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![Cassandra Pegg-Kirby, director of Kent State's Women's Center. Cassandra Pegg-Kirby, director of Kent State's Women's Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/240066_women%E2%80%99s%20history%20month%20mark%20and%20web%20header%20Kirby.jpg?VersionId=PIX82K8uoxwEBfjZ4xHwatPI26M2ne8o)
Despite her multitude of duties as a director of Kent State University’s Women’s Center, Cassandra Pegg-Kirby remains focused on one key mission: Keeping the center open and relevant. “Women’s centers are not always thought of as necessary since women are in the majority now,”…
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Students filed into the conference room in the Williamson House on Friday, March 15, to learn about how to negotiate pay and combat the gender wage gap.
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![Sonia Karkare, program director for the Kent State Women's Center, introduces the discussion panel for International Women's Day. Sonia Karkare, program director for the Kent State Women's Center, introduces the discussion panel for International Women's Day.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/sonia%20corrected.jpg?VersionId=A2DqLw7lV08dq2N4bp8OIQ9R3pharAEb)
Kent State University celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 with a poster presentation to allow international students the chance to highlight women in their home countries and a service project to aid Days for Girls.The poster presentation was followed by a panel…
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Kent State University’s Women’s Center is kicking off its newest annual event: the Gender, Equity, Advocacy, and Representation (G.E.A.R.) Awards. The event will be held on March 19 from…
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![Kent State students in a voter registration event at the Risman Plaza outside Kent State's library.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Kent%20State%20Vote%20Registration_0.jpg?VersionId=NywGey56.bJe8pVbQ8EHbEetBCbTpj3B)
In the beginning of 2023, Kent State University was designated a Voter Friendly Campus for 2023-24 by Campus Vote Project and…
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![Kent State students at the Elect Her event.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Students%20at%20the%20Elect%20Her%20Event.jpg?VersionId=lgK8nYycuy1bdWRgEqDmSK1sNksWBKUm)
On February 3, 2024, the Women’s Center will host the fourth annual Elect Her event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the May 4 Visitors Center at Kent State University. The event is an interactive one-day training program that…
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![Kent State senior fashion merchandising major Mackenzie Karsten of Clarkston, Michigan, an intern at the Kent State Women's Center, looks over donations for this year's university coat drive. Kent State senior fashion merchandising major Mackenzie Karsten of Clarkston, Michigan, an intern for the Kent State Women's Center, looks over donations for this year's university coat drive.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Warm-Up%20Station%20in%20Williamson%20Hall.jpg?VersionId=EUU7p4D1tyeKzONuUFv_qlSDEDm7qRZT)
From now through Dec. 15, Kent State University is collecting clean, gently used or new items of warm clothing for all ages, including coats, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters, as part of its Winter Coat and Clothing Drive.
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People from Kent and Kent State are sharing positivity and building community with small rocks.
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Period poverty is defined as the lack of access to basic menstrual hygiene products. This lack of access affects over ten million menstruators in the U.S. alone. Additionally, over five million of these individuals are forced to choose between menstrual products or food…
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![First-year student Ronica Marandi speaks to the crowd about how they can help Iranians.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Iranian%20Rally%201_0.jpeg?VersionId=eDei6WfGbvg493r.SU.AgbDJJK6O0jt2)
First-year students Ronica Marandi and Goli Kavoosi organized the rally in partnership with Kent State’s Women's Center and the…
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![Mahtab Tehrani,BS'11, Ph.D.,'18, and first year student Goli Kovoosi, discusses the unrest that is taking place in her home country.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Iran%20and%20Stephanie%20Smith_0.jpeg?VersionId=240OfzIx6E6r0qE41DInAhZvfHXGeIu0)
A standing-room-only crowd gathered to hear Kent State alumna Mahtab Tehrani, Ph.D., and first-year student Goli Kavoosi, discuss how the denial of human rights in Iran impacts us all and the tangible actions that Americans can take to help.
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With the celebration of Women’s History Month in March, it seemed fitting that the Kent State Women’s Center would officially kick off its 25th anniversary, continuing throughout 2021.
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In the face of the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice, one student involved with the Women’s Center seized the opportunity to bring others together. The Sisters in Sisterhood initiative is a student-led group whose mission statement is to use their unique backgrounds to…
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The Period Project
In an effort to create an equitable environment for all students, Kent State University Undergraduate Student Government (USG) with support and guidance from the Women’s Center piloted the Period Project. Claire Weihe, Senior Public Health student and Women’s…
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The Women’s Center is excited to announce the (R)Evolution Leadership program is officially on the books as a Kent State University Fall 2019 course!
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On February 2, the Women’s Center hosted the first annual #Elect Her program, a one-day nonpartisan training for women on how to run for student government and political office. Through this program, female students learn their worth as leaders and gain the skills needed to…
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While the Williamson House was scheduled to be torn down during the first phase of the Kent State master plan, the Women’s Center is thrilled to share that the Williamson House will remain and the Women’s Center, Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services and…
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The Women's Center wants to celebrate not just the women who come into the center, but decades of women who have left a legacy at Kent State.
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Since its start over 20 years ago, the Women’s Center has been a place to gather in the community, discuss the topics of the day and find ways to create positive change. Today is no different. Although some issues have changed (and many have stayed the same), the Women’s Center…
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![Kent State University junior Stephanie Newton shops the Career Closet for a professional outfit for an upcoming job interview.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/BANNER_CLOSET.jpg?VersionId=9NEkYWTdXlCbVDCi7cmADhLZjEElb6i1)
Kent State University junior Stephanie Newton successfully juggles a tough schedule that includes taking classes in hospitality management, while raising four children and working several campus dining services jobs.
It is no surprise that she does not have the resources to…