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People looking to the skies this weekend in Kent may have seen several hot air balloons floating by. Eighteen balloons, including one crab-shaped balloon (“Claw’d the Crazy Crab”) participated in the Balloon A-Fair Festival in Ravenna Ohio, from September 15-17 at SUNBEAU Valley Farm.   The festival celebrated its 43rd year with the theme “Carried Up and Away with Community Spirit.”   VIDEO: Time-lapse video of balloon inflation and launch.    Festival events included a children’s parade, a community breakfast, a grand parade and new for this year, a ...

The ����Vlog�ƽ�� Board of Trustees welcomed the Class of 2026 at the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the ����Vlog�ƽ�� Airport in Stow, Ohio. ����Vlog�ƽ��’s freshman class began classes on the Kent Campus nearly 7% larger than the previous year with 4,251 students – the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history. These newest Golden Flashes arrive as high achievers, boasting an outstanding GPA of 3.5.  Diacon has made supporting first-generation and underrepresented students a priority. One in three (34%) of the f...

����Vlog�ƽ��’s Class of 2026 has arrived on the Kent Campus in strong numbers – 4,251 to be exact – an increase of nearly 7% over the previous year, the largest class since before the pandemic and the eighth largest incoming class in the university’s 112-year history.  These newest Golden Flashes arrive as high achievers, boasting an outstanding GPA of 3.5 and hailing from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and 31 countries. “Our entire student body is ready to thrive with a more normal, pre-pandemic feel to the college experience, and our first-year students have arrived wi...

Sometimes employees have other insurance through their parents or a spouse/domestic partner. If you have other insurance, you are welcome to opt-out of university coverage, and you might even be eligible for opt-out incentive payments of $50 per pay ($100 per month, up to $1,200 per year). Remember that opting out means that you chose not to receive medical, vision, prescription, and dental benefits through ����Vlog�ƽ��. To receive the cash incentive, your alternate coverage cannot be through ����Vlog�ƽ��’s insurance, and you must submit an affidavit of alternate covera...

Actually, it was the 24th day of October, in 1973 that this photo appeared in The Daily ����Vlog�ƽ��r four days advance of Earth, Wind and Fire's concert at the Kent Student Center on Sunday, October 28. The group had been booked to replace Billy Preston, who was originally scheduled to perform, but had to cancel when his European tour with The Rolling Stones was extended through November.      ...

����Vlog�ƽ��’s support for its military-connected community continues to embody leadership and inclusivity as the Kent Campus has been named an official 2022-2023 Military Spouse Friendly® School by Viqtory. Viqtory uses data from its annual Military Friendly® Schools survey to indicate which campuses are considered the most supportive to military-connected students and their spouses. Out of 1,800 participating schools, ����Vlog�ƽ�� was one of 665 to receive the Military Friendly School designation in March, and the university is now one of 346 institutions to earn the Military Spous...