshot a parking spot and ran his car into the side of the building. Susan's vice president Milana Estrada had the damage repaired, but she then noticed other areas of the building that needed attention. (0) comments
For the fourth time since 2004, a search for a dean for the College of Arts and Sciences is underway. The College of Arts and Sciences is Kent State's largest college, and it includes a range of departments, from chemistry and anthropology to philosophy and geography. (1) comment
During the upcoming school year, about 375 Kent State students will get a taste of the world. From Switzerland to Great Britain, Kent State students will land abroad to study a variety of subjects and take part in a multitude of life-changing experiences. Students will begin leaving next week. (0) comments
Since his freshman year at Kent State, Joel Levis, architecture graduate student, heard about the Florence Semester study abroad program. He said his architecture professors and fellow classmates encouraged all architecture students to consider the Florence program. (0) comments
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Two Rider University officials, including the dean of students, and three students were indicted Friday in the death of a freshman after a drinking binge at a campus fraternity house. Gary DeVercelly Jr., of Long Beach, Calif., had a blood-alcohol level of 0.426 percent, more than five times New Jersey's legal limit when he was pronounced dead March 30 at a Trenton, N.J. hospital (1) comment
When Kent State alumna Anna Istnick stepped onto a plane headed for Geneva, Switzerland in 1995, her junior year, she had no idea how the journey would change her life. Growing up in a first-generation Italian family, Istnick always had a passion for the international world. (1) comment