Global Reach
![Team ILEP celebrates after being crowned GlobalJam Champs](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/GlobalJam_Team-ILEP_1500x600.png?VersionId=s_DePXzHc.oIKuvGRz6dD2jEnUteOmJm&h=e6f36a9c&itok=dEjiO-F-)
![The Run the World race benefits study-abroad scholarships for Kent State University students. The Run the World race benefits study-abroad scholarships for Kent State University students.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/REGIONAL-Run%20the%20World%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=Hs95pJ1m1ueqp.b6xnG42lq39nR9G28Y&h=e6f36a9c&itok=fmV5qdUe)
Kent State University at Stark will host its first Run the World race to raise money for student education-abroad scholarships.
![Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's International Storytelling course smile for a group photo atop Aphrodite's Rock in Cyprus. Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's International Storytelling course smile for a group photo atop Aphrodite's Rock in Cyprus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/PHOTOLEAD-InternationalStoryTelling%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=PBsQ53noPmfESPHOgj5waoO8pUqkvuLk&h=e6f36a9c&itok=51OAI9mL)
Kent State University students in the special topics course International Storytelling have been learning in a global classroom since 2011.
![#YouAreWelcomeHere](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/YAWH_1500x600.png?VersionId=QlRoYIkeovzy76l6Hv.1NQWwAEUvfLeX&h=e6f36a9c&itok=fp2QoUnq)
![Kent State Dining Services Visits Hindu Temple for Menu Inspiration Kent State Dining Services Visits Hindu Temple for Menu Inspiration](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/India-menu-ka.jpg?VersionId=wQWuAxlGqduPgOwX0jXz3uzqJ9MI1aSg&h=bde28bee&itok=WQw3IG0d)
Kent State Dining Services accompany international students to a Hindu Temple to learn about culture, lifestyle and inspiration for new Indian-inspired food at Prentice Hall.
![Tiago Delgado (far right)) in a performance with the Stopper String Quartet at the 2016 International Symposium Tiago Delgado (far right)) in a performance with the Stopper String Quartet at the 2016 International Symposium](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/TiagoTwo.jpg?VersionId=gfaItnwexq5HlHJNoG0t7_2_GqIhLNs2&h=b306346d&itok=thzDBPFb)
Meet international student Tiago Delgado, a musician from Brazil who has had an incredible first year playing the clarinet as a Masters of Music student at Kent State.
And the winners of the 2016 International Cook-Off Competition are....
![Dr. Haifa Jamal AlLail](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/Effat_flyer_forcrop.png?VersionId=qidXfWj_QwKJB6I0aaeqbFGSXcX.6M0N&h=bb379590&itok=ZFIXoAJt)
International Education Week kicks off with Keynote Speaker Haifa Jamal AlLail, Ph.D., president of Effat University in Saudi Arabia.
![International Cook Off 2016](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/event/2016CookOff_1040x1080.jpg?VersionId=qyece_P0syhEnXvzJNw7xZov5lfDdt6B&h=6145c454&itok=NeN3bILN)
Indulge in food and beverages from around the world, for free!
You are invited to join the president of an all-women's university in Saudi Arabia as she kicks off Kent State's International Education Week 2016.