Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will present its 54th season during the summer of 2022 with "Little Shop of Horrors," "Godspell," and "West Side Story." "Little Shop of Horrors" opens June 17 and runs through July 2. A preview performance will take place on June 16. With book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken, "Little Shop of Horrors" takes audiences to a florist shop on Skid Row where the meek Seymour dreams of his co-worker Audrey and discove...
The Kent State University Geauga Campus in Burton Township is embarking on two facility improvements that will include constructing a new nursing lab with instructional space and creating a new student learning commons. In 2019, Kent State Geauga began a comprehensive assessment to determine current and future campus facility needs, including discussions with students, faculty, staff and community members. Now, Lakeland Construction out of Painesville is set to begin construction May 16. “This is all about our students. We want to give our students the best possible environment for them ...
Dear Members of the Kent State University Community, Kent State Police are investigating the recent appearance of a swastika painted on the Kent Campus. We are not sure exactly when it was painted, but in the aftermath of the massacre in Buffalo, New York, its appearance serves as a reminder of the threat of extremism and the need for all of us to denounce the growing wave of racism, intolerance and violence in our nation. Kent State is committed to creating a community of kindness and respect, and the recent appearance of this symbol of hate is a reminder of the work ahead of us during per...
The Business Leadership Training (BLT) is a partnership between Kent State Twinsburg Academic Center and the Twinsburg and Nordonia Hills Chambers of Commerce. The BLT bi-monthly programming is free and open to the public. On Thursday, May 26, 2022, from noon – 1:00 p.m., a virtual event titled “Media Literacy: New Approaches for a New Age” will be presented by Dr. Bonnie Shaker, Associate Professor of English, at Kent State University Twinsburg Academic Center. Event description: Books. Newspapers. Magazines. Photographs. Movies. Radio. Television. Gone are the days when these were all ...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting on Wednesday, May 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the Berkshire Local Schools, 14155 Claridon Troy Road in Burton, Ohio, which is located on the campus of Kent State University at Geauga, to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8:30 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” The roll call vote for this session will occur in public in Room C109. On May ...
J. Leigh Garcia, assistant professor of print media and photography, was awarded The New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award from Kent State University for 2022. New Faculty ORSA honors exceptional researchers at Kent State who are within seven years of first becoming an assistant professor. The Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award (ORSA) is Kent State's top honor for research and scholarship. It recognizes Kent State’s exceptional researchers and scholars in the sciences, humanities and the arts and celebrates their accomplishments over the course of a career. J. Lei...
This year, seniors in the School of Fashion's Fashion Design program had the chance to compete for a spot in our Portfolio Showcase Digital Magazine 2022. The platform Creatively judged the seniors' work digitally and selected the top portfolios from those that submitted work. Designed by creatives and for creatives, Creatively is an active space for creators to showcase their work, and for companies and brands to discover amazing talent. The work of the 32 graduating seniors chosen to be showcased in our Portfolio Showcase Digital Magazine can be viewed at the lin...
Andrew Kuebeck, assistant professor of jewelry/metals/enameling, current jewelry/metals/enameling MFA candidate Corey Drew, and glass MFA candidate Ben Miller have had work selected for the “Best of 2022” Ohio Designer Craftsmen's 39th annual juried members' exhibition. Additionally, works by School of Art alumni Benjamin Johnson and Rachel Suzanne Smith were also included. The exhibition, which is on view May 8 through June 26, 2022, at the Ohio Craft Museum, showcases works in clay, glass, fiber, wood, metal and mixed media. This year’s juror was ODC director emeritus Betty Talbott.&nbs...
Kent, OH – The School of Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambre Emory-Maier as assistant professor of Dance beginning in the Fall of 2022. Ambre Emory-Maier comes to Kent State from BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio where she recently served as both Associate Director of BALLETMET 2 and Director of Education, Equity, and Community Engagement (2021). Holding multiple certifications in Labanotation in addition to teaching courses, Ambre will be able to stage notable works of choreography while also developing community engagement programs to&...
When recent Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Chazzlyn Jackson started her journey at Kent State University in 2018, she had planned to major in fashion until a mentor with Kupita/Transiciones (K/T) cultural orientation program helped her tap into her leadership abilities and passion for social justice issues. “She said to me ‘Don't take this the wrong way, but I just don't think you're in the right major," Jackson recalled. "I really think you should think about it some more. You can have fashion as a minor, but I don't think it should be your major. Here's why …’ ...