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President Todd Diacon meets with visiting architecture students from Lebanese American University

�Ը�� Hosts Lebanese Students for Study in Architecture

May 6, 2022

The horrific images of the massive explosion that rocked Beirut, Lebanon, in August 2020, motivated �Ը�� University officials to reach out to help. Their thoughts immediately turned to Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut and its School of Architecture and Design,…

Graduate student Lydia Lisowsky is collecting medical supplies for Ukraine.

�Ը�� Community Assists Graduate Student Lydia Lisowsky in Donating and Packing Medical Supplies For Ukraine

May 5, 2022

Although �Ը�� alumna and current graduate student Lydia Lisowsky has never visited Ukraine, she feels a deep sense of obligation and responsibility to help those who have been injured in the war. The �Ը�� community helped Lisowsky pack and donate …

A new �Ը�� graduate receives a kiss from a loved one.

�Ը�� Celebrates Its Newest Graduates With Spring Commencement Ceremonies

May 5, 2022

The �Ը�� University alumni family will grow by more than 5,000 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement ceremonies. The accomplishments of the Spring Class of 2022 will be recognized with in-person, outdoor commencement ceremonies on May 12-14 and May…

Professor Emeritus Jerry Lewis speaks at the inaugural luncheon established to honor his legacy as a May 4, 1970 historian and advocate.

Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series Debuts With Talk on May 4 Memorializing Process; Service of Faculty Marshals Also Remembered, Honored

May 3, 2022

The inaugural Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon took place May 2 at the Kent Student Center Ballroom with Tammy Clewell, Ph.D., professor in �Ը�� University’s Department of English, as the featured speaker.

A blaze burns the prairie grass that grows behind the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center during a controlled burning by the Kent Fire Department.

Kent Fire Department to Perform Annual Prairie Burn

April 28, 2022

The protected prairie surrounding �Ը�� University’s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Friday, April 29, starting around 9 a.m., to allow for new growth during the summer season.

Dylan Mace, �Ը�� Student Board Trustee, was recently recognized for his outstanding service.

Student Trustee Dylan Mace Recognized by �Ը�� University Board of Trustees and Fraternal Association

April 28, 2022

Leadership roles in the Interfraternity Council and Delta Tau Delta Fraternity served as preparation for Dylan Mace's service on the �Ը�� Board of Trustees when Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed him in July 2020. Mace’s two-year term, in which he served as a member of…

Kendra and Michael Pacifico organized the Candlelight Walk and Vigil for decades.

Keeping the Flame Alive: Local Couple Reflects on Decades of Organizing, Supporting May 4 Walk and Vigil

April 28, 2022

As key supporters and organizers of the May 4 Candlelight Walk and Vigil, Michael and Kendra Pacifico say the event is the time when people can put their politics aside to honor those who died and were wounded on May 4, 1970.

Attendees - �Ը�� community members and visitors gather on the �Ը�� Commons for the annual May 4 Commemoration to honor those who were killed and wounded on May 4, 1970.

�Ը�� Remembers the Events of May 4, 1970

April 27, 2022

�Ը�� University has scheduled a variety of programs, events and exhibits for this year’s remembrance of May 4, 1970, to honor the four students who were killed, the nine students who were wounded and the countless others whose lives were forever changed when the Ohio…

�Ը�� University students walk by the Kent Student Center.

Six �Ը�� Programs Rank in Top 100 Among Public Institutions in U.S. News 2023 Best Graduate Schools Rankings

April 11, 2022

U.S. News & World Report ranks six �Ը�� University programs in the top 100 among public institutions in its 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Among the top 100 public institution programs, �Ը�� is recognized in the Best Nursing Schools: Master’s Programs,…

A marker on the spot where �Ը�� student Alan Canfora was standing when he was shot on May 4, 1970.

�Ը��’s May 4 Events to Include In-Person Dedication of Wounded Student Markers

April 8, 2022

This year’s return of in-person events to commemorate the �Ը�� shootings will include the dedication of bronze markers placed on the spots where nine students were wounded on May 4, 1970. Markers designating the locations of each of the four students killed were installed…