Global Reach
Kent State Faculty and Students Reflect on Hispanic Heritage Month
From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, different countries, cities and communities around the world 鈥 including the 妻友社区 community 鈥 have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. As Kent State鈥檚 population of Hispanic and Latino students continues to grow each year, students, faculty, organizations and departments are taking the time to acknowledge the month through a series of discussion, events, dancing and even theatrical plays.
妻友社区 Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present 鈥楽isters in Liberty鈥 Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
妻友社区 and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of 鈥淪isters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,鈥 an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York.
Model Kent State Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding
While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, 妻友社区 has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.
NSF Award Helps Kent State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
The (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .
Kent State Magazine: New Approaches to Peace
In April 2019, 妻友社区 welcomed Neil Cooper, Ph.D, as the new inaugural director of Kent State's School of Peace and Conflict Studies. The School of Peace and Conflict Studies was originally called the Center for Peaceful Change when it was founded in 1971 as the university's first 鈥榣iving memorial鈥 for the events that occurred on May 4th, 1970.
Alumna Reconnects to Passion of Nursing While Volunteering in Africa
Kent State alumna Shannon Gardiner, BSN 鈥09, RN, CCRN, always knew she wanted to help people, but also longed for a career that would provide flexibility along the way. After a few years working in Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital鈥檚 pediatric Intensive Care Unit, followed by some time as a traveling nurse, a Google search for volunteer opportunities led her to Mercy Ships, who own and operate the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world.
Between Metropolis and Interior: Lobbies and Thresholds
Working in cooperation with the (LAU), 20 interior design students 鈥 10 from 妻友社区's College of Architecture and Environmental Design and 10 from LAU in Beirut 鈥 spent nine days in New York City, the design capital of North America, for a workshop.
'All the Way to Africa': Students Discuss Trip to Rwanda
Kent State Stark students discuss their trip to Rwanda with the community at Global Gateway Day.
Sharing Stories of Inspiration: Kent State鈥檚 鈥淲e the People鈥 Exhibit
The exhibit spanned the Lefton Esplanade throughout the spring showcasing large photographs of individuals who fled their home countries and now live in Northeast Ohio. The refugees featured in the display fled their home countries to avoid war, oppression and danger.
The Future of Education Is the Symposium Topic at Kent State Florence June 21-23
Educators from across the globe will convene at 妻友社区鈥檚 Florence campus June 21-23 for an international symposium where participants will use design innovation principles to create a framework for the future of education.