School of Theatre and Dance
If you have attended Porthouse Theatre in the past 25 years, you know the name Terri Kent. At the heart of this theatre, Terri Kent has brought a liveliness that spans decades and communities. Over the years, Terri has performed and directed, served as artistic director and has even been known to water the hanging flower baskets on the Porthouse Theatre grounds. We sat down with Terri to learn more about her dedication to Porthouse Theatre and Kent State's School of Theatre and Dance.1. Tell us about your introduction into theatre and what initially drew you to the performing arts. I went...
Four decades before Geena Davis donned a catcher’s mask as Dottie Hinson in the iconic 1992 film “A League of Their Own,” Kent State alumna Lois Youngen, ’55, was earning her college tuition playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).Lois started her baseball career in 1951 as a 17-year-old, playing catcher for the Fort Wayne Daisies before being loaned to the Kenosha Comets. She played another two seasons with the Daisies and two seasons with the South Bend Blue Sox. ...
DI Student Fellow, DeAnte Bernard, shares his experience at the 2025 a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit, where a group of DI Fellows explored this year’s theme, Resonate: Making Waves. Forward: About the a2ru Emerging Creatives Student Summit The Emerging Creatives Student Summit, hosted by the arts integration organization a2ru, is an annual collaborative experience that challenges college students from across the country to think about how ideas gain momentum and make an impact. Through hands-on collaboration, field trips, and engagement with experts, summit participants create...
It’s hard to deny the integral role artificial intelligence (AI) plays in individuals’ lives and its impact across industries today. According to DemandSage, ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular AI language model, averages 123.5 million daily active users and processes over 1 billion queries per day. AI can be widely applied in nearly every industry, including healthcare, finance, retail, manufacturing, agriculture, education and more. ...
Exploring Japanese
Communication Studies students Sophia Lucarelli, Hoko Lyons and Atira Wong put together this informative booklet on Exploring Japanese covering the history of Japan, linguistics, writing systems, art, traditions and more for their Language in the 21st Century class.
Dilemmas Faced When Volunteering Abroad
For her Intercultural Communication course, student Ashli-Taylor Carroll tackled the subject of some of the pitfalls to watch out for when people are voluntouring – traveling abroad for the purpose of doing volunteer work.
WW2 Style Propaganda Poster - Hurricane Dogs
Students in Comm 42000 - Media, War and Propaganda were assigned to design a poster in the style of the propaganda posters of the Second World War, but with a modern twist. Sara House chose to do her poster on dogs that were displaced and abandoned when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005.