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![Kent State University students studying middle childhood education pose in front of their artwork in their Teaching and Learning class in White Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-ChildhoodEduc1.jpg?VersionId=9B_b8SyTqfW8VXLnzyQJNJMkZ4lQOz5N&h=ec98a0f6&itok=x_NgGGiF)
Kent State University’s Middle Childhood Education program is the first in the state of Ohio to offer an undergraduate program authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization: the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program Certificate in Teaching and Learning.
![Dancers celebrate at Africa Fest.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video-AfricaFest.jpg?VersionId=z6e1xgIPfBtKuxbxIlL7G1izhE7j2Yd_&h=ec98a0f6&itok=XjPXS29n)
The 2016 Fall for the Arts Festival celebrated the cultures of Africa, with authentic African cuisine and live entertainment.
![Members of the Kent State University at Stark community show appreciation to local safety forces by providing them with free lunch.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-Stark.jpg?VersionId=edKHr_7XIy6nmedO7up.Ny3NDjksEm1j&h=ec98a0f6&itok=NdjjQ07O)
For the ninth straight year, Kent State University at Stark honored the men and women of its local safety forces by providing a free lunch to them in recognition of National Campus Safety Awareness Month.
![Kent State University students gained hands-on international experience during their education-abroad trip to Germany.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-Germany1.jpg?VersionId=cmbTZexBiokWwFNcbvas4cjR8Xvn8AVN&h=ec98a0f6&itok=u0sYpBjR)
Kent State University students had a front-row seat to how Germany grapples with international issues during an education-abroad trip to the country.