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�������� President Todd Diacon is at it again! Episode 3 of his new video series “What’s the Big Idea?” finds him engaging with Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Ph.D., associate professor of history with ��������’s College of Arts and Sciences. She is researching the impact of the mission of the Urban League, both the national and Cleveland chapters, and her work includes materials found at the �������� Library. So hop on board and let’s learn together.   Smith-Pryor specializes in African American history and women’s/gender history....

�������� is full of stories. You read them here every day and on pages across the university. You see them in video on social channels from �������� and your departments. And some are taking advantage of storytelling with sound. Did you know, by the end of 2022, it is predicted that there will be 424 million people who listen to podcasts globally? With this storytelling platform growing by the day, storytellers everywhere are turning to podcasts to get their stories out to their audiences. On campus, our own students, faculty and staff have been using podcasts and new ones co...

In over 100 years of football, �������� has had the honor of sending roughly 50 players to the National Football League. With the 2022-23 football season underway, what better time to celebrate them than to honor these legends who graced the field at Dix Stadium before making their mark in the NFL? Based on all-time statistics, here are one student’s (mine) top five �������� football (and NFL) stars. Julian Edelman Image from: www.kent.edu/kent/news/former-kent-state-quarterback-julian-edelman-releases-new-memoir Julian Edelman transferred to �������� his sopho...

Students learn to master the basics as well as more elaborate techniques in the Fundamentals of Food Production course in the Hospitality and Event Management program. The program is offered through ��������'s School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration in the College of Education, Health and Human Services. Chef instructor Andrew Eith teaches the class in the state-of-the-art kitchens inside ��������'s Design Innovation Hub. Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your ��������-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in...

Erin Bailey, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at �������� at Geauga. In this photo, Bailey is teaching a class of nursing students about muscle groups and muscle reactions at ��������’s Twinsburg Academic Center.  ��������’s Regional Campuses offer bachelor’s degree, associate degree and certificate programs tailored to meet the needs of the communities they serve.    Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your ��������-related photos to InAF...

In every �������� video commercial there are students. Students are the face of ��������. But students do more than participate as talent in front of the camera. They help plan, record and edit these videos. And let us say, these videos take longer than you think to create. On Nov. 18, 2022, ��������’s Division of University Communications and Marketing (UCM) created a video to capture ��������’s celebration of Thanksgiving. The video – posted on all of the university’s social media channels – depicts a lonely Flash, ��������’s mascot, eating a bowl of bird seed alon...

Sara and Rafael, students in the American Academy (AA) program, took a break from their studies to explore the Christmas Market in Old Town Curitiba, Brazil. The American Academy (AA) is a dual-enrollment program offered jointly by �������� and the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), located in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Launched in July 2018, the program allows students to complete their first two years of undergraduate study in Brazil at the PUCPR campus, taking �������� classes taught in English by �������� faculty members, and earning...

The cause of a fire that burned for two days last week at the historic Star of the West mill complex remains undetermined.  The fire broke out at about 8:45 a.m. Friday and crews remained on the scene throughout the weekend.  The Kent Fire Department said the investigation was continuing with investigators from the state fire marshal’s office on the scene.  The call from the city of Kent to conserve water while the blaze was in progress was rescinded Saturday, according to the Kent service director’s office.  North Water Street, however, remained closed ...

“Students are who we serve,” said Linda Hoeptner Poling, Ph.D., associate professor in art education and undergraduate coordinator for the School of Art at ��������. “They are at the center. They are at the margins. They are at the folds. They are everything.” Hoeptner Poling’s “student-centered” attitude is what led to her receiving recognition from her students and ultimately the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA). Hoeptner Poling is one of three educators honored with the 2022 DTA. The award is the university’s most prestigious honor in teaching and has been sponsored...

The �������� Press publishes dozens of titles each year, from crime fiction and poetry to history and biographies, all of which make for great holiday gift giving.  “We’ve had a stellar lineup of titles for 2022, including two books with KSU's Wick Poetry Center: ‘Dear Vaccine,’ which was featured on the PBS NewsHour and ‘Sister Tongue,’ winner of the Wick Poetry Award,” said Julia Wiesenberg, marketing and sales manager for The �������� Press.  The Press recently released the memoir of former Ohio Gov. Richard Celeste, who served from 1983 to 199...