More than 2,000 prospective students and their families from 13 states will experience Kent State University’s campus through an arena kickoff, hands-on demonstrations and a day exploring college life during Preview KSU on Friday, Oct. 16. Graduating high school seniors who attend the university’s biggest recruitment event of the year will receive a $1,000 scholarship. From prehistoric weaponry to modern robotics, Kent State research will move outside for the walking tour, enhanced by the sounds of the Marching Golden Flashes band and all-important glimpses of residence hall life and...
Sony Ton-Aime, executive director of Pittsburg Arts and Lectures, is coming to read at Murphy Auditorium in Rockwell Hall tonight to celebrate his debut poem collection, Konbit. A Haitian poet, essayist, translator, and community leader, Sony got his start as an intern at the Wick Poetry Center nearly a decade ago. As part of the next generation of Wick interns, I sat down for a half-hour for an interview with Sony where he told me about Konbit (the book), konbit (the communal practice), and everything in between. The following are the questions I asked and paraphrased versions of Sony’s...
Students, staff and faculty have an opportunity to give back not only to their community but also to their environment with Kent State University's annual Bra Recycling Drive."We started the Bra Recycling Drive because October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. So it's nice since people are thinking about that and maybe cleaning out their drawers," Leah Graham, sustainability coordinator in the Office of Sustainability, said. "It's a good time of year they can donate." According to Graham, the environment can be heavily impacted when there are so many different textiles with nowh...
