First-year student Elizabeth Schmidt is YES! Magazine’s online “Justice For All” University Winner for her essay about a mindful response to injustice. illustration by Melissa Olson Elizabeth Schmidt, a student of Professor Karen Cunningham at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, read and responded to the online YES! Magazine article “I Can't Breathe Until Everyone Can Breathe,” by Gerald Mitchell. In that story, author and entrepreneur Gerald Mitchell wrestles with the enormity of the situation in Ferguson and the unjust deaths of so many unarmed Black Americans by police. He takes a...

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Learning for a Lifetime at Kent State Geauga On the Wednesday after finals week and commencement, you would think all would be quieting down at Kent State University’s Geauga Campus. That was not the case; in fact, the campus in partnership with the Department on Aging, hosted a special event for senior citizens in Geauga County. The program, named Learning for a Lifetime made its debut in 2008 and has been a popular yearly event that gives seniors the chance to go back to college, where they enjoy being students for a day. Geauga County Senior Centers offer many activities and events...

Kent State University recently announced the upcoming addition of women’s lacrosse as a varsity sport with the first competitive season taking place in the 2018-19 academic year. The announcement was a part of the athletic department’s strategic vision, The Game Plan, a comprehensive plan that maps out a strategic course for the department over the next five years. The addition of women’s lacrosse will increase Kent State’s sport total to 19, including 11 women’s programs. It marks the first addition of a varsity sport at Kent State since women’s golf began competition in the 1998-99 academic...

Kent State University’s Dianne Kerr, Ph.D., professor of health education and promotion in the College of Education, Health and Human Services and Provost’s Faculty Associate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, is the recipient of the Society for Public Health Education’s Dorothy B. Nyswander Open Society Award. Kerr was presented with the award at the society’s National Conference Awards Gala in Charlotte, North Carolina, held this spring.  This award is given each year to recognize an individual or group who embodies and promotes an Open Society, through research, practice and/or teac...