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Dog Days of Summer 2023

IN A FLASH: Four-Legged Flashes on Campus

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ canines and their human companions came to the Kent Campus for the Dog Days of Summer. 

Tags: Alumni, Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement, Community Impact, Community & Society, University News, Police Services

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The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ balloon at the Balloon Classic.

IN A FLASH: Balloons and Horses on Campus

Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ at Stark. 

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Farnaz Fatemi, Poet Laureate Fellow, of Santa Cruz County, California, in partnership with ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ's Wick Poetry Center and several local Santa Cruz County organizations, will produce a series of nine monthly pop-up teen poetry workshops.

Wick Prize Winner Farnaz Fatemi Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From Academy of American Poets

Farnaz Fatemi, poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, California, was awarded a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets that she will use in partnership with ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ's Wick Poetry Center to produce a series of teen poetry workshops. Fatemi is an Iranian-American poet and writer and the author of "Sister Tongue," published in 2022 by the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ Press. She was the winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Wick Poetry Center for a poet's first book of poems.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Wick Poetry Center, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ Press

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Preview KSU July 21, 2023

IN A FLASH: Preview KSU!

Every summer, the Kent Campus welcomes hundreds of high school students and their parents to discover ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ at Preview KSU.

Tags: Housing, Financial Aid, Students First, Community Impact, Admissions

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Drugs and Behavior: How Societal Trends Impact Addiction

Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æâ€™s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today. 

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Twenty-Five Years of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ Connections Made on the Green

Time in nature, the spirit of competition and bonding are just a few of the many benefits of a golf outing. For the past 25 years, the Glenn Davis Golf League has played a vital role in building a deeper sense of community for ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ, on and off the green.

Tags: Sports, Community Impact

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Liz Piatt, Ph.D., assistant dean for academic diversity success in University College; Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., senior vice president of student affairs; Eboni J. Pringle, Ph.D., senior associate vice president and dean of University College; Randall Lennox, senior institutional research information officer, and Melanie Jones, director of student success programs.

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success

ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students. 

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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ Alumna Capt. Stephanie Johnson

Showing Students How to Soar

As the first Black woman to graduate from ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æâ€™s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.

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Educators from Stow-Munroe Falls City School District will attend a peace education conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Pictured (from left to right) are: Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School; Kristy Prough, BA ’99, MED ’02, EDS ’04, assistant superintendent and director of special services; Associate Principal Amanda Murray; and Assistant Principal Evelyn Haught, BSE ’07.

Ohio Educators Heading to ÌÇÐÄVlogÆÆ½â°æ Peace Conference in Rwanda

Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape. 

Tags: Global Reach, Community & Society, University News, Global Presence, Community Impact, School of Peace and Conflict Studies, Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Health and Human Services

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Kent Blossom Art Intensives 2023

IN A FLASH: Students Take Part in Creating More Than 100 Works of Art

The Kent Blossom Art Intensives welcome students and artists to campus to create art and learn from artists from around the world. 

Tags: School of Art, Center for the Visual Arts, College of the Arts, Arts & Culture, Community Impact

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