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COVID-19 Vaccines Available at DeWeese Health Center

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 02:55pm

Dear ��Vlog�ƽ�� Students, Faculty and Staff, University Health Services will be offering COVID-19 vaccines to all members of our university community beginning Friday, April 30. University Health Services is offering vaccines on the Kent Campus at the DeWeese Health…

Alan Canfora (left), one of the nine ��Vlog�ƽ�� students wounded on May 4, 1970, gives a tour of the historic May 4 site. Thomas Grace (right), who also was a student wounded on May 4, looks on while Canfora talks.

��Vlog�ƽ�� to Mark 51st Commemoration of May 4, 1970, With Virtual Event, Honor Wounded Students

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 - 08:21am

Members of the ��Vlog�ƽ�� community and people around the world will gather virtually for the 51st Commemoration of May 4, 1970, the day the Ohio National Guard fired on ��Vlog�ƽ�� students during an anti-war protest, killing four students and wounding nine other…

Required COVID-19 Testing This Week for Residence Hall Students

Monday, April 26, 2021 - 02:58pm

Dear ��Vlog�ƽ�� Students, Our monitoring of wastewater from the Stopher and Johnson residence halls recently has indicated an increase in the COVID-19 virus. This means it is likely some of the students living in these halls have the virus and could spread it to…

Alan Canfora giving a tour on the May 4, 1970 shooting site

May 4 Activist Alan Canfora’s Memory and Legacy Will Live Long at ��Vlog�ƽ��

Thursday, April 22, 2021 - 04:33pm

For 50 years, Alan Canfora was a tireless advocate for the four students killed and nine wounded on May 4, 1970.

��Vlog�ƽ�� Welcomes Chris Dorsten as University Registrar

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 03:00pm

��Vlog�ƽ�� is pleased to announce Chris Dorsten as the new university registrar.

Our Continued Commitment

Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 10:50am

Dear Members of the ��Vlog�ƽ�� Community, These past few weeks, we have watched the coverage of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the May 2020 death of George Floyd. We have also watched as Adam Toledo, Daunte Wright and…

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

Monday, April 19, 2021 - 03:09pm

The protected prairie surrounding ��Vlog�ƽ��’s Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be burned on Wednesday, April 28, starting around 9 a.m. to allow for new growth during the summer season.

A Special Message From President Diacon to Fall 2021 New Golden Flashes

Friday, April 16, 2021 - 01:29pm

Get ready to soar! I am writing to share exciting information about our 2021 Fall Semester.

Pictured is ��Vlog�ƽ��'s Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center, home of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

��Vlog�ƽ�� Formally Introduces New Director of Athletics Randale L. Richmond

Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 09:48am

��Vlog�ƽ�� President Todd Diacon and Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar R. Hylton formally introduced Randale L. Richmond as the university’s new director of athletics at a morning virtual press conference held Thursday, April 15. Richmond currently serves as…

MEDIA ADVISORY: Introducing Randale L. Richmond, ��Vlog�ƽ��’s Next Director of Athletics

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 02:36pm

Members of the ��Vlog�ƽ�� community are invited to watch a virtual press conference to meet Randale L. Richmond, the university’s next director of athletics. ��Vlog�ƽ�� President Todd Diacon and Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar R. Hylton will formally…