Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to Dedicate Kent State’s New Student Green Set for Oct. 18

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Student Green at Kent State University will be held Oct. 18 at noon. The event will celebrate Kent State’s commitment to provide outdoor programming space to student organizations on campus. The event is free and open to the public and takes place at the new space in the Kent Student Center area, located at the heart of the campus.

Kent State President Lester A. Lefton will deliver remarks at the event, in addition to comments from three student representatives: Undergraduate Student Government Director of Programming Elizabeth Holton; Kent Interhall Council President Andy Sokolich; and Undergraduate Student Government Executive Director Evan Gildenblatt. In addition, Kent State Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Greg Jarvie will invite participants to share in the ribbon-cutting event. The program also will include musical entertainment and refreshments.

The Student Green project with the expanded lawn area creates an attractive, student-centered space at a major “front door” to campus. The new Student Green extends from the recently renovated Risman Plaza to the lawn area south, creating a contiguous green space from the current student center plaza to Summit Street. It includes a performance stage that is intended to support student use. The stage projects back into the main campus with the new Student Green area and student center plaza serving as a backdrop.

Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend this ceremony to see the continual growth and progress of making Kent State’s campus an institution of the 21st century.

For more information about the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Kent State’s new Student Green, contact Katie Goldring at 330-672-2480 or kgoldrin@kent.edu.

For more information about the Student Green, visit http://www.kent.edu/news/newsdetail.cfm?newsitem=7e320f8f-9836-b325-acc1cb302fae4329.

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Media Contacts:
Katie Goldring, kgoldrin@kent.edu, 330-672-2480
Eric Mansfield, emansfie@kent.edu, 330-672-2797