Arts & Culture
![Kent State is one of 14 colleges to receive a combined $2.6 million in College Completion Grants from Great Lakes. Kent State is one of 14 colleges to receive a combined $2.6 million in College Completion Grants from Great Lakes.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/grad-grant--ka.jpg?VersionId=ekIJf2mf_ERjxiLevUXj7X8_3ZV.mrnZ&h=e6f36a9c&itok=hSWv4neq)
You dedicated four years to studying, preparing and planning for your future career. You have completed almost all your college classes, finished your internship, and now you are a semester away from graduation. But wait!
![The Kent State Golden Flashes pose with members of the community on the multipurpose court they constructed in Aguacate, Belize.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Photo%201%20-%20USE%20ON%20HOME%20PAGE.jpg?VersionId=oq0mr8_czkFvKwVaJN5OX0xL0R8fpTBe&h=ca4b654c&itok=f2p9sniH)
Instead of heading home to relax following the conclusion of finals week, a group of Kent State University student-athletes traveled to Aguacate, Belize, to partner with Courts for Kids on a service project.
![The study group began their journey back in time at the Acropolis Museum](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Greece2017_one_1500x600.png?VersionId=Ybf_Jxc21LmoM8OvEqQu6MCBzmm4dBIG&h=e6f36a9c&itok=I4N65wcD)
Fourteen Kent State students participated in an eight-day study abroad trip to Greece sponsored by the university’s School of Theatre and Dance during the spring break in 2017.
![Kent State Professor voices concerns about budget cuts to environmental research. Kent State Professor voices concerns about budget cuts to environmental research.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/algae-wiki-ka.jpg?VersionId=3MnpYthgD2Riz7vPvIizl_OwcmiEhmIe&h=bde28bee&itok=IV_ZY07t)
Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.
![Angela Neal-Barnett talks with WEWS about the relationship between stress during pregnancy and low birth weight in African American children. Angela Neal-Barnett talks with WEWS about the relationship between stress during pregnancy and low birth weight in African American children.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/barnett-ka.jpg?VersionId=HzzMxLtqbBdmeyttcaISQbgm7WEDDM4d&h=bde28bee&itok=4DHf4l0C)
Angela Neal-Barnett talks with WEWS-TV about the relationship between stress during pregnancy and low birth weight in African American children.
![Kent State Kicks off the China STEM Tour on May 19-28. Kent State Kicks off the China STEM Tour on May 19-28.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/ChinaSTEMtour_1500x800.png?VersionId=9S_1g87PqxmOMkAahu7W.4gc0S4ZIqUG&h=ec98a0f6&itok=SltbTYZ_)
A delegation of faculty members from Kent State University - accompanied by several staff members of the Kent State China Center - will be touring China to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education, while also promoting Kent State as a preferred academic destination for Chinese students.
![A student in Kent State’s Fashion School works on a project in a design classroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/DSC_6334.jpg?VersionId=uNDU0KNQpj4oOwfhA5E4Ey5LgFaJM.XN&h=ec98a0f6&itok=SjJHgrOX)
Kent State University is offering special expertise and resources to high school students attending Akron Public Schools to include immersive opportunities w
![Kent State University Named One of America's Top Employers Kent State University Named One of America's Top Employers](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/sign.jpg?VersionId=rukRy2s6ExnuZMj8UwdDERPe.Pbfwml.&h=e6f36a9c&itok=YP7t5tD1)
Forbes has named Kent State University one of America’s Best Midsize Employers.
![International Graduate Students Assemble on the Ballroom Stage to Celebrate](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/IGSrecptSpring17_01_1500x600.png?VersionId=r7dJ4q2dAWJwRd5WJhObXAdzx8FYZJ_i&h=e6f36a9c&itok=M5x077lI)
On Wednesday, May 10, a few days before Spring 2017 Commencement ceremonies, approximately 400 graduating international students and their friends and family gathered in the Kent Student Ballroom to celebrate their upcoming achievement d
![The Fashion School's NYC Studio Director Young Kim Thanos leads a class. The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation gift will help support the study-away program benefiting fashion school students, including those who study at the NYC Studio. The Fashion School's NYC Studio Director Young Kim Thanos leads a class. The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation gift will help support the study-away program benefiting fashion school students, including those who study at the NYC Studio.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/PROFILE-fashion%20school%20grant.jpg?VersionId=aA6b_iPz5lfFImcFHOOu70KvWHDND9_l&h=e6f36a9c&itok=9IY_4t8V)
The gift will fund two initiatives: $1.5 million to endow a chair to support the Fashion School’s director and a matching grant of up to $1 million to support the study-away program.