Kent State University faculty, staff, students and parents are eligible for a 5 percent discount at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. Rates vary depending on dates and occupancy. For more information and to book reservations, visit or call 330-346-0100.
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Grab your camera. It’s summer vacation season again, and e-Inside wants to feature some of your best vacation or staycation photos, including selfies.

To a panel of seven executives circled like sharks, seven student-run businesses pitched their ideas for a chance to win $30,000 in cash prizes at the CEBIpitch Competition held at Kent State University.

Neither Hurricane Irma nor Hurricane Maria could stop a Kent State University nursing student from graduating, even though the Category 5 storms that hit the U.S. Virgin Islands last September forced Debra Thomas to make a difficult decision.
Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries, was named as one of the 25 Fellows for the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Leadership & Career Development Program's 2018-19 cohort on May 4, 2018. The yearlong program prepares librarians from underrepresented groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and professions.
Peter C. Kratcoski, Professor Emeritus, authored “The Victim-Offender Relationship in the Criminal Victimization of the Elderly” in Perspectives on Elderly Crime and Victimization, Edition 1st, (Cham, Switzerland: Springer) Peter C. Kratcoski & Maximilian Edelbacher (Eds.), (2018), 101-124.


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Residence Hall Director, Olson and Lake Halls
Department of Residence Services
Kent Campus

Nine public colleges and universities in Northeast Ohio have teamed up to create a consortium agreement to improve efficiency and effectiveness, strengthen educational offerings, provide collaborative pathways to degrees and support the region’s workforce.
As he walked off the plane from an out-of-state conference, David Fresco, Ph.D., professor in Kent State University’s Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, got an unexpected call.
“It was so out of the blue,” Dr. Fresco says. “I was humbled.”
With the spring semester in the books, Kent State University has proven its commitment to academic excellence with student-athletes recording a spring term grade point average (GPA) of 3.106.
Thanks in part to the 43 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics recorded its 11th-consecutive term of 3.0+ cumulative department GPA (3.160) and it 13th-consecutive 3.0+ spring-term GPA (3.106).
Dear Employees of the Kent State University Community,
This message serves to provide you with guidance should local, state and/or federal law enforcement visit our university campuses for the purposes of immigration law. As a public institution, Kent State must comply with all federal laws and directives, including those related to law enforcement activities.
Dear Colleagues:
Please take note of the following important information regarding your 2024 Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
Kent State University's holiday closure for 2024 will begin Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at 10:30 p.m. All offices will re-open on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Employees not eligible for the paid leave include student employees, classified temporary staff, temporary agency staff, short-term unclassified appointments, unclassified intermittent appointments and employees in a lay-off status. More information on the holiday schedule, including how employees should report time during that period, will be available later this month.