Community & Society
![Conversation Partners Program](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/page/Conversation%208_BE.jpg?VersionId=zaAI4XTNkoHQ8wNid.hkMuX.8L0QvMfK&h=ad64e00b&itok=NPALXkO9)
The Conversation Partners Program at Kent State is a voluntary program that pairs international students with students from the United States for a once-a-week chat to discuss their different cultures.
![Planting trees in Cuyahoga Valley National Park](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/IMG_0078%281%29.jpg%20resized_0.jpg?VersionId=IFynysC4tTXINMgj4dL6q2dlWR_vayX_&h=25501604&itok=lyhpHt_X)
Students and faculty from the Recreation, Park, Tourism and Management program volunteered to plant trees recently at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Macedonia. View the slideshow.
![Students in the Horticulture Technology program at Kent State's Salem Campus get real experience "in the field."](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20221017_BC_220449_Salem%20Campus_683_0.jpg?VersionId=o0sx6zc3n3S5m1GAd3KKqQCtlEJqAAPH&h=10d202d3&itok=TXeQraSt)
Students in the Horticulture Technology program at Kent State's Salem Campus take "field trips" literally.
![Kent State's College of Education, Health and Human Services strives to put more teachers in the classroom. Kent State's College of Education, Health and Human Services strives to put more teachers in the classroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/school_0.jpeg?VersionId=PYzJpzonIwY3CAItocLWxyH9tMlYFXEV&h=d01743ae&itok=6vzmHgyy)
Two Kent State University professors believe the best way to get more teachers in the classroom is to keep more education majors in college.
Since its inception in 2021, the KSU Women in Engineering Club has been busy hosting school groups and guest speakers while working toward becoming an official chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.
![Students at Kent State's Salem Campus learn sonography.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20221017_BC_220449_Salem%20Campus_609_0.jpg?VersionId=L9h1qXfJjQ49p0LNGqZpaxI9SRu1VXrj&h=10d202d3&itok=baAcwgr0)
Sonography is one of the concentrations students in the radiology program at Kent State's Salem Campus can study.
![Eric Garner, a teacher who survived the Parkland school shooting, spoke with Kent State journalism students about covering stories with empathy](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Parkland%203_1.jpg?VersionId=9w_hfSj_DgN20pV42MNiS6ux0uXxowIa&h=0992e954&itok=lPXyAuOS)
Eric Garner, a teacher who was able to shield his students from harm during the 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, urged journalism and media students to cover tragedies with empathy during an interactive discussion at the May 4 Visitors Center Reflection Gallery on Oct. 25.
The debut performance of “What We Learned While Alone: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic’’ took place in the auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C., on Monday night.
![Nursing student Ava Latham created a sensory room at her former high school.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Sensory%20Room%202_0.jpg?VersionId=00nf8l9XQ8g.RAEn9iyATOh57QXxoaEY&h=bbe74363&itok=IZ3jHPrM)
Ava Latham created a sensory room at her former high school that garnered her a coveted Gold Award from Girl Scouts, the organization’s highest honor and the pinnacle of achievements for Latham, who has been a member since the second grade.
![LaunchNET cut the ribbon on its new suite of offices within the Design Innovation Hub/ LaunchNET cut the ribbon on its new suite of offices within the Design Innovation Hub/](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/221020-LaunchNet_RD-00352_2.jpg?VersionId=a6ZWJIMemxZ_RvP.Hc4buV3xiynckGSK&h=10d202d3&itok=Ds82mSjc)