School of Theatre and Dance
Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to announce a special Buy One, Get One Free offer for tickets for Kent State faculty and staff for the remaining performances of "Quilters," running through Saturday, July 3. 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 QUILTERS. 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 Ticket...
College of the Arts
Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to announce a special Buy One, Get One Free offer for tickets to the July 3, 2021 performance of "Quilters." Members of the general public 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 FIREWORKS. Reserve Tickets to the July 3 Performance of Quilters This offer is valid for the Saturday, July 3 performance only. About Quilters Running June 17 - July 3, "Quilters" is directed and choreographed by Porthou...
Born five decades ago as the Kent Gay Liberation Front at Kent State University, PRIDE! Kent is the country’s oldest continuously operating LGBTQ student organizations. This campus organization owes its existence in large part to the boldness and courage of one person, Dolores Noll, Ph.D. Noll came to Kent State in 1961 as an instructor in the Department of English and became an assistant professor upon completion of her doctorate. In a time when the atmosphere in the country, and on campus, was not easily accepting of gay students and faculty, Noll came out as one of Kent State’...
College of the Arts
During Pride Month in June, people around the country recognize activists and members of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus) community. As we all strive to learn about the wide array of sexual orientations and gender identities, the School of Art would like to spotlight some students in our own community who identify as LGBTQ+. Transgender people, or people whose gender identity or psychological self does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth, face complex issues in day-to-day life. For some trans artists, these issues or ideas of gender identity...
As the pandemic raged on throughout 2020, a plan was already in the works to better serve students' mental health. It was executed at the right time. After recognizing the need to continue focusing on mental health efforts as a university and stepping up its services, the thought process shifted to thinking critically about how best to offer support services and resources to the student population. Another priority became educating faculty, staff, and the entire campus community on how students can access those resources. In 2019, Vice President for Student Affairs Lamar Hylton charge...
Graduate Student Orientation for All New Teaching Assistants
Graduate Student Orientation (GSO) is held prior to the start of fall and spring semesters for all new graduate students, and provides incoming graduate students with an opportunity to learn about university resources and network with other new graduate students, along with representatives of KSU's faculty, staff and administration.
Fall 2021 GSO is scheduled for Thursday, August 19 for all new graduate students and Friday, August 20 for all new teaching assistants. New teaching assistants who are also new graduate students are required to attend both days.
Graduate Student Orientation for All New Graduate Students
Graduate Student Orientation (GSO) is held prior to the start of fall and spring semesters for all new graduate students, and provides an opportunity for incoming graduate students to learn about university resources and network with other new graduate students, along with representatives of KSU's faculty, staff and administration.
During the 51st May 4 Commemoration, Kent State unveiled new bronze markers to honor the nine students who were wounded by gunfire on May 4, 1970, and to designate their location on the site during the tragic incident. The markers, which are 11 inches in diameter and recessed in limestone bases, identify the locations where the nine students were wounded when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on May 4, 1970, during an anti-war demonstration. A video featuring the new markers premiered during the 51st Commemoration on May 4, 2021, that focused on the nine wounded students: Alan Canfor...
It doesn’t take a scientist to understand the importance of DNA, as it acts as the very foundation for the existence of any living organism. However, it does take one to produce publications involving smectic liquid crystal ordering in dense solutions of “gapped” DNA duplexes. Samuel Sprunt, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Physics, along with several other cross-disciplinary faculty members and graduate students Prabesh Gyawali and Rony Saha, recently published a research article in the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). This article, published in March...