Kent State eliminates mask requirement regardless of CDC community level, adjusts quarantine policy
Emma Andrus, Editor-in-Chief
• August 24, 2022
![Ashtabula, Columbiana, Summit and Tuscarawas counties, where Kent State operates several campuses and locations, recently moved into the “high” community level designation for COVID-19 as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Ohio_COVID-19_Community_Levels-900x557.jpg)
Masks now required at Kent State’s Ashtabula, Columbiana, Summit and Tuscarawas campuses, locations
Emma Andrus, Managing Editor
• August 5, 2022
Kent State reinstates indoor mask requirement at Cuyahoga County campuses
Kennedy Gotham, Reporter
• May 27, 2022
Mask mandate is back at Kent State’s Ashtabula campus
Kennedy Gotham, Reporter
• May 23, 2022
Kent State removes weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for unvaccinated individuals
Zaria Johnson, Editor-in-chief
• March 15, 2022
COVID-19 increases demand for mental health resources on Kent campus
Madison Goerl, Reporter
• February 22, 2022
Free masks available to those in Kent
Madeleine Majikas, Reporter
• February 21, 2022
![The Visit Healthcare testing center at Eastway was one of several walkup COVID-19 testing centers on campus. Feb. 4, 2022. (The Kent Stater Files)](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/e336aefcb1582a73116f39a82964993a-900x562.png)
Kent State to freeze registration of students not in compliance with vaccine mandate
Owen MacMillan Digital Content Manager
• February 5, 2022
![As of Dec. 20, all Kent State students, faculty and staff were required to be vaccinated unless they received an approved exemption. The university updates the Coronavirus Dashboard weekly.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/d9b3fd8c4846f44393cafe20ca7e6ad8-900x692.png)
Kent State releases COVID-19 vaccination rates for all campuses
Joshua Bailey Reporter
• February 4, 2022
![Kent State COVID-19 cases increased after the spring semester began. The university updates the Coronavirus Dashboard weekly.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/61f333f9c71a2.image_.jpg)
Spring semester begins with fewer on-campus COVID-19 cases than fall
Alexandra Golden, Assigning Editor
• January 27, 2022
![Kent State COVID-19 cases increased after the spring semester began. The university updates the Coronavirus Dashboard weekly.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2cdd5e27e98ea80a70bf2e38df6e3eb7.jpg)
Spring semester begins with fewer on-campus COVID-19 cases than fall
Alexandra Golden Assigning Editor
• January 27, 2022
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