Global Reach
![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.
![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.
![International Graduate Students Assemble on the Ballroom Stage to Celebrate](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/IGSrecptSpring17_01_1500x600.png?VersionId=r7dJ4q2dAWJwRd5WJhObXAdzx8FYZJ_i&h=e6f36a9c&itok=M5x077lI)
![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)
![Haruhide Osugi, Kent State University's Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator, demonstrates origami to a group of students. Haruhide Osugi, Kent State University's Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator, demonstrates origami to a group of students.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/PHOTO%20LEAD-Japan%20Outreach%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=NIhZQ6AAZmslhiL5F7CebXdtirry2U.z&h=e6f36a9c&itok=v1XFc86O)
Kent State University is one of only four institutions nationwide chosen to host a Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator. Meet Haruhide Osugi, Kent State’s Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator.
![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.
![Jazan signing ceremony](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/JazanSign01_1500x600.png?VersionId=Xatolli_Otmit8uI2qlrkjChz7z7AOa_&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ewYhwqfu)
![Kent State partners with a university in China](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/china-ka.jpg?VersionId=oCOQm8cCNygpdSXm0oRpj182S3YXQiy9&h=bde28bee&itok=7Nrc9KkX)
A delegation from Xi'An International Studies University (XISU) in China met with members of Kent State to sign a partnership agreement between the two universities.