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KSU Kickoff 2024

Â鶹ӰԺ State welcomes new students each fall with KSU Kickoff – two days of activities that help them get to know campus and its resources as they join our Â鶹ӰԺ family. 

Incoming students cheer at 2024 freshman convocation.

Rally towels, strobe lights and the Marching Golden Flashes added to the celebration on Aug. 16, when Â鶹ӰԺ welcomed its Class of 2028 with a rocking pep rally at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.

Fulbright Scholars assemble prosthetic hands as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program at Â鶹ӰԺ State.

For the past month, Â鶹ӰԺ has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. The group, from 26 countries, arrived on the Â鶹ӰԺ Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country.  

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Summer at Behind The Brain Plaza

Bright sunshine, verdant green spaces and colorful flowers in bloom set the scene for summertime on the Â鶹ӰԺ Campus. 

First-year students moved into Â鶹ӰԺ State residence halls on Aug. 13

Â鶹ӰԺ State's president, faculty and staff helped the new Golden Flashes move into their residence halls.

still need help with your FAFSA?

Â鶹ӰԺ’s financial aid administrators want students and their families who were caught in the snags of the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid process to know that financial aid and help completing the application are still available. The FAFSA cycle for the 2024-25 school year is not over.

Stock Photo of Marijuana

With recreational marijuana sales now underway in Ohio, Â鶹ӰԺ officials are reminding the campus community that marijuana use remains prohibited on all university properties.

Â鶹ӰԺ State student-athletes visit Boneza, Rwanda

After spending time on an athletics service trip to Rwanda in January, recent Â鶹ӰԺ graduate and women’s soccer team member Callie Jean Cunningham felt compelled to act. 

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Summer in Â鶹ӰԺ 2024

While there are fewer students on campus during summer break, the Â鶹ӰԺ Campus is still alive with energy and aspirations. Â鶹ӰԺ International Admissions celebrated the spirit of summer in Â鶹ӰԺ with inspiring words and beautiful images that welcome their international students to campus. 

Marcello Fantoni, Â鶹ӰԺ State vice president for Global Education, at the Palace of Versailles

Most people know the Palace of Versailles as a popular French tourist destination. For Marcello Fantoni, Ph.D., Â鶹ӰԺ’s vice president for global education, Versailles is where he serves on the Scientific Committee of its Research Center, helping to shepherd art history research on a global scale.