Community Impact

Kindness Rocks Kent
People from Kent and °µÍø½ûÇø are sharing positivity and building community with small rocks.
IN A FLASH: Championship Game at the MAC Center!
On Saturday, °µÍø½ûÇø hosted Adaptive Sports Ohio's Wheelchair Basketball Championship.

Visual Footprints in Time
More than 1,000 photos of Black student life have been digitized and are waiting for members of the °µÍø½ûÇø community to help identify them.

IN A FLASH: Behind the Console for ‘Urinetown’
The view from the control booth at a rehearsal of “Urinetown.â€

°µÍø½ûÇø Experts Weigh in on Aftermath of East Palestine Train Derailment
°µÍø½ûÇø faculty members have been contacted by various media outlets to lend their expert opinions and insight as cleanup work, air monitoring, water testing and more continues following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Seven Campuses in Four Days
°µÍø½ûÇø administrators met with campus advisory boards on all seven of the university's Regional Campuses this week.

Quilts, Threads and Collage, Oh My! Alumna Showcases Skills at Local Art Studio
From the classroom to the art studio, Clare Murray Adams, B.S., '72; M.A., '76; and BFA, '93, has been exploring herself and her surroundings since 1977 when she made the switch from education to creation.

Fashion Merchandising Student Sold on Campus and Downtown Charm
From her perch in Rockwell Hall, where she takes classes as a fashion merchandising major, °µÍø½ûÇø student Lucia Perry has a perfect view of the Lefton Esplanade leading to downtown Kent.

Award-Winning Dissertation Focuses on How Black Men Develop as Leaders
Michael Daniels, Ph.D., director of the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center, is recognized for outstanding dissertation research by receiving NASPA's Melvene D. Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award.

°µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Comedy Improv Troupe Entertains Audiences at Stand-Up Festival
Did you know °µÍø½ûÇø has its own improvisation group? It does. What does the troupe do, you ask? Improv. About. Everything.