Editing Kent State University (section)

==Student life==
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[[File:KSC2.jpg|thumb|The Kent Student Center houses many of the student organizations and activities.]]

{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Student body composition as of May 2, 2022
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! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web|title=College Scorecard: Kent State University|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?203517-Kent-State-University-at-Kent|publisher=[[United States Department of Education]]|access-date=May 8, 2022|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625041551/https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?203517-Kent-State-University-at-Kent|url-status=live}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
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| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|75|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|7|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|31|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|69|%|2||background:black}}
|}
The university offers a large number of opportunities for student involvement at all its campuses, including student and professional associations, service organizations, performing ensembles, student publications, student government, and intramural and club athletics.

===Performing arts===
Through the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music and the School of Theatre and Dance, the university offers performance opportunities in the performing arts, including three concert bands (Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, and Communiversity Band), Athletic Bands (Marching Golden Flashes and Flasher Brass), three jazz ensembles (Jazz Ensemble I, Jazz Ensemble II, and Jazz Lab Band), six choral ensembles (Kent Chorus, KSU Chorale, Women's Chorus, Men's Coro Cantare, Gospel Choir, and Nova Jazz Singers), one orchestra (KSU Orchestra), World Music Ensembles, as well as theater and dance opportunities. The Trumbull, Stark, and Tuscarawas campuses have theatre seasons featuring student actors. Each regional campus also offers their own performing arts opportunities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kent.edu/tusc/pac|title=Performing Arts Center {{!}} Kent State University|website=www.kent.edu|language=en|access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-date=January 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115130053/https://www.kent.edu/tusc/pac|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Student government===
Kent State offers several student government options, the largest of which is the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), which represents students from all campuses of the university and has been in some form of operation since 1924. The current 25 person governing body was formed after the merger of the All-Campus Programming Board (ACPB) and the Undergraduate Student Senate (USS). USG is led by an executive director and is composed of eight directors, ten college senators, one senator for residence hall students, one senator for commuter and off-campus students, one senator for undergraduate studies, and 3 senators-at-large. USG oversees the USG Programming Board which hosts various concerts, comedians, and performers, as well as the USG Allocations Committee which disburses conference and programming funds to the over 250 registered student organizations on the Kent Campus. Elections for USG are held annually in March, and officers are typically inaugurated in late April.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Undergraduate Student Government of Kent State University |url=http://www.kentstateusg.com/about-ksu-usg |year=2018 |publisher=Kent State Undergraduate Student Government |access-date=January 21, 2018 |archive-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122072506/http://www.kentstateusg.com/about-ksu-usg }}</ref> In addition to the USG, Kent State also has the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) and a residence hall association named Kent Interhall Council (KIC). KIC represents students who live in the on-campus residence halls and deals with policies and activities. Within the KIC is a programming board and individual councils for each residence hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kent Interhall Council: About Us |url=https://www.kent.edu/kic/about-us |year=2018 |access-date=January 21, 2018 |publisher=Kent State University |archive-date=January 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122074709/https://www.kent.edu/kic/about-us |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Student media===
* The ''Kent Stater'', colloquially known as the "Stater", is a student newspaper publishing student and guests editorials Monday, Wednesday and Thursday during the fall and spring semesters and weekly as the Summer Kent Stater during the summer. Stater staff is entirely students, primarily in the journalism school. Most editors hold their positions for one semester.
* [[Black Squirrel Radio]] is Kent State's student-run radio station, which has nearly 120 students on its staff. The station streams constantly online and is also available through iTunes and on campus TV. The station plays urban, rock, and local music, and also broadcasts KSU basketball and football home games live.
* ''[[Fusion (Kent State University)|Fusion magazine]]'' is published twice a year by KSU students in print and on the Internet. The magazine strives to unify people of different backgrounds through education and awareness. ''Fusion'' addresses sexual minority issues within the general population using illustrative photo essays and in-depth feature articles.
* ''Uhuru Magazine'' is Kent State University's magazine dedicated to minority issues and topics and concentrates on African American issues and topics more specifically.
* ''A Magazine'' is Kent State University's magazine dedicated to women's issues and topics.
* Kent Stater TV (KSTV) is Kent State's [[Student television station|student-run television station]], produced solely by students with live Monday through Friday 6:00&nbsp;pm news. Other student-created shows include Sports Corner; The Blurb, The Agenda, All Systems Go!, Kentcore, and The College Voice.  KSTV also does [[Public administration|public affairs]] programming and election coverage. KSTV programming is available on the KentStater.com website
===Residential life===
[[File:Kent State University Centennial Court B.jpg|thumb|right|Centennial Court B, a co-ed residence hall]]

