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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Online final grading for fall 2017 Second Five Weeks (F2) begins Thursday, Nov. 2, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any fall 2017 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Any final grades for fall 2017 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These fall 2017 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, Nov. 9.

Kent State University at Ashtabula received a new $5,000 respiratory therapy equipment grant from Hill-Rom, a manufacturer for medical devices, that will provide students with a new learning opportunity.

Kent State Lecturer Ellen Daniels' hobby is more than just something to pass the time – she is contributing to a nationwide effort to help boost the dwindling monarch butterfly population.

Kent State University's College of Podiatric Medicine is teaming up with the Cleveland Foot and Ankle Clinic to help reach a segment of the population that may not otherwise receive care for wounds that fail to heal.
Kent State’s College of Business Administration Receives $3.1 Million Gift to Support Scholarships

Kent State University has received a $3.1 million gift for a College of Business Administration scholarship endowment from the estate of Kent State alumnus Joseph Stevens.

The Kent State University community celebrates another successful Homecoming!
Denise A. Seachrist, Kent State University at Stark, presented “Auctioning Off History: Twenty Years Following the Sad Demise of the Snow Hill Cloister” at the Communal Studies Association Annual Conference in Zoar, Ohio, on Oct. 6, 2017.
Steven Brown, Evaluation and Measurement; Amanda Wolf, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand; and James Rhoads, Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, presented “An Abductory Examination of Abduction” at the 33rd annual meeting of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sept. 9, 2017.
Lala Hajibayova, School of Information, and Wayne Buente authored “Representation of Indigenous Cultures: Considering the Hawaiian Hula” in Journal of Documentation, 73(6), 2017, 1137-1148.

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.