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![The Kent State Golden Flashes pose with members of the community on the multipurpose court they constructed in Aguacate, Belize.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Photo%201%20-%20USE%20ON%20HOME%20PAGE.jpg?VersionId=oq0mr8_czkFvKwVaJN5OX0xL0R8fpTBe&h=ca4b654c&itok=f2p9sniH)
Instead of heading home to relax following the conclusion of finals week, a group of Kent State University student-athletes traveled to Aguacate, Belize, to partner with Courts for Kids on a service project.
![The study group began their journey back in time at the Acropolis Museum](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Greece2017_one_1500x600.png?VersionId=Ybf_Jxc21LmoM8OvEqQu6MCBzmm4dBIG&h=e6f36a9c&itok=I4N65wcD)
![Angela Neal-Barnett talks with WEWS about the relationship between stress during pregnancy and low birth weight in African American children. Angela Neal-Barnett talks with WEWS about the relationship between stress during pregnancy and low birth weight in African American children.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/barnett-ka.jpg?VersionId=HzzMxLtqbBdmeyttcaISQbgm7WEDDM4d&h=bde28bee&itok=4DHf4l0C)
Angela Neal-Barnett talks with WEWS-TV about the relationship between stress during pregnancy and low birth weight in African American children.
![Kent State Kicks off the China STEM Tour on May 19-28. Kent State Kicks off the China STEM Tour on May 19-28.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/ChinaSTEMtour_1500x800.png?VersionId=9S_1g87PqxmOMkAahu7W.4gc0S4ZIqUG&h=ec98a0f6&itok=SltbTYZ_)
A delegation of faculty members from Kent State University - accompanied by several staff members of the Kent State China Center - will be touring China to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education, while also promoting Kent State as a preferred academic destination for Chinese students.
![Kent State University Named One of America's Top Employers Kent State University Named One of America's Top Employers](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/sign.jpg?VersionId=rukRy2s6ExnuZMj8UwdDERPe.Pbfwml.&h=e6f36a9c&itok=YP7t5tD1)
![Mission: Life](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/MissionLifeV_1500x600.png?VersionId=XLchevM1sy0yDyisr4W5iFw_vnqO3p9f&h=e6f36a9c&itok=JATNw97G)
![The Kent Campus is blossoming with all the colors of spring. The Kent Campus is blossoming with all the colors of spring.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/spring%20ksu%20thumb.jpg?VersionId=eecppqnb9OabSDsnFSTmPM5rIpq579.b&h=ec98a0f6&itok=kRbEpzXc)
The Kent Campus is blossoming with all the colors of spring!
![International flags hang in the Kent State Student Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/international3-ka.jpg?VersionId=GY96qVgUjNGJPyCrCaW2fyQspSGjS2J6&h=bde28bee&itok=cTW2n2H3)
Originally from Tehran, Iran, Pooyan Mirjalili is a newly elected senator for the Undergraduate Student Government at Kent State University.