Events
GSS hosts monthly social events, called Grad Fests, which enable students to have fun and network with other graduate students from across campus.
Grad Fests Spring 2025:
February 7
GSS MEETINGS
Our Spring 2025 General Senate Meetings will be from 11 am-1 pm on the following Mondays:
January 27
February 25
March 25
April 29
May 6
You can join us in person in the Kent State University Student Government Chambers (on the second floor of the student center) or online on Teams.
For more information, please contact the Info Services Chair.
GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
The 2025 Graduate Student Symposium (formerly Graduate Research Symposium) theme is “Harmonizing Progress: Integrating Arts, Sciences, and Technology for a Sustainable Future.” The Symposium will be April 9 & 10, 2025.
Symposium Application Deadline – March 10th at 11:59pm
This year’s symposium will include three presentation styles.
- Oral presentations will be 10 minutes long with a 5-minute Q&A session. Audio and visual equipment will be provided for presenters.
- Poster presentations (90 minutes) Presenters are expected to stand by their poster for the full 90 minutes. Presenters should be able to explain their project and answer any questions that people may have.
- Workshops (30 minutes) are an interactive presentation where skills will be taught, and the audience will be asked to engage by performing the skills.
The Graduate Student Symposium is being renamed in an effort by GSS to be more inclusive of scholarship in the humanities, the arts, and other academic areas not traditionally associated with “research.” GSS aims to celebrate and display the scholarship and accomplishments of a vast array of graduate students through the newly renamed Graduate Student Symposium.
If you are interested in being a volunteer for Graduate Student Symposium 2025, please click here or contact the Programming Chair.
For information about previous years’ events, please see our Past Symposia page.