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On May 7, KentWired tweeted that President Todd Diacon appointed Lamar Hylton as the vice president for student affairs and Amoaba Gooden as the interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion. Several...

A screenshot of the introduction of the Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración de los Graduados on May 7, 2020. 

Student Multicultural Center celebrates graduates with virtual pre-commencement ceremony

The Student Multicultural Center recognized graduates and their achievements during the virtual Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración de los Graduados ceremony on Thursday. “Usually with Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración...

Talk about a tale of two extremes across the country, with temperatures well below normal in the East and triple-digit temperatures bringing temps well above normal in the Southwest.

Record heat returns to the West and record cold plunges into the East

(CNN) -- The country is divided roughly in half between temperature extremes, with cold conditions and well below normal temperatures in the East, and record-setting, triple-digit heat in the Southwest.It...

Temperature Forecast

CNN Weather May 7, 2020

Talk about a tale of two extremes across the country, with temperatures well below normal in the East and triple-digit temperatures bringing temps well above normal in the Southwest.

Board of Trustees approves voluntary separation agreement

On Wednesday, May 6, Mark Polatajko, senior vice president for finance and administration, sent an email to Kent State faculty and staff regarding budget planning for fiscal year 2021 to counter the financial...

Betsy DeVos

SAUL LOEB May 6, 2020

US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during the fifth meeting of the Federal Commission on School Safety, focusing on the best practices for school building security, active shooter training for...

US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks during the fifth meeting of the Federal Commission on School Safety, focusing on the best practices for school building security, active shooter training for schools and practitioner experience with school-based threat assessment, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House in Washington, DC, August 16, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

DeVos finalizes Title IX rules that give more rights to those accused of sexual misconduct

(CNN) -- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday announced formal regulations for how colleges and schools are to define and investigate sexual harassment and assault cases, including provisions that...

Cinco de Mayo is a local holiday celebrated in Puebla, Mexico.

Taco Tuesday coincides with Cinco de Mayo

(CNN) -- Every year, every story about Cinco de Mayo is required to point out that no, this is not Mexico's Independence Day (that's September 16).The reason for the confusion is this minor holiday in...

Ellen Glickman, the director of the School of Health Sciences at Kent State, hugs her husband, Harold Greenberg, who as a Kent State student was an edtior of The Kent Stater, at the conclusion of the annual ringing of the Victory Bell to remember the four students killed at Kent State on May 4, 1970, and the two students killed 10 days later at Jackson State. Despite the cancellation of events related to the May 4 50th anniversary—alternatives were offered online—the annual tradition of a candlelight march and the vigil in the Prentice Hall parking lot continued with face masks and social distancing in place.

Community gathers to commemorate 50th anniversary of May 4 shootings

Jerry Lewis, a professor whose name is synonymous with the May 4, 1970, shootings where four Kent State students lost their lives, rang the Victory Bell on the Commons below Taylor Hall in their honor...

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Susan Kirkman Zake May 4, 2020

Ellen Glickman, the director of the School of Health Sciences at Kent State, hugs her husband, Harold Greenberg, who as a Kent State student was an edtior of The Kent Stater, at the conclusion of the annual...

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Susan Kirkman Zake May 4, 2020

Bill Arthrell, a witness to the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State, digs a hole in order to bury a copy of the Constitution in front of the Victory Bell on the 50th anniversary. Arthrell gave an impassioned...

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Susan Kirkman Zake May 4, 2020

A Kent State police sergeant winds yellow rope that was used to cordon off the immediate area around the Victory Bell on the Commons at Kent State University. Jerry Lewis, an emeritus professor of sociology...

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