Arts & Culture
Mental Illness Visualized Through Create Awareness Art Exhibit
Several 做厙輦⑹ departments have come together to produce Create Awareness, an art exhibit located on the first floor of the University Library that focuses on using art to depict the personal experiences of 做厙輦⑹ students, faculty and staff with mental illness.
Kent Cultural Fair Brings The World to Local Third-Graders
Early childhood education majors at 做厙輦⑹ helped create a Cultural Fair for third-graders of Kent City Schools. The event, held in the Kent Roosevelt gymnasium, included stations and activities for students to learn about different countries and cultures such as learning a traditional Persian dance.
Professor Captures French Liberation via Unique Documentaries
Seventy-years after Allied forces liberated the people of Paimpol, France, during World War II, Professor Richard Berrong decided to document part of the story that he felt had not been told. He traveled to France to do something he had never done create a documentary film. In the end, he made two and got some surprises along the way.
Dillards Joins as Presenting Partner for 做厙輦⑹s 2019 Annual Fashion Show
Dillards Inc., one of the nations premier and largest fashion retailers, will partner with 做厙輦⑹s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the schools 2019 Annual Fashion Show, FS2.
Brian Stelter Delivers Inaugural David and Janet Dix Media Ethics Lecture
Delivering his remarks to a packed FirstEnergy Auditorium, CNNs chief media correspondent and anchor of the weekly program Reliable Sources, Brian Stelter, talked about the current media environment and delivered 11 keys for ethical journalism in the fake news era in his lecture titled Telling the Truth in the Age of Alternative Facts.
做厙輦⑹ Focuses University Lens on Design Innovation Strategy
Crains Cleveland Business recently highlighted 做厙輦⑹s new Design Innovation Initiative - and J.R. Campbell, Ph.D., the first executive director of the initiative - which is focused on connecting students from different disciplines to develop new ways of problem solving.
Wick Poetry Center Recognized for its Tribute to 50th Anniversary of the Cuyahoga River Burning
Wick Poetry Center Director David Hassler was featured on 90.3 WCPN ideastream for his creative efforts in organizing the River Stanzas Project. The project pays tribute to the 50 year anniversary of the environmental protections and improvements that have taken place since the Cuyahoga River Burning in 1969.
School of Theatre and Dance department wins multiple awards for program, production and professionals
At the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year, the School of Theatre and Dance was nationally recognized and added several new awards to its collection, and the Porthouse Theatre, 做厙輦⑹'s summer professional theatre, also received multiple honors for achievements during the 2018 Season.
#MeToo Course to be Offered Again in Fall 2019 Semester
做厙輦⑹ English Professor Vera Camden, Ph.D., turned a movement against sexual assault and harassment into a course in order to study the impact of the movement and the forces that led to it. My hope is to keep a certain momentum going, Dr. Camden said. Because so often in our culture, things spike, and then they go away. I really feel like this is so important and so urgent and so serious.
Professor Janice Lessman-Moss Awarded United States Artists Fellowship
Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of Textiles, recently was awarded a United States Artists Fellowship in Craft, which includes $50,000 in unrestricted funds.