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º£½ÇÔ­´´ students practice their egaming skills prior to º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™s First Esports Tournament on May 5, 2018.

Video Gaming and Academic Scholarship Join Forces for º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™s First Esports Tournament

If you enjoy playing video games – you are a hobbyist. If you enter competitions – you are a gamer. If you like to watch others play – you are a fan. Together, all three make up esports, one of the fastest growing industries in the world - playing games such as Counter Strike, League of Leg…

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The annual Black Squirrel Festival offers º£½ÇÔ­´´ students a chance to learn about student organizations, explore different university departments and learn more about the Kent community.

36th Annual Black Squirrel Festival Features Music, Food and Freebies

A º£½ÇÔ­´´ tradition for 36 years, the annual Black Squirrel Festival will take place Friday, Sept. 8, from noon-5 p.m. on the Student Green and Risman Plaza. The Black Squirrel Festival, which is hosted by Kent Student Center Programming, attracts more than 3,000 students, faculty and …

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Kent Campus

Thousands of º£½ÇÔ­´´ students work their way through Risman Plaza during Blastoff, the annual back-to-school celebration at º£½ÇÔ­´´.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Celebrates Start of New School Year With Annual Blastoff

º£½ÇÔ­´´ students will celebrate the start of a new school year at the university’s annual back-to-school celebration that occurs the day before fall classes begin. Blastoff will take place on Sunday, Aug. 27, from 6-9:30 p.m. on the Student Green and Manchester Field on the Kent Campus…

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Kent Campus

º£½ÇÔ­´´ students who are members of Autism Connections Kent, a new student organization on campus, pose for a photo in the Kent Student Center.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Students Form New Autism Student Organization

Group created by students with autism spectrum disorder to highlight diversity, not disability º£½ÇÔ­´´ is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: º£½ÇÔ­´´ has a new student organization on campus th…

Tags: Autism , Center for Student Involvement , Division of Student Life , Student Success , Success Story

Kent Campus

º£½ÇÔ­´´ students who are members of Autism Connections Kent, a new student organization on campus, pose for a photo in the Kent Student Center.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Students Form New Autism Student Organization

º£½ÇÔ­´´ is once again starting a new fall semester with an abundance of enthusiastic students, but one thing is strikingly different: º£½ÇÔ­´´ has a new student organization on campus that joins the few of its type in the nation. Autism Connections Kent has been created by students w…

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Kent Campus

Students show their º£½ÇÔ­´´ pride by wearing blue and gold. Members of the º£½ÇÔ­´´ community are encouraged to wear something blue and gold each and every Friday.

Welcome Back Week Events

The Center for Student Involvement and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics are welcoming back the º£½ÇÔ­´´ community in a big way. To kick off the academic year, students, faculty and staff are invited to enjoy a week packed full of food, giveaways and some º£½ÇÔ­´´ pride! …

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Kent Campus

Thousands of º£½ÇÔ­´´ students work their way through Risman Plaza during Blastoff, the annual back-to-school celebration at º£½ÇÔ­´´.

º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™s Annual Blastoff Event Marks Start of New School Year

º£½ÇÔ­´´ students will celebrate the start of a new school year at the university’s annual back-to-school celebration that occurs the day before fall classes begin. Blastoff will take place on Sunday, Aug. 28, from 6-9:30 p.m. on the Student Green and Manchester Field on the Kent Campus…

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Kent Campus

º£½ÇÔ­´´ students smile at an event on campus. º£½ÇÔ­´´ student organizations sponsor more than 250 events on campus each year.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Reaches a Record Number of Student Organizations on Campus

º£½ÇÔ­´´ officially registered 402 student organizations on campus this spring semester, a record-breaking number for the university, according to the Center for Student Involvement. “Reaching this high number of student organizations on campus reflects the kind of students that are …

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Kent Campus

Members of the Vocal Intensity a cappella singing group practice in a lounge in Tri-Towers.

New º£½ÇÔ­´´ Student Groups Meet Varying Needs

º£½ÇÔ­´´â€™s Center for Student Involvement authorized 50 new student organizations in fall 2015, bringing the total to nearly 400 different organizations, according to Katie Goldring, assistant director of the Center for Student Involvement. “As the number of student organizations con…

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Kent Campus

º£½ÇÔ­´´ students enjoy ice skating at the º£½ÇÔ­´´ Ice Arena.

º£½ÇÔ­´´ Hosts Welcome Back Week Events

The º£½ÇÔ­´´ community will be treated to a week of welcome-back festivities to kick off the spring semester. Every day during the first week of classes, there will be a different giveaway item along with free food. There is a limited supply of giveaway items so everyone is encourage…

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