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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Florence students enjoy the sights of the Italian countryside.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Lucca-2.jpg?VersionId=1geEZ.09wFjo9uMzUWbZSx855wqWwruN)
When Joshua Budd thinks about all the places he has traveled up to his senior year of high school, only one has been outside of the United States, and that was a quick jaunt to Niagara Falls, Ontario, in Canada. So, the thought of actually living in a foreign country, especially…
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ freshmen walk through the Kent Student Center during 2016 Welcome Weekend. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university marks the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ freshmen walk through the Kent Student Center during 2016 Welcome Weekend. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university marks the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_KSC.jpg?VersionId=3ZfZlllL2zLjxqwGVgEe86yWP23hokzn)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university is marking the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus with increasing diversity and academic success while also welcoming another record-setting freshman class.
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ freshmen walk through the Kent Student Center during 2016 Welcome Weekend. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ freshmen walk through the Kent Student Center during 2016 Welcome Weekend. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ continues to set records as it begins a new academic year.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.13.16%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20freshmen%20in%20Kent%20Student%20Center.jpg?VersionId=AsWPGV0YqViU2Vxmgz2CGf12qT88L_co)
Kent Campus boasts records in enrollment growth, retention and freshman class size, quality and diversity
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ continues to set records as it begins a new academic year. The university is marking the 10th consecutive year of enrollment growth on the Kent Campus…
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report with inclusion on the Best National Universities list. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report with inclusion on the Best National Universities list.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_Risman.jpg?VersionId=_2Emrm4Ku.BEtnvJYQcJ6BLtr4yCY4YR)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report that was released Sept. 13, 2016, with inclusion on the Best National Universities list.
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report with inclusion on the Best National Universities list. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report with inclusion on the Best National Universities list.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Risman.jpg?VersionId=gdXv0KaS3uv9zbEcCRYmyoVWD9JsHaEI)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is the only public university in Northeast Ohio to be ranked in the top tier of the new 2017 edition of Best Colleges by U.S. News & World Report that was released Sept. 13, 2016, with inclusion on the Best National Universities list.
The fall 2016 Bowman Breakfast will take place at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m.
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ parents pose with their son near Manchester Hall during the beginning of the 2016 Fall Semester. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ parents pose with their son near Manchester Hall during the beginning of the 2016 Fall Semester.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_Family1.jpg?VersionId=XlIKOOOmVWvx.4iQCcIabujQH5WR7BOw)
Join ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ as it hosts this year’s Parents and Families Weekend, which will take place Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16 and 17. Share the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ experience as you spend time connecting with your student, interacting with faculty and staff, and experiencing what…
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![A food service employee mixes a smoothie for a student in the exclusively gluten free Prentice Hall Café. A food service employee mixes a smoothie for a student in the exclusively gluten free Prentice Hall Café.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Prentice3-web.jpg?VersionId=vPyGPaeel2ao4YAo6_rdE62IjWyPpPAs)
University to hold Sept. 7 event to celebrate achievement
At the start of the 2016 academic year, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ becomes the first university in the country to feature an entirely gluten-free dining hall on campus. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ restructured Prentice Café after…
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![The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Golden Flashes prepare to take the field against the Penn State Nittany Lions in the first game of the 2016 season. The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Golden Flashes prepare to take the field against the Penn State Nittany Lions in the first game of the 2016 season.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_B0B_8403---USE-ON-HOME-PAGE.jpg?VersionId=CZw42e34EkiVJ846NrLKKKPPkS9dYo5d)
After creating optimism in a hard fought battle at Penn State University, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ hosts its 2016 home opener Saturday, Sept. 10, at 6 p.m. against North Carolina A&T State. With a Dix Stadium night crowd behind them, the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Golden Flashes look to…
Former TRW CEO Joseph T. Gorman Established Professorship In Memory of Parents
James Henderson, Ed.D., professor of curriculum and instruction in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, has been named the first person to receive the Rebecca…