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Pictured are the 2025 Kent State University Alumni Award winners at the awards ceremony, held Oct. 10 during Homecoming weekend at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio. (Photo credit: Scott R. Galvin)

Kent State Honors 10 Alumni Award Recipients During Homecoming Weekend

Kent State University recognizes alumni who are making a difference with its Alumni Awards. Sponsored by the Kent State University Alumni Association, these awards are the university’s most prestigious alumni honors.

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Kent State Today

Homecoming 2025.

IN A FLASH -EXTRA: Four-Legged Flashes at Homecoming

Cute and cuddly animal companions joined in the celebration of Flash the Mascot's birthday at Kent State Homecoming 2025.

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Cabaret performance

Roe Green Creates New Support Fund for the Kent State School of Theatre and Dance and Porthouse Theatre With $1 Million Gift

The new fund will support university and Porthouse productions, the hiring of assistant directors, guest choreographers and guest artists, the hosting of master classes and the awarding of artistic merit-based scholarships to students. Students who receive such scholarships will be known as Roe Green Scholars.

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Alumni and Giving

Thurman Munson's widow, Diane and Kent State Sports announcer Jeff Kurtz.

IN A FLASH: Honoring A Legendary Alumnus

Legendary baseball great and Kent State alumnus, Thurman Munson was honored with a statue and dedication ceremony at Kent State's Schoonover Stadium. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , Sports , Baseball , Intercollegiate Athletics , Alumni

Kent State Today

Coach Herb Page greets alumni of Kent State's golf program

Kent State Golf Alumni Unite for Weekend Celebration

More than a hundred former student-athletes, donors and professional golfers recently gathered for a special Golf Alumni reunion. Coach Herb Page, who led the Golden Flashes golf program from 1977 to 2019, and recently led the effort to endow the program, had the idea to bring alumni together to celebrate the thriving Golden Flash golf community.

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Alumni and Giving

Thurman Munson Statue Unveiling

Kent State Unveils Statue of Baseball Legend Thurman Munson

Kent State University unveiled the first full-size statue of baseball legend Thurman Munson, honoring the former Yankees captain and university alumnus who died in a plane crash at the height of his career.

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Alumni and Giving

Aurillo

Lisa Aurilio, ’87, MSN ’99, MBA ’11

Inspired by her mother’s nursing career, Lisa Aurilio, ’87, MSN ’99, MBA ’11, knew early on that her passion for science and connection with people made nursing the perfect path.

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Alumni and Giving

New Member and Officers Announced for the Kent State Alumni Association National Board of Directors

James Bailey, of Hudson, Ohio, has been appointed the Foundation Board representative for the Alumni Association National Board of Directors. James returns to the Board after serving as the president from 2017-2019. He is the senior vice president and managing director of PNC Institutional Asse…

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Golden Flashlings

Golden Flashlings

This football season, we’re celebrating the smallest members of our Kent State family with a brand-new social media tradition: Golden Flashlings!Whether they bark, crawl, toddle or just look adorable in blue and gold, we want to see the next generation of Golden Flashes showing their team spirit. Sh…

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John Comi graduated from Kent State in May 2025 with a degree in emerging media and technology.

Honors College Offered Recent Graduate Financial Assistance and a Sense of Community

Honors College helped recent graduate John Comi build a sense of community as well as meet his financial obligations. 

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