Division of University Communications and Marketing
Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Flash! Happy birthday to you! Our beloved mascot Flash the Eagle turned 37 on Oct. 12. Flash felt all the love as the Kent State community sent birthday wishes via mail and social media. Kent State’s social media team posted a video of Flash celebrating by visiting his mailbox and finding it full of birthday cards from fans and fellow Golden Flashes! Check out the video here: View this post on Instagram ...
Members of the Kent State University community who enjoy kayaking along the Cuyahoga River or taking a walk or jog along the adjacent Portage Hike and Bike Trail may have noticed the river dredging work near Fred Fuller Park in Kent. The work, which began in September, is expected to take about three months. The aim is to remove petroleum that causes a sheen on the top of the water. Bridget Susel, director of community development for the city of Kent, said the work is part of a long-standing environmental cleanup from a former industrial building located upstream at 800 M...
Kent State University’s School of Fashion held its first show ever during New York Fashion Week this fall with a creative partnership. Kent State University invited International Fashion Academy (IFA) Paris and International Migration Organization (IMO) to join them with the goal of bringing awareness to the world’s most prestigious fashion schools and the impact of global cultures. The show took place at the penthouse of Madison Square’s NeueHouse on September 9, 2022. Through collaboration, Kent State University, IFA and IMO’s No Nation Fashion Brand made a statement with Balkan-Migration...
For Kent State University at Tuscarawas students, the future is now! You can make a difference for local students by joining the Tuscarawas County University Foundation as it launches the 2022 impact campaign For the Future. Beginning this month, the community can make the future forever brighter for our students by supporting local education. Michael Ernest, Tuscarawas County Court of Common Pleas judge, and Michaela Thomas, marketing professional and business owner, will lead this year’s campaign. Importantly, your generosity can provide an excellent, affordable experience for our stud...
"As the World Weds: Global Wedding Traditions, " an exhibition at the Kent State University Museum, displays a range of beautiful, lavish and deeply symbolic clothing from wedding ceremonies around the world. Traditional clothing for both men and women are included in the contributions from the museum's rich holdings as well as pieces from private collections. The exhibition runs from Sept. 16, 2022, through Aug. 27, 2023. For more information, visit: https://www.kent.edu/artscollege/news/ksu-museum-announces-new-exhibition-world-weds-global-wedding-tr...
Officials from Kent State University and the greater Kent and Portage County community came together Wednesday morning for the annual Bowman Breakfast, an event that has been bringing university and town officials together since 1963. This year’s featured speaker was Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., Kent State’s senior vice president for Student Affairs, whose talk focused on community and how important the support of a student’s “village” is to achieving success. Hylton began by mentioning a recent episode of one of his favorite television shows, “Abbott Elementary,” which struck ...
College of Education, Health and Human Services
EHHS grad Peter Jeffy, MED ’16, joins The College of Wooster Alumni Board, where he majored in communications. Jeffy is the project director of Kent State's McNair Scholars Program that prepares first-generation and underrepresented undergraduate students for doctoral study. He received a master’s degree in Cultural Foundations of Education from Kent State, where he is currently pursuing a doctorate in the same area with a focus on Black male success in college. At Wooster, Jeffy played football, was part of the Dance Company, served a...
Na’Tasha Evans, assistant professor of Health Education and Promotion in the School of Health Sciences, has been selected to serve as the 2022-2023 Strategic Planning Fellow for the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute. The Fellowship is designed to provide administrative experience to faculty members interested in leadership and decision-making activities in support of anti-racist programming and scholarship. As the Strategic Planning Fellow, Evans will meet regularly with AREI leadership to work on current initiatives, as well as idea generation and implementation. This may include program...
College of the Arts
The School of Theatre and Dance is proud to share that Assistant Professor of Costume Design/Technology, Grace Cochran Keenan, has been awarded the Platinum Teaching Recognition Award for Costume History: New Strategies in Teaching. For the past several years, Professor Grace Keenan has been working to expand the History of Costume & Textiles for Theatre course in the School of Theatre and Dance to decenter European narratives and expand beyond Eurocentric silhouettes. In March, 2022 Professor Keenan presented her work at the United States Institute of Technica...