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Speech Pathology major Karsen Damon, '25, recently returned from a mission trip to Santo Domingo, where she helped to distribute hearing aids and provide hearing-related healthcare services to citizens in the Dominican Republic."I have been interning for Delta Zeta's National Headquarters since January as a global marketing and philanthropy intern," said Damon. "This internship has given me so many opportunities to volunteer and learn more about speech and hearing." The Speech Pathology and Audiology Bachelor of Science program in the School of Health Sciences offers a dynamic and innovat...

Katharine Hepburn with dresses from her collection

KENT, OHIO – The Kent State University Museum is pleased to announce their latest exhibition: “The Hepburn Style: Katharine and Her Designers.” The exhibition will open Friday, June 28, 2024 and will continue through Sunday, May 25, 2025. The Museum’s collection includes the estate of Katharine Hepburn and her theatrical costumes throughout her career, as well as personal items. Academy Award-winning actress Katharine Hepburn left the New York stage for Hollywood in 1930. The rise of movies offered audiences an affordable form of escapism from the Great Depression, while costume designers...

Leslie Heaphy, Ph.D., with pull quote: “The stats are only one part of the picture. The stories behind them are what I think are really important. … I hope people view this as an opportunity to learn more about the great Black players from the Negro Leagues and beyond. Baseball’s history is so much more than what most people know.”

By Tina Smith, for Kent State Regional CampusesLeslie Heaphy, Ph.D., usually teaches history in her classroom at Kent State University at Stark. Now, this professor is helping to rewrite it at the home of Major League Baseball in Cooperstown, New York.As a member of the Negro Leagues Statistical Review Committee, she helped spearhead a movement that led to MLB’s recent decision to incorporate Negro League statistics into baseball’s official historical record. This means that more than 2,300 players from seven different Negro Leagues, active from 1920 to 1948, are now elevated to major league p...

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We sat down with Judy Hackett ’82 and discussed professional life, her college experience, and passions of today. Here’s what she had to say.What drew you to major in Journalism at Kent State?In middle school I wrote a paper on the Kent State May 4th events.  I visited the campus and fell in love.  I had an interest in writing and knew I wanted to have a career in the field. I was the first in my family to attend college, and I knew the Journalism school had a good reputation.  It was also just far enough from home that I could gain my independence but be close enough to come ho...

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