My daughter attended as a Freshman last year and had such an awful experience. Her roommate was a…read morecomplete nightmare and was bullying her, also cyber bullying her. The RA was not helpful, it continued. Spoke with the head of the department and was treated like a complainer and not taken seriously. I personally had to go in person and speak with the roommate and was treated like the problem, when I had written proof of the bullying etc. It was my daughter's first college experience and I felt like the school failed. My daughter also is a minority student and I felt like it could have also been a reason for the lack of action and poor treatment. I eventually had to PAY for another room so she could be at peace. When she wasn't the problem! It is a beautiful campus but feels like it falls short of making minority students feel welcome. I witnessed students writing racial slurs on white boards on campus, " Jews can die", etc and profanity. Not a good look for a school to allow things like this to happen. Beware if you are a minority student, it doesn't treat you well.

A half hour of wandering the beautiful campus of Kent State University today. It's a public school…read morewith a number of regional campuses but I'm at the main one in Kent, Ohio. Dating back to 1910, it's grown and grown to the point that it's now the third-largest university in Ohio. And of course, it's infamously known as the site where the May 4 shootings took place where the National Guard fired on students assembled and protesting in opposition to the US involvement in the Vietnam War. There is a huge memorial and of course, the Center for Applied Conflict Management that was founded after those events. [Review 1362 of 2024 - 281 in Ohio - 22385 overall]

The May 4th Visitor's Center was small and nicely done. We took an hour reading everything. Walking…read morein was like going back to the 60s and early 70s. There were lots of b/w photos, yet colorful psychedelic posters, too. The history of the U.S. during the Civil Rights era was portrayed up to the shooting of the KSU students on May 4, 1970. The film of bystanders' actual footage of the National Guard marching around a peaceful group of students, then aiming their guns and shooting, brought tears to my eyes as four students laid dead and others were wounded with one paralyzed. Across the hall is a rotating exhibit, and misc. memorabilia. Outside is a memorial, and a walking path showing how the event went down. Parking is .25/12 minutes. Take quarters for the lot behind the building, then go up the steps to Taylor Hall.

I can't believe nobody ever reviewed Kent. This is my second visit with my son. He has officially…read morebeen admitted, so we are getting all the details. Today we are taking an official campus tour. What a place! There is everything here. As a parent, I'm close to tears as I am amazed at the opportunities that kids today have in regards to their education. This is nothing like when I was in school in Madrid....nothing. You can be anything you want to be. There are so many resources . Kent has an amazing assortment of majors. I'm so glad it's close to home. The school is so built up. There are new dorms, new buildings. Did you know they actually have a university in Florence, Italy? Apparently this is to support the fashion and architecture programs. How cool! They have a program to study abroad in Italy. Kent is definitely a very fine and progressive university. I am thrilled that they offer a number opportunities for the next generation.