Community & Society
![Kent State President Todd Diacon, right, and Joe Diorio, Portage County Health Commissioner, unveil the Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit on April 4, 2024. Kent State President Todd Diacon, right, and Joe Diorio, Portage County Health Commissioner, unveil the Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit on April 4, 2024.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/todd%20and%20joe.jpg?VersionId=3ouM9PbMfsbvn3aIBYUyK5ThJx1pqcRi&itok=YOMUvYpZ)
The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from Kent State University’s College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.
![Update Recycle Eclipse Glasses Update Recycle Eclipse Glasses](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%202024-04-10%20at%204.14.17%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=H1_C2wLkY8VU.tGg2pqcBxYzwx3M6TGK&itok=E6J7GrBK)
After the eclipse, Flashes can do their part to promote sustainability by recycling their eclipse glasses for use by viewers of future eclipses around the world.
![Fork in the Road Food Truck on the Student Green Fork in the Road Food Truck on the Student Green](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/DSC_2141.jpg?VersionId=Qzb6sSsaJD3n559MPxuDHivQX8ka0oj.&itok=WAYF_7v3)
The Kent State University Spring Food Truck Series begins on Risman Plaza April 3 and continues each Wednesday through May 1.
![Teal Tuesdays Photo Teal Tuesdays Photo](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%202024-04-01%20at%203.14.21%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=ORmlfplQ2vXn8pzS4G9Uol94LpvRVUsl&itok=wWGjOXwq)
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Kent State's Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS) has a schedule of activities to promote awareness and understanding. Wearing teal on Teal Tuesdays is a way to show support.
![Holi 2024 Holi 2024](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%202024-04-02%20at%2010.53.58%E2%80%AFAM.png?VersionId=Lj7kPcE293Kz.Elgv9AZPv1PSYyHO03i&itok=U0BCTnG8)
In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi.
![Cassandra Pegg-Kirby, director of Kent State's Women's Center. Cassandra Pegg-Kirby, director of Kent State's Women's Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/240066_women%E2%80%99s%20history%20month%20mark%20and%20web%20header%20Kirby.jpg?VersionId=ruwlOGcUGJ4IZ73fQCC7WgoIOatVZOaK&itok=Kk0wvr-_)
Despite her multitude of duties as a director of Kent State University’s Women’s Center, Cassandra Pegg-Kirby remains focused on one key mission: Keeping the center open and relevant. “Women’s centers are not always thought of as necessary since women are in the majority now,” she said.
![Leadership Portage County tours the DI Hub Leadership Portage County tours the DI Hub](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/IMG_8905%20EDIT.jpg?VersionId=ce1_7Nc7B5GSADNbFfu9bKfsjp1oPjyr&itok=hQtPaP63)
Community leaders toured Kent State's DI Hub to learn about how the university fosters innovation and collaboration across campus and across disciplines.
![Art from Graphic Content exhibition Art from Graphic Content exhibition](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%202024-03-26%20at%203.37.38%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=WQ9Kbxg72yAi0U7l1JpXtJvQqoPCyio6&itok=o6QLamSI)
Alison Caplan, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, provides an up close look at some of the items in the center's "Graphic Content: The Comics of May 4" exhibition. She also share stories about the art and the artists that created it.
![Meghan Schwind Banner Meghan Schwind Banner](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/240066_women%E2%80%99s%20history%20month%20mark%20and%20web%20header_Selected_3_22_2024.jpg?VersionId=mnlOjxTTOgukbJaEbfZVTtvJKvc4fTkU&itok=4gjlJSeG)
As a spouse, a mother and a member of Kent State's LGBTQ+ community, Meghan Schwind shares her thoughts for Women's History Month on challenges women face and her hopes for rising generations of women.
![Dress up for Downs 2024 Fashion Event Dress up for Downs 2024 Fashion Event](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/DUFD24-58.jpg?VersionId=LqJ.of_P8R2dCuQVxCl0T7Tbj6boK4uQ&itok=x1PgEDKz)
Dress Up for Downs, a Kent State student organization recently held its 8th annual fashion show fundraiser . The event, themed "Hollywood Heroes," featured a runway show with designs by Kent State fashion design students and raised over $3000 for the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio.