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From 1921 to 1942, a WWI-vintage cannon stood on a knoll overlooking Rockwell Hall, then home to the University Library. It was loaned by the U.S. War Department to the �鶹ӰԺ American Legion Post 496, which intended to present it to the city of �鶹ӰԺ. When city officials could not decide on a suitable location, the cannon found a home on the campus of �鶹ӰԺ State Normal College. 

For a third consecutive year, �鶹ӰԺ has been selected as one the nation’s top universities for LGBTQ+ students for creating a safe, welcoming environment for students, faculty and staff, according to Campus Pride, a leading resource for LGBTQ+ leadership development, diversity inclusion and advocacy within higher education.

With a backdrop of strobe lights, rock music and excitement, �鶹ӰԺ State President Todd Diacon kicked off the start of the 2022 Fall Semester by encouraging new students to lean on one another during the university's traditional convocation ceremony. 

After experiencing dating violence in high school, Rhylee Shepherd turned her pain into a teaching opportunity for her peers through the Know Your Worth project.

A �鶹ӰԺ State College of Nursing student who graduated Aug. 20 recently was honored by the city of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, along with her sister, for working to save the life of a woman who fell ill while playing volleyball.

�鶹ӰԺ partnered with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City for an international, cross-cultural exchange for students to study how sustainable gardening projects aid immigrant populations. 

�鶹ӰԺ State's Undergraduate Student Government, the student organization responsible for being the direct line of communication to the administration to make students’ voices heard, was honored with the 2022 Student Government of the Year Award from the Conference on Student Government Associations.

�鶹ӰԺ's Explore �鶹ӰԺ, Go! web pages give the �鶹ӰԺ State community the ability to explore �鶹ӰԺ State’s campus, downtown �鶹ӰԺ and surrounding cities. Next in the “Where on the Web?” series, the focal point is the Explore �鶹ӰԺ, Go! web pages at www.kent.edu/go. The Explore �鶹ӰԺ, Go! web pages are an introduction to the diverse opportunities offered by the university’s niche area in the Midwest, according to Lin Danes, director of Web Services and Interactive Media at �鶹ӰԺ State.

In 1922, �鶹ӰԺ State’s first president, John McGilvrey, introduced what could be considered the great-grandmother of our current distance-learning programs at �鶹ӰԺ State: correspondence courses. 

"Roaring 20's" Bring New Styles and Social Rules. Women, in keeping with the fashions of the time, were wearing shorter skirts, bobbing their hair, wearing makeup, along with other sweeping changes.