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The I AM FIRST Celebration honored first generation students, staff, and faculty with a week of university-wide events. Attendees from all parts of the Kent State community enjoyed the week’s in-person and virtual events.

Our Flashes have continued providing community service virtually through the Kent State Together program provided by Community Engaged Learning. Over 700 student volunteers wrote 1,400 welcome notes to incoming KSU students and provided 500 United Way Literacy Kits for a local elementary school.

Our volunteers at Campus Kitchen have raised over $10K for their Giving Tuesday campaign, $20K for Campus Kitchen Renovations, and received $2K from the Portage Foundation’s Rapid Response Fund Grant.

1,278 Kent State students have contributed 9,080 hours of community service and raised $246,976 through Kent Community Services provided by Community Engaged Learning. 26% of these program participants were underrepresented students: nearly twice the percentage of underrepresented students in the entire student body.

214 students received more than $114,000 in tuition, book, course supply, and other aid from Academic Diversity Outreach.

More than 320 new students positioned themselves well, engaging in the “Start Strong to Finish” program by taking a reassessment of their placement tests with Judy Huber.

Undergraduate student research is now supported by the McNair Scholars Program, which raised $10K during the Inaugural Regional McNair Research Conference.

Kent State students receive $2.63 million in support in the core areas of academic success, personal and professional development, and advocacy and support from a 5-year federal grant award awarded to Student Support Services.

Students are now eligible to receive $10,000 from the Randi E. and Thomas L. McKenzie Gift through Academic Diversity Outreach at Kent State.

242 students (42% first-generation, 26% under-represented, and 47% Pell-eligible), were offered more than $250,000 in support this year by Career Exploration and Development. The average award for students is $940 per term.