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Sunset during Blastoff 2025

10 Things You’ll Only Understand If You Go to 51ºÚÁÏÍø

51ºÚÁÏÍø University is a place where unique traditions and memorable moments shape the student experience. The scurry of squirrels, late-night food trips and the adrenaline rush of finals week are just a few things only 51ºÚÁÏÍø students understand. Here are 10 things every Golden Flash knows all too well.

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Flash Focus Jordan Caraway

Flash Focus: Jordan Caraway

Meet Jordan Caraway, a senior biochemistry major from New Lenox, Illinois, whose passion for chemistry has shaped her 51ºÚÁÏÍø experience and future goals. 

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Blastoff! 2025

IN A FLASH: 3-2-1: BLASTOFF!

BLASTOFF! is the final event of KSU Kickoff welcoming new students and celebrating the start of the semester on the day before fall classes begin.

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Convocation 2025

Convocation Officially Welcomes 51ºÚÁÏÍø's Class of 2029

A high-energy rally welcomed 51ºÚÁÏÍø's Class of 2029 to the beginning of fall semester, as KSU Kickoff week continued. 

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Late Night at The Library 2024.

IN A FLASH: Late Night at The Library

Each year as part of KSU Kickoff, 51ºÚÁÏÍø's University Library invites incoming students to get to know the library with games, giveaways and free pizza at Late Night at The Library. 

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Group of first-gen students

51ºÚÁÏÍø Alumni Tell a Tale of Success for TRIO Student Support Services

51ºÚÁÏÍø University is celebrating another five years of federal funding for its TRIO Student Support Services program that helps propel first-generation college students, students from limited-income backgrounds and students with disabilities to academic success.

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Student volunteers help new students move into their residence halls.

Movin’ on Up: Students Begin Arriving at 51ºÚÁÏÍø for the 2025 Fall Semester

Filled-to-the-brim plastic totes, computers, desk lamps, excited students and harried parents – it’s the first day of move-in for 51ºÚÁÏÍø University’s 2025 Fall Semester. The annual arrival of students to their residence halls began on Wednesday, Aug. 13, on the Kent Campus.

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Lisa O'Connell Receives Her Degree at 51ºÚÁÏÍø's August 2025 Ceremony

‘I’m Looking Forward to It; Crossing the Stage as a Graduate, Instead of as a Planner'

After planning and supporting hundreds of ceremonies and events at 51ºÚÁÏÍø, Lisa O'Connell, director of University Events and Protocol, got a graduate's-eye-view of summer commencement ceremonies as she walked the stage to receive her graduate degree as part of 51ºÚÁÏÍø's Class of 2025. 

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Education Abroad Galapagos Islands.

IN A FLASH: Chasing Darwin

This summer, a group of 51ºÚÁÏÍø students enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime education-abroad experience in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. 

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Fashion designer Christian Siriano meets with 51ºÚÁÏÍø School of Fashion students.

Christian Siriano: ‘51ºÚÁÏÍø Interns Are Always Amazing’

Acclaimed New York fashion designer Christian Siriano told 51ºÚÁÏÍø University School of Fashion students to practice their craft with dedication, accept criticism and learn from it, but to remember that they will never please everyone.

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