When Turkmenistan native Ogulkeyik Hudayberdiyeva arrived at Kent State University in January 2022, she seamlessly engaged with life on campus in her adopted country. Hudayberdiyeva was comfortable interacting with her professors and she immediately became involved in a slew of activities organized by the Office of Global Education (OGE). “I am loving it here as an international student,” said, Hudayberdiyeva, 22, a communications studies major. “My professors are very friendly, down-to-earth, and humble, which helps make my adaptation to the U.S. much smoother. My friends are very kind and c...
Teams of Kent State Media and Journalism students have been spreading awareness and education about lymphoma this spring as part of a national public relations competition. The National Bateman Case Study Competition is an opportunity for public relations students to gain experience implementing a full public relations campaign with their PRSSA Chapter. For the 2022 campaign, National PRSSA challenged students to build a campaign surrounding the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF), a non-profit that has a dual mission: “to eradicate lymphoma – by funding innovative researc...
College of the Arts
The School of Theatre and Dance is thrilled to announce that the Kent Dance Ensemble, under the artistic direction of associate professor Gregory King, was chosen for the American College Dance Association's (ACDA) East-Central Conference GALA concert for the fourth consecutive year of in person ACDA conferences. Students and faculty from the Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance attended the ACDA East-Central Conference March 5-7, 2022 at Ohio University where adjudicators chose eight GALA pieces. Recognized for both composition and performance, Gregory King's...
The School of Peace and Conflict Studies is accepting applications for May 4th Legacy Scholarships, which are available to Peace and Conflict Studies majors who are beginning or continuing their studies. There are four scholarships available in the amount of $3,000 each. These scholarships were established in memory of the students killed at Kent State on May 4th 1970: Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder. The deadline for applications has been extended to April 8, 2022. For more information about these scholarships, go to https://www.ken...
To celebrate Women’s History Month and to honor Black History Month, Kent State University’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in collaboration with Black United Students and the Department of Africana Studies, invites you to attend a virtual conversation with Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., esteemed author, founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College. The virtual event will take place at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 17. Guy-Sheftall has been involved with the national women’s studies movement si...
Division of University Communications and Marketing
There was lots to love this month, Golden Flashes. February was full of Valentine’s Day content, winter views of campus and so much more. Check out some of our top posts! Instagram It may be cold outside, but that just means that the university is glistening! Our top-performing post featured snapshots of Kent Campus with an icy shine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kent State Uni...
Abstract : Chirality in materials, such as liquid crystals, often entails a high degree of frustration, leading to a rich array of morphological phenomena. Here I will discuss how methods from contact geometry and topology can be used to give a qualitative understanding of the behaviour of chiral materials. Using experiments on cylindrically confined lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals as a model system, I will show how contact topology-theoretic methods lead to a topological description of the various metastable minima in the energy landscape, as well as explaining the existence ...
Kent State University continues to exemplify leadership in its mission to support students as the Kent Campus is designated as a Military Friendly® School for the 13th consecutive year in a row, earning a Gold award. In addition, Kent State University at Trumbull earned a Silver award. Viqtory Media uses a public survey to indicate which campuses across the nation are considered the most supportive to their military-connected students. This year, the university’s Kent Campus placed in the top 5% of institutions in its category, giving it a Gold ranking for the very first time. More than 1,80...
School of Art
KENT, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibit “This Is Home: Recent Paintings by Luanne Redeye.” The exhibit will be on display March 15 through May 14, 2022 at the KSU Downtown Gallery, located at 141 East Main Street in Kent, Ohio. “This is Home” is a part of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read events, organized in part by a partnership with the Massillon Museum. An artist's reception will take place on Friday, April 22 from 5-7 p.m. at the KSU Downtown Gallery. Redeye will also be giving an artist...