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Families Insider Guide Excellence in Action www.kent.edu/families 1 Dear Kent State Parents and Families: Welcome to Kent State University! I am most pleased that your student has chosen Kent State and that you are now a part of the Golden Flashes family! The Kent State Parents and Families Association is here to help you and your family throughout your student’s undergraduate career. With timely programs and publications, the Parents and Families Association will let you know what is happening on campus and what opportunities are available to help your student enhance his or her experience both inside and outside the classroom. As we hope this guide will show, so many rewarding experiences are awaiting your student at Kent State. A strong support network of Kent State faculty and staff is available to help your student succeed academically. The college experience can sometimes be confusing and stressful for family members of students, and that is why we have created this association. We are here to ensure you have the information, support and access you need to feel secure in the knowledge that your student is on the road to success at Kent State. Whenever you have a question or concern, you can turn to the Parents and Families Association for help. You can reach us Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. by calling 330-672-4050 or emailing [email protected]. You can also find us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/Kent-State-University- TABLE OF CONTENTS Parent-Association). Do not hesitate to contact us whenever we can be of assistance. Benefits of Membership 2 Welcome to the family! I look forward to working together with you to Kent State University History 3 help your Kent State student soar to excellence. Go Flashes! Campus Locations 4 Visiting Kent 5 Kent State Academics 6 Living on Campus 8 Shay Davis Little, Ph.D. Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation Overview 10 Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Frequently Asked Questions 11 Helpful Tips 12 Discounts 14 Contacts 15 Dictionary 16 1 BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE PARENTS AND FAMILIES ASSOCIATION Becoming Kent State University: Notable Firsts and Accomplishments: In 1910, State Representative John Lowry pushed through a 1920: Kent State Airport opens to 1970: University Library opens bill that authorized the creation of two new normal schools (a public under the name Stow as the tallest building in school created to train high school graduates to be teachers) Aviation Field. Portage County. in Ohio. One of those schools would eventually be known as 1924: Dr. Arville C. DeWeese creates 1970: On May 4, 1970, four Kent Bowling Green State University. But thanks to the vision and Kent State’s first health State students are killed and perseverance of the city of Kent, the Kent Board of Trade and services and physical nine wounded by the National other community players, the second school was founded in education departments. Guard during a demonstration Kent, Ohio, as the Ohio State Normal College. It was officially 1924: Undergraduate Student protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. named the Kent State Normal School a year later in honor of Government is formed. William S. Kent, who donated the 53 acres of farmland the 1933: Kent State founds the Honors 1971: Kent State establishes the campus would reside on and who was the son of Kent, Ohio, College — one of the most Center for Peaceful Change, now the Center for Applied namesake Marvin Kent. While the campus was being built, respected programs in the country to this day. Conflict Management, as a classes began in extension centers in 25 different cities around living memory to the students. the area that would eventually give way to the Regional Campus 1945: 10,000 WWII veterans enroll at It is one of the earliest such system at Kent State. The first on-campus classes were held Kent State University under the programs in the U.S. in 1912, and the first graduating class of 34 students had GI Bill of Rights. 1973: Kent State is a founding Thank you for registering to be part of the Parents and Families Association here commencement on July 29, 1914. 1946: First Regional Campus estab- partner, with The University at Kent State University. The association, housed under the Office of the Dean of With the addition of four-year degrees in 1915, the school was lished: Kent State University at of Akron and Youngstown Students in the Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, strives to upgraded to college status. Kent State Normal College was Stark in North Canton, Ohio. State University, in the world’s be a one-stop, comprehensive service for parents and families of current students well-respected and well-attended, having the largest summer 1947: Oscar Ritchie, Ph.D., becomes first medical consortium, the Northeast Ohio to understand not only the Kent State system but also the many academic and social attendance for teacher training of any school in the country by the first African-American Medical University. options available to enhance the student experience. We all want the same thing — 1924. Building on this success, the campus continued to expand appointed to a faculty position student excellence — and we know that does not happen without a support system its programs and infrastructure, and in 1929 it became Kent State in any state university in Ohio 1977: Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s when he joins Kent State’s that includes both Kent State members and family members. The association is College with the establishment of a College of Arts and Sciences. oldest, most prestigious honor Department of Sociology. society, establishes a Kent designed to allow us to work together to meet your student’s needs. Whenever you The name Kent State University came into use in 1935. Ohio State chapter. have questions, concerns or comments about your student’s progress, surroundings Governor Martin L. Davey, a Kent native and a former member of 1949: Student Union opens its doors to students offering pool tables, or safety, we want you to reach out to us. the Kent Board of Trade that fought to bring the school to Kent 1978: Kent State students continue a bowling alley, café, lounges in the first place, signed a bill allowing Kent State to add both a to show their commitment to As part of that association, you also now have Kent State University Discounts: Because and a bookstore. community service with the School of Business and graduate programs to its degree offerings. access to a number of great benefits and perks. you are part of the Golden Flashes family, we creation of the King Kennedy This granting of university status is in large part due to the vision 1950: WKSU, Kent State’s award Please be sure to like us on Facebook and also want you to be able to show your Blue and Gold winning radio station, is born. Community Center in a blighted check out our website periodically. We are pride; so we have partnered with the University of Kent State’s very first president, John E. McGilvrey, who laid out Ravenna neighborhood. a roadmap of growth in 1917 with his vision of a “Fifty-Year Master 1950: Erie Railroad donates the continually working to add to the benefits we Bookstore to offer Parents and Families 1991: With her appointment as Plan” and who attended the bill signing. Victory Bell to Kent State and it offer our members. Currently, membership in Association members a 15 percent discount on is placed on the Commons near President of Kent State, Carol the association includes: all Kent State apparel purchased at the on- “blanket hill,” a popular place for A. Cartwright becomes the first woman to hold such a position in Exclusive E-newsletters: Periodically we will campus bookstore. Just show your membership couples to go on campus. the state of Ohio. email you a newsletter full of information on card to receive this great perk! 1961: Kent State and Davey Tree programs and activities on campus that you Kent Community Discounts: We also want release 10 black squirrels from 1994: Kent State is named a Research and/or your child can take advantage of, tips for our association members to get to know the Canada onto campus, and they University II by the Carnegie quickly dominate the brown Foundation for the Advance- parenting a college student, staff and faculty community their students now live in. Kent has ment of Teaching. highlights and news updates on our colleges and undergone some amazing transformations and grey natives, eventually becoming the unofficial mascot programs. Freshman parents will also receive in the last few years that you will want to see 1999: The state-of-the-art Student of campus. a second monthly newsletter, from our Student for yourself. For more information, please see Recreation and Wellness Center 1965: Kent State establishes the opens its doors to Kent State Success Center, that provides useful information the “Visiting Kent” section. When you do visit, staff and students and the for helping start your student on the right show your membership card at participating Liquid Crystal Institute®, still a world leader in research Kent community. academic path during his or her first year. The restaurants and businesses for 15 percent and development. 2002: Centennial Court Residence newsletter provides tips on things like creating off your purchase. A listing of participants is 1967: Kent State becomes the Halls open to Kent State good study habits, balancing work and school included in the back of this guide, but also check students, featuring private bath- and taking advantage of the many campus our website for new partners before you visit! first university to run an independent, student-operated rooms and modern amenities.