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KSU Kickoff is a four-day welcome to your new home and introduction to your ���ҹ����� family. You will engage in activities to familiarize yourself with the ���ҹ����� community, make new friends, aid in academic success, and meet different faculty and staff from around campus.

Attending your assigned check-in for KSU Kickoff is imperative to having a successful welcome week experience. At your check-in, you will meet with an assigned student Peer Success Mentor who will go over the basics of the KSU Kickoff mobile app, schedule of welcome events, your first Flashes 101 course, information on a variety of campus resources, and taking any of your questions. Your assigned check-in will be based on if you are either a first-time college student living on campus in a residence hall (residential student), a first-time college student commuting to campus (commuter student), or a transfer student new to ���ҹ����� (transfer student). Based on your status, you will attend one of the below. Please note that there are no times assigned within these check-in periods and that attendance is tracked.

• KSU Kickoff Residential Student Check-In (for incoming residential students only) | Thurs., Aug. 20, 3 - 8 p.m. 
• KSU Kickoff Commuter Student Check-In (for incoming commuting students only) | Fri., Aug. 21, 8 - 9 a.m. 
• Transfer Student Welcome (for incoming transfer students only) – Sun. Aug. 23, 3 - 5 p.m.

KSU Kickoff has many required events for new first-year students. This includes students living on campus or commuting. New transfer students are strongly encouraged to attend KSU Kickoff events as well.  

All first-year students should use the KSU Kickoff app during the welcome week experience. The KSU Kickoff app, which is a totally separate app from KSU Mobile, will guide you through the welcome week experience and will keep you informed of important updates during your first week on campus. 

• A comprehensive Move-In Week and KSU Kickoff event calendar (including event registration)
• Frequently Asked Questions
• First Flashes 101 Class Session Room Locator
• Campus Maps
• And more!

Go to the schedule on this app and look for events that say “Required” in the information about each event.

Absolutely! All transfer students are encouraged to attend both general and transfer student-specific KSU Kickoff events.  

• The two required KSU Kickoff events for transfer students are the Transfer Student Welcome and Blastoff, both on Sun., Aug. 23. Check out the KSU Kickoff App for more details.
• Transfer students enrolled in Flashes 101 are invited to participate in their first class meeting on Fri., Aug. 21. (Check the KSU Kickoff event schedule for time and location later in the summer).  

More information regarding welcome week events is available in the KSU Kickoff app. 

Commuter, off-campus and remote learning students are required to participate in KSU Kickoff.

Yes, check out the schedule in the app for all events for your college. 

You can connect with the Center for Student Involvement by calling 330-672-2480 or emailing csi@kent.edu. The CSI office, located in Suite 120 of the ���ҹ����� Student Center is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. You can also follow CSI on Instagram @CSI���ҹ�����.

Make sure to turn on notifications for the KSU Kickoff app. We will make announcements via the app should any events be altered. This app can be found in the app store of your mobile device by searching ‘KSU Kickoff.’

All locations are posted under each event in the KSU Kickoff app and website. You can .