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����ֱ�� State University’s support for its military-connected community continues to embody leadership and inclusivity as the ����ֱ�� Campus has been named an official 2022-2023 Military Spouse Friendly® School by Viqtory. Viqtory uses data from its annual Military Friendly® Schools survey to indicate which campuses are considered the most supportive to military-connected students and their spouses. Out of 1,800 participating schools, ����ֱ�� State was one of 665 to receive the Military Friendly School designation in March, and the university is now one of 346 institutions to earn the Military Spous...

The U.S. The Department of Education describes Constitution Day as an American federal observance that commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. For over 200 years, the constitution has been the law of our land.In celebration of the day, New York attorney and ����ֱ�� State University alumnus Lloyd De Vos presented “Equal Justice - Under Law - For All,” focusing on the U.S. Constitution’s impact on our government. Additionally, De Vos discussed his personal experience arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.   “Overall, the rule of law r...

Members of the ����ֱ�� State University community can take great pride in their university’s hometown.  The city of ����ֱ�� has been selected by Ohio Magazine as a 2022-2023 Best Hometown. The Best Hometown honor recognizes ����ֱ�� as a great place to live, work and visit. The magazine’s editors chose ����ֱ�� for its vibrant downtown, strong campus-community connection and focus on supporting residents and students alike. “We know that when students are considering where to go for college, they look at the campus environment and its location,” said Todd Diacon, president of ����ֱ�� State and a ...

“Dear Vaccine,” the interactive Global Vaccine Poem launched by ����ֱ�� State University’s Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center to promote the COVID-19 vaccine through art, will soon become a staged theatrical production.  The performance, titled “What We Learned While Alone: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic,’’ will have its opening night at 7 p.m. on Oct. 24, in the 700-seat auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C.  How the poetry project, which then became a book, headed to the stage is a series of serendipitous ...

Thousands of students and their families joined faculty, staff, alumni and others Sept. 16-18 in a weekend that had it all. Perfect temperatures and high energy greeted those who spent time enjoying the food trucks, giveaways and music on the Student Green and Risman Plaza for Black Squirrel Festival. The annual fall tradition invites student groups to interact with the student body in hopes of creating new activities for students to start the fall semester. Parents weekend invited visitors to many campus locations, including the May 4 Visitors Center, ����ֱ�� State University Museum ...

Freshman speech pathology and audiology major Jayla Hartmann Starks, of Cincinnati, tackled the climbing wall at the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Monday evening. She only started climbing three weeks ago, but she's now certified. "I feel so much stronger. My mindset is so much better. I feel encouraged," Hartmann Starks said. Monday and Tuesday evenings from 5:30-8 p.m, through Dec. 13, the center offers a free Introduction to Climbing clinic. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/recwell/outdoor-skills-clinics.   ...

����ֱ�� State’s Student Multicultural Center (SMC) will be renamed the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center in honor of a beloved longtime member of the university community whose legacy left an enormous imprint on the university.  Moore, ’73, MA ’77, MFA ’83, Associate Dean Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pan-African Studies, passed away unexpectedly in 2021.  The center is being renamed in recognition of a $50,000 gift from D’Andra Mull, Ph.D., a former student who graduated from ����ֱ�� State in 2002.  A...

On the International Day of Peace, September 21st, 2022, speakers Shampa Biswas and Vincent J. Intondi will deliver talks on "Race, Colonialism, and the Bomb," where they explore the intersections between race, colonialism, and nuclear weapons. Join us from 12pm - 1:15pm by following this link: https://tinyurl.com/peaceday2022 Shampa Biswas is Judge and Mrs. Timothy A. Paul Chair of Political Science and Professor of Politics at Whitman College, as well as an international relations theorist