Global Reach
![Seven Nepali Friends and Students at Kent State](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/NepalSeven_1500x600.jpg?VersionId=dSY0eCKeMKBJ5QJyi6dODrsUw1QJ.Kab&h=e6f36a9c&itok=CVnfzoBH)
![2017 International Cook-Off, November 16, Kent Student Center](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/2017CookOff_1500x600.jpg?VersionId=L31Ujd6jbrQ0YjRmwo2FD1F0jxwATGMk&h=e6f36a9c&itok=iRaAmF8w)
![Hunter Mowen in Florence](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/HunterMowen_1500x600.png?VersionId=iZjp7DFmUXV_7_k0Grn3ejKEmtIqGOsd&h=e6f36a9c&itok=nB4qf7Ie)
![International Education Week 2017, November 13 - 17](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/IEW2017_1500x600.png?VersionId=N.L6.4rUUzsRp4qWvIcp9xi3uCv18Pu.&h=e6f36a9c&itok=txTKIWU6)
![International students smile for the camera as they arrive to a warm welcome from Kent State volunteers. International students smile for the camera as they arrive to a warm welcome from Kent State volunteers.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video-AirportPickup.jpg?VersionId=xXsw4FBHHdS07f88A0kWVQi0U01_iaIS&h=e6f36a9c&itok=NgL6WYgS)
Kent State University's Office of International Student Affairs welcomed new international students enrolled this academic year by organizing airport pickups.
![Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies. Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/school-of-peace2.jpg?VersionId=ypj.9vJsWhQxrStz8f1NHDBUK.SJ7knb&h=e6f36a9c&itok=nsoJdqG2)
Kent State University’s Center for Applied Conflict Management is transforming into a new School of Peace and Conflict Studies this month.
![School administrators from Shaker Heights, Painesville, Akron and Westlake participated in the Creating Global Mindedness Leadership Institute sponsored by Kent State University’s College of Education, Health and Human Services.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/08.01.17%20Photo%20from%202017%20Creating%20Global%20Mindedness%20Leadership%20Institute.jpg?VersionId=GPA0Z7fMnrT2ahgTpBIh.5k3MAu3uAD0&h=6bb4c935&itok=UMt7C_Ex)
School administrators from Shaker Heights, Painesville, Akron’s Firestone cluster and Westlake delved into understanding leadership through a contextual and cultural lens in a recent four-day institute.
![Kimberly Debnam (center) accepts her award from Andy Wyatt (right) as Florence Director Fabrizio Ricciardelli applauds her selection](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/FlorenceComp-1500x600.png?VersionId=6rPMztEyYfsQr08b0jXp9qsvGcpu0sYI&h=e6f36a9c&itok=bcJZOZGr)