Community & Society

Amoaba Gooden

One of the leaders of Kent State University’s Anti-Racism Task Force is reflecting on the group’s success with an eye to the past. 

“The accomplishments of the task force are really grounded in the historic work of the Department of Africana Studies, Black United Students and many others,” said Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, who heads the task force. 

Sandra Morgan stands near a replica of her grandfather's invention at the Western Reserve Historical Society

A Kent State administrator has a connection to a famous inventor. 

Elizabeth Smith-Pryor unboxing Urban League documents

A researcher unboxed the history of local Urban Leagues in Kent State's University Library. 

Kent State Today
Lafayette Tolliver and Gene Shelton identify people in photos on the screen

More than 1,000 photos of Black student life have been digitized and are waiting for members of the Kent State community to help identify them.

Salem Food Pantry

It’s official: the Flash’s Food Pantry on the Kent State Salem Campus is open!

Drone footage shows the freight train derailment, Feb. 6, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Ntsbgov/via Reuters)

Kent State University faculty members have been contacted by various media outlets to lend their expert opinions and insight as cleanup work, air monitoring, water testing and more continues following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Kent State Today
Administrative visit to Kent State at Stark - February 2023

Kent State administrators met with campus advisory boards on all seven of the university's Regional Campuses this week. 

Clare Murray Adams Artwork

From the classroom to the art studio, Clare Murray Adams, B.S., '72; M.A., '76; and BFA, '93, has been exploring herself and her surroundings since 1977 when she made the switch from education to creation.

Kent State student Lucia Perry, of Poland, Ohio, studies fashion merchandising.

From her perch in Rockwell Hall, where she takes classes as a fashion merchandising major, Kent State University student Lucia Perry has a perfect view of the Lefton Esplanade leading to downtown Kent.

Kent State's Improv Group the Black Squirrel Improv Troupe

Did you know Kent State has its own improvisation group? It does. What does the troupe do, you ask? Improv. About. Everything.