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The School of Fashion announces the refashioning of the 2020 Fashion Show into Fashion Show 2.0. This completely virtual extravaganza will highlight the hard work of senior design and merchandising students, all of whom have been working toward this moment throughout their four years in the School of Fashion.

��ɫ��Ƶ was to move all classes online, causing surrounding businesses to do the same, like WKSU. “WKSU began planning for potential disruptions at the beginning of March,” News Director Andrew Meyer said. “Within two weeks, it became clear that WKSU would need to take action on those plans.”

Before May 4, 1970, students at ��ɫ��Ƶ were just regular students enjoying time together, performing, volunteering, and advocating for issues they believed in. Thanks to digital archives of the Daily ��ɫ��Ƶr and the department of Special Collections and Archives, here is a look into the life of ��ɫ��Ƶ students in the late 1960s and the days before the tragic events that would change the campus forever.

In keeping with the commitment to honor and remember the events of May 4, 1970, ��ɫ��Ƶ will have an online “virtual” program to mark the 50th Commemoration with a variety of online videos, exhibits and learning resources.

Julian Edelman is at it again. The former Golden Flash and Super Bowl LIII MVP again showed his ��ɫ��Ƶ pride on social media.

Meditative practices are bringing the ��ɫ��Ƶ community together, even from the comfort of their own home. ��ɫ��Ƶ of Wellness has moved its Meditation Across Campus sessions online, in an effort to continue the sessions despite the COVID-19 global pandemic.

A new Innovation Teaching Kitchen in the heart of the Design Innovation Hub will give students a top-notch facility to learn food preparation techniques and host competitions.

��ɫ��Ƶ today announced that it will recognize the accomplishments of its Spring Class of 2020 with a virtual commencement recognition ceremony taking place on the originally scheduled commencement date.

David Hassler is the director of the Wick Poetry Center, where he oversees the local and national Wick projects, works with students and collaborates with other programs across campus. We asked him 10 questions about Kent, ��ɫ��Ƶ, poetry and, of course, how he's keeping himself — and the ��ɫ��Ƶ Community — busy during the pandemic.

��ɫ��Ƶ students have the chance to share why it is important to them to stay home and help stop the spread of COVID-19 with the #StayHomeOhioKSU initiative.

A ��ɫ��Ƶ alumnus is teaming up with local restaurants and other alumni and friends to help raise money to provide meals to frontline workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeast Ohio.

Non-Ohio students now have a new incentive to stay in Ohio for graduate school. During a special meeting conducted electronically Thursday, the ��ɫ��Ƶ Board of Trustees approved the near elimination of the additional charge for out-of-state tuition for new graduate students who have earned an undergraduate degree from an Ohio institution of higher education.

Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., a professor of epidemiology from ��ɫ��Ƶ's College of Public Health, discussed the fight to stop the spread of COVID-19 and what's ahead for our state and country during a recent conversation on Facebook Live. 

A team of 25 faculty, staff and students use innovation and creativity to help health professionals in Northeast Ohio protect themselves from COVID-19. 

Continuing along tradition of local community support and a desire to positively impact educational opportunities locally, Molded Fiber Glass Companies are announcing a $100,000 commitment by the MFG Foundation to support student scholarships at ��ɫ��Ƶ at Ashtabula.

Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., was named the inaugural director of ��ɫ��Ƶ’s Brain Health Research Institute in January 2019. We asked him to share his thoughts after a year on campus and much activity within the institute.

At ��ɫ��Ƶ, a student-athlete’s day typically starts around 6 a.m. with practice or lifting. Then they attend team meetings or a cryotherapy session or study tables. After all that, it’s finally time for class, where these students have to maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 to keep the cumulative team GPA on track. It’s exhausting just to read all that.

��ɫ��Ƶ Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., discussed ways that students can make the most of remote classes while still benefiting from student services during a recent appearance on Facebook Live. Both answered live questions and discussed such areas as summer class schedules, support for struggling students and staying healthy.

While ��ɫ��Ƶ faculty, staff, students and alumni are working and learning from home, they can show their #FlashesForever spirit during video calls.

Out-of-state residents who have earned a bachelor’s degree in Ohio will soon be able to save on tuition for graduate programs at ��ɫ��Ƶ thanks to a new in-state tuition option offered by the university.