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New Students Move Into Residence Halls With Help From Movers and Groovers

More than 1,000 volunteers from the �������� community welcomed and assisted new students as they moved into their residence halls on freshman move-in day, Sunday, Aug. 18. The annual community program, known as Movers and Groovers, is coordinated by Kent Interhall Council, the student government of the Kent Campus residence halls.

Kent Creativity Festival Announces 2019 Artists and Performers

The Kent Creativity Festival, sponsored by the city of Kent and the �������� College of the Arts, will present the annual outdoor hands-on arts festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Lefton Esplanade between ��������’s Rockwell Hall on Lincoln Street and downtown Kent, near Haymaker Parkway.

'Wearing Justice' Exhibition at �������� Museum Brings Attention to Global Social Issues

In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on �������� students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding nine, students and faculty from ��������’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising are bringing attention to current social issues in the new exhibition called “Wearing Justice: Perspectives From KSU Fashion School Faculty and Students” that is on display now at the �������� Museum.

�������� Hosts Regional Entrepreneurship Immersion Week

From July 28 to August 2, 2019, forty students from ten different Northeast Ohio colleges and universities convened at Kent Sta

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�������� Hosts Innovative International Translation Boot Camp

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCLS), in ��������’s College of Arts and Scienc

�������� Celebrates Summer 2019 Commencement

The �������� alumni network again grew its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes got their degrees. �������� will held its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

NIH Continues Support of �������� Alzheimer’s Researcher with New 2-Year Grant

Once it begins, Alzheimer’s Disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts.

Faculty Spotlight: Bobby Selvaggio - Educator, Musician and Band Leader

Saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio, ��������'s Director of Jazz Studies as well as an alumnus, continues to help in

New Methodologies Developed in �������� Geology Professor's Lab Improve Monitoring of Lakes and Oceans

After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at ��������, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer drinking water for people in Ohio and other municipalities affected by harmful algal blooms (HAB).

English Professor Recalls Meeting Author Toni Morrison, Who Wrote of African American Experience

Toni Morrison, the bestselling author who died Aug. 5, at one time was offered a job in ��������’s Department of English, recalled English Professor Yoshinobu Hakutani, Ph.D.

�������� Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Moving to State of Ohio’s First Hybrid Model

Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the �������� at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions.