department of recreational services

Electronic bikes and scooters hit Kent campus

Brianna Phillips, Reporter • March 7, 2022

Students and community members around Kent’s campus will have a new way to get around starting March 7. A new partnership with SPIN, an electronic bike and scooter service, will provide 100 electric...

Kent State considers FlashFleet expansion

Alex Tinline • October 17, 2017

As an initiative to help commuters on Kent State’s campus, Parking Services has teamed with Recreational Services to introduce a new way for students to make it to class on time.This past summer, the...

Students defy the odds at The Reaping

Rachel Duthie • November 7, 2015

Hundreds of students gathered Friday night for The Reaping, an interactive event hosted by the Department of Recreational Services as part of its Late Night Student Events program. Inspired by the upcoming...

Kent State attempts to help break world record for biggest swim lesson

Emily Mills and MaKayla Brown • June 18, 2015

Kent State's Department of Recreational Services participated in a worldwide event Thursday to attempt to break a Guinness World Record for World's Largest Swimming Lesson.The current record is...