Kent State University professors Brian James Baer, Ph.D., and Theresa Minick of the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies have been awarded two federal government STARTALK grants, totaling $225,000, to support the Regents Foreign Language Academy, a summer language immersion program for Ohio high school students and K-12 teachers.  The four-week student program, housed in Kent State’s Honors College, targets new learners of Chinese and Russian from high schools across the state of Ohio. For 10 days, the academy hosts a professional development program for K-12 teachers of...

Kent State University’s Jewish Studies Program will host a gala, “Memories, Milestones, Momentum,” in honor of its 40th anniversary on May 17 at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center located at 215 Depeyster St. in downtown Kent. The celebration features a tribute to the program’s longest-serving director Herbert Hochhauser, Ph.D., who served for 20 years, and the late Saul Friedman, Ph.D., who taught in the program for 20 years.   Cocktails will be served starting at 5 p.m., followed by dinner and the program at 6 p.m., including remarks by Kent State President Beverly Warren. Fre...

Kent State University’s Latino Networking Caucus (LNC) and the Spanish and Latino Student Association (SALSA) will host the fifth annual Hablemos “Let’s Talk” conference on May 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva.  Hablemos is an annual spring event for the campus community, where students, faculty and staff engage in conversation about personal and professional development and the importance of higher education for the Latino/Hispanic community. Local students from Lorain High School’s Upward Bound program are invited to hear the message and participate in the dis...