Ashton Leigh is the director of the Office of Intercultural Student Life

Through the new peer-to-peer support services in Kent State University's Office of Intercultural Student Life,  junior Luana Johnson of Brazil provides support for international students as they adjust to life at Kent State University.As a student employee of the office, Johnson connects her peers to campus resources, helps them foster new friendships and shares with them her experiences adjusting to life at Kent State.Johnson, a native of Curitiba, Brazil and a visual communications and design major, talked to Kent State Today about how she adjusted to campus life in the U.S.The Office o...

James Trombka

James Trombka, an access advisor of Kent State’s Student Accessibility Services (SAS), made his directorial debut in December 2023 at Tallmadge Dynamics Community Theater.Trombka is a theater fan. He has theater decorations in his office and enjoys talking with students interested in theater about their favorite shows. It is hard for him to pick favorites as he likes shows for different reasons, but “& Juliet,” “Hamilton,” “Beetlejuice,” and “Mean Girls” are at the top of his list....

Kent Keyboard Series Guest Artists

Kent, OH — Kent State University’s Kent Keyboard Series offers four concerts featuring Hugh A. Glauser School of Music faculty artists and internationally renowned guest artists.Guest artist Conrad Tao, hailed as a “creative supernova” (Chicago Tribune), launches the Kent Keyboard Series season on Sun., Oct. 6 at 5 p.m.  A child prodigy in piano and violin, Tao has emerged as one of the preeminent musicians of this generation as a pianist and composer. He continues to electrify audiences around the globe as a recitalist and soloist with leading orchestras, equally comfortable in...

Effective nursing is about going above and beyond what is required.The Nursing Student Summer Practicum is a key aspect of Kent State Geauga's reputable Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. It provides nursing students with more than double the in-person, one-on-one nursing experiences they are required to have before they graduate. The face-to-face interactions summer practicum students have with local patients equip them to provide above-and-beyond care.This elective, paid summer experience provides nursing students with supervised, hands-on clinical experience in local hos...

 Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative's (CUDC) own Dawn Mayes has been named one of Crain’s Cleveland Business 2024 Notable Black Leaders. She will be featured online and in print on Sept. 30 with recognition for her work expanding the diversity of design practitioners in Northeast Ohio. Mayes is the Director of Design Entrepreneurship and Inclusion at the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC), a part of Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, where she works to strengthen pathways for people of color into the design profession and offers entre...

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