Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to announce a special Buy One, Get One Free offer for tickets for Kent State faculty and staff to the opening night performance of "The Prom" on Saturday, July 22, 2023. Kent State employees may reserve these specially discounted tickets online at the link below or by calling the Porthouse Box Office at 330-672-3884. In order to secure the offer, please provide the code BOGOFLASH. If you are ordering tickets online, please make sure you login on the ticketing website with your Flashline credentials in order for the code to work. Reserve Tickets to "The ...

"Poetry and science are not opposites, they’re actually allies," said David Hassler, director of Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center.  Hassler paraphrases American poet Jane Hirshfield, who, in 2017, contacted him to collaborate on a Poets for Science project, which is now an interactive exhibit and writing invitation housed at the Wick Poetry Center on the Kent Campus. The pair recently performed together at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit: “Truth, Trust and Hope,” in Washington, D.C.  Poetry and science, Hassler said, come together to create meaningful emotional con...

We invite you to an upcoming panel, “Difficult Work and Self-Care in the Academy,” on Wednesday, April 19 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm in the lower atrium of Cartwright Hall. Hosted by the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute and in collaboration with the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, this session will focus on strategies that promote life balance for faculty who teach or conduct research in areas that are controversial or highly politicized. The session will give faculty the opportunity to engage in a focused discussion on ways to manage stress and increase well-being, health, ...