Leaving a Legacy

Scholars learn the importance of giving back to their peers and the KSU community, hold leadership and mentorship roles, and celebrate all they have learned and accomplished.

  • Lab Leaders provide peer-to-peer mentorship and plan and execute educational and social programming
  • Connections to various on-campus leadership roles such as Peer Success Mentors and Kupita Transiciones (K/T) Mentors

Black Joy Unlocked event with Marquis Davis and Janice Johnson

Music can take you back. Music decorates your mind. One second, you’re walking to class, and the next, your playlist serves up a song and instantly you’re in your hometown with your friends, laughing it up on a Friday night.  On Feb. 28, attendees gathered in the Pepsi Leadership Center to explore the role of music in Black culture and its ability to provoke happiness at the “Empowerment Through the Arts: Black Joy Unlocked” event to create a safe, welcoming community among diverse students at Kent State University.The event was led by Marquis Davis, director of academic diversity outreac...

Students Laughing

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety and depression levels have been on the rise. The Healthy Minds Study for 2021-22 found that 44% of students reported symptoms of depression and 37% reported anxiety disorders.  That is where ProjectConnect comes in. ProjectConnect is a nationwide initiative among college campuses to help students make friends and develop positive relationships to improve mental health and protect against depression and suicide.   Kent State University at Geauga and the Kent State University Twinsburg Academic Center started offering ProjectConnect to students...

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