Kent State University

Kent State University announced it will be closing its LGBTQ Center, Multicultural Center and Women's Center in response to a new state law. Students expressed concern about the loss of support services they have come to rely on.

The move to close the centers to comply with Senate Bill 1 comes after other major universities in Ohio have closed their diversity, equity and inclusion offices and ended their multicultural, women's and LGBTQ+ centers.

The move comes as visas for international students have been revoked at the University of Cincinnati and elsewhere across the country.

Kent State University's Transformation 2028 plan calls for cutting the total number of academic leaders and consolidating colleges but does not mean those officials will be laid off.

The plan calls for merging schools and colleges to try to save money but also as a way to foster innovation.

What can colleges and universities across the country learn from Kent State's example, when 13 students were shot and four were killed in 1970?

Kent State's annual May 4 commemoration is just weeks away, and organizers want to make it an engaging and relevant experience for a wide audience.

Rittenhouse has been lionized by some conservatives and Second Amendment advocates for his actions. The Kent State chapter of Turning Point USA — a youth-focused nonprofit that boosts conservative candidates and causes - invited Rittenhouse to speak.

The year's May 4 lecture will focus on Erica Eckert's research into how Kent State University's leadership responded in the days leading up to May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of students protesting the Vietnam War, killing four and injuring nine others.

More than 50 students, faculty and administrators attended a forum at Kent State University Friday, where Black and LGBTQ students spoke about fears of losing scholarships and campus student organizations if Senate Bill 83 passes in Ohio.