https://www.kent.edu/csgs/natura-shock The Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality proudly presents a world-premiere reading. Please join us for a special presentation of “Natural Shocks” presented in conjunction with the Theater Department’s Dr. Daniel Nadon and starring Tosha Fowler. The event will be held Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 7pm in room 306 of the Kent State University Campus Center. Thanks to the permission of the play’s author simultaneously readings of “Natural Shocks” will be occurring across the nation. On the anniversary of the Columbine ...
Please join us in congratulating our graduate students on their awards! Four of our graduate students received awards from Graduate Student Senate (GSS). Michelle Bebber, PhD student, received an International Travel Award to go to Paris this summer to present her research project called "Untapped Potential – Why weren’t ceramic arrowheads invented? Theoretical Morphology for Understanding the Human Past” at the "Integrating Ballistics into Archaeology" symposium at UISPP which is a global conference for the International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Scienc...
Stephanie Monastra wants guests to leave the Kent State University at Stark Conference Center differently than the way they walked in. “At the end of the day, we want people to be armed with information. We want them to leave with not only a great strategic plan for their business, but also with the knowledge Kent State cares about health and wellness,” said Monastra, director of the Conference Center. Enter the healthy meeting initiative. The innovative new program will provide more options for businesses and organizations planning their next session. “From strategic planning to team buildi...
"It just seemed appropriate to set aside funds to support students who are the first in their families to go to college. It's a life-changing step." Mary and Tom Southards grew up in different states, but shared similar goals. Both dreamed big in their small towns. Accomplishing those dreams meant they’d be among the first in their families to go to college. For Mary, earning a college degree in the 1970s led to a career outside of the home; for Tom, it entailed a different kind of opportunity. While most people in his hometown went to work at the local textile mill, Tom’s plans exceede...
"Our seven Regional Campuses are quite unique and they are quite independent, in a good way. They fit their communities and that makes them different, but at the same time we are all Kent State." Sometimes purpose comes calling. It begins with a choice. An opportunity. Make the choice. Take the opportunity. Make another choice. Take another opportunity. Wind up with this: a purpose that’s bigger than you’d ever thought possible. As Nate Ritchey climbed his way up the ladder of academia, step by step, he began to notice the view looked different from the top. Clearer. Working with notable hi...
Queen Esther's Ball: A Purim Party THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018- 7:00PM TO 10PM. Cartwright Hall Join us for a drag show with Anhedonia Delight, Aurora Thunder and Peach Fuzz! Stay for a party and meet and greet with the queens after the show. Additional information, photos and updates can be found on the event's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/368912833296515 ...
In Kenya, Sarah Schmidt discovered her calling. A long way from rural Mansfield, Ohio, the girl who grew up with cows in her backyard was now half way around the world learning Swahili and teaching children how to speak English. She was 20, and crossed the Atlantic for the first time. “It truly was life changing,” said Schmidt, who spent half a year near Nairobi’s Great Rift Valley, part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. “After that trip, I knew I wanted my career to be in the international arena.” PIVOTAL ROLE Nine years later, Schmidt has ...
Kent State University at Stark Theatre presents Virtual Devotion by Eric Coble. The play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 24, March 2 and 3 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 25 and March 4 at the Kent State Stark Theatre. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided for the March 4 performance. It’s the end of the world as we know it; pollution, terrorism and disease have taken over humanity. Three characters, Pete, Anne and Ruth – all members of a broken family – attempt to sell their faith to nonbelievers in various, and sometimes violent, ways, as a last-ditch effort to save s...
Kent State University at Stark’s next Featured Speaker is Anthony Ervin, a four-time Olympic swimming medalist, who claimed gold and the title of fastest person on the planet in 2000 in the 50m freestyle. Sixteen years later, at age 35, he won in the same race at the Rio 2016 Games. After winning his first Olympic gold, two World Championships and seven NCAA titles, Ervin retired at age 22 in 2003. He then spent several years traveling the world and spearheading tsunami relief efforts in Southeast Asia, before resuming his Olympic dreams. His memoir, “Chasing Water: Elegy of an Oly...
Kent State University at Stark will host a Campus Preview for high school juniors, seniors and their parents on Saturday, March 3. Campus tours will be held from 8 to 8:30 a.m. and depart from the lobby at Main Hall, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. The program will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Campus Preview will introduce prospective students to Kent State Stark’s academic programs, departments and services in an informal atmosphere to allow for questions and conversation. Attendees will meet with representatives from Kent State Stark’s Admissions, Financial Aid, Advising, Academi...