Kent State operates twenty-four on-campus residence halls, all of which are located on the main campus in Kent. Each hall is a part of a larger group, usually bound by a common name or central area. Within the University Housing Residence Halls, there are living-learning programs that place students with similar academic or extracurricular interests in the same dorms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Living-Learning Programs {{!}} Kent State University |url=https://www.kent.edu/housing/living-learning-programs |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=www.kent.edu |language=en |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526060956/https://www.kent.edu/housing/living-learning-programs |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Dining ===
Kent State University Culinary Services operates two dining halls, located in Eastway Center and the Design and Innovation Hub. Kent State also operates the Rosie's Diner located in the Tri-Towers Rotunda, the Student Center Hub dining offerings, the Summit Street Café, the George T. Simon III Café, and the Fork In The Road food truck. Alongside their main dining offerings, Kent State Culinary runs two market locations on campus where students can purchase grocery products and some personal care/hygiene products. These are located in the Eastway Center and Tri-Towers Rotunda spaces.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Locations & Menus {{!}} Kent State University |url=https://www.kent.edu/dining/locations-menus |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=www.kent.edu |language=en |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526060955/https://www.kent.edu/dining/locations-menus |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Social programs ===
==== 4 Paws for Ability ====
4 Paws for Ability University Program provides university students with an opportunity to foster and socialize service dogs-in-training before they begin their professional training at the 4 Paws for Ability facility in [[Xenia, Ohio]]. A chapter was founded at Kent State in August 2016 with three service dogs-in-training; it became an official organization a year later. The chapter and organization was founded by Maxwell Newberry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kent.edu/sas/animals-campus#Service-Training|title=Animals on Campus {{!}} Student Accessibility Services (SAS) {{!}} Kent State University|website=www.kent.edu|access-date=February 6, 2020|archive-date=July 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722091027/https://www.kent.edu/sas/animals-campus#Service-Training|url-status=live}}</ref> {{as of|2017|August}}, 4 Paws for Ability Kent State has 25 dogs on campus at a time. However, the number of sitters, co-handlers, and volunteers is not capped. The chapter has approximately 325 volunteers on their e-mail list, about 30 sitters, and over 50 co-handlers. The organization shares custody of the small fenced-in discus area at the outdoor track along Johnston Drive. Discussion and plans began in late 2017 to create a separate field for the organization.<ref>{{cite web|title=4 Paws for Ability Kent State|url=https://4pawsksu.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025658/https://4pawsksu.org/|archive-date=September 25, 2018|website=4 Paws for Ability|access-date=January 8, 2018}}</ref>

==== Autism services ====
In recent years, Kent State has developed extensive services to support people with autism, with many of its programs nationally recognized in different areas. Non-autistic students who wish to be involved with these activities are paired with students with autism, and one [[Fraternities and sororities|sorority]] is directly involved with these services. In a 2018 story, the university's autism outreach coordinator told ''[[The Plain Dealer]]'' of [[Cleveland]] that about 30 autistic students were registered as such with the university, but estimated that close to 500 students with autism used the school's services. These services contributed to Kent State becoming the first NCAA Division I member to sign a [[College recruiting|recruit]] known to be diagnosed as autistic to a [[National Letter of Intent]] in a team sport in November of that year, when Kalin Bennett committed to play for the men's basketball team starting in 2019–20, making his debut with the team in November 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cleveland.com/sports/erry-2018/11/548b2471446488/kent-state-basketball-recruit.html |title=Kent State basketball recruit with autism – a first for NCAA – wants to be role model for kids who struggle |first=Elton |last=Alexander |newspaper=The Plain Dealer |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110081715/https://www.cleveland.com/sports/erry-2018/11/548b2471446488/kent-state-basketball-recruit.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/07/health/kalin-bennett-autism-ncaa-kent-state-basketball-trnd/index.html |title=Kalin Bennett, Division I basketball recruit diagnosed with autism, plays for Kent State in opener |first=Allen |last=Kim |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108015301/https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/07/health/kalin-bennett-autism-ncaa-kent-state-basketball-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Greek life===
Greek life at Kent State is overseen by the Center for Student Involvement located in the Kent Student Center. Organizations belong to one of three governing councils, the Panhellenic Council, the Interfraternity Council and the Integrated Greek Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentstatefsl.com/|title=Kent State Fraternity and Sorority Life|year=2018|website=Kent State Fraternity and Sorority Life|publisher=Kent State Center for Student Involvement|access-date=September 23, 2019|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923114631/https://www.kentstatefsl.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sorority houses are primarily located on Fraternity Drive located across the street from the main library and fraternity houses are located throughout the city of Kent. The university set aside land for the development of a Greek fraternity village in 2008, on land near the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.<ref>[http://www.kent.edu/media/2009NewsReleases/trustees3182009.cfm Kent.edu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522203107/http://www.kent.edu/media/2009NewsReleases/trustees3182009.cfm |date=May 22, 2009 }}</ref> [[Sigma Nu]] built a new chapter house in 2008 on this land, but is now an empty house on fraternity circle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.www.kentnewsnet.com/media/storage/paper867/news/2008/09/19/News/Sigma.Nu.Makes.Greek.Village.Debut-3438231.shtml|title=Kentnewsnet.com|access-date=July 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223175402/http://media.www.kentnewsnet.com/media/storage/paper867/news/2008/09/19/News/Sigma.Nu.Makes.Greek.Village.Debut-3438231.shtml|archive-date=February 23, 2009}}</ref> Kent State's Greek life claims numerous famous and well-known figures in society including [[Lou Holtz]], a brother of the Kent [[Delta Upsilon]] chapter and [[Drew Carey]], a brother of the Kent [[Delta Tau Delta]] chapter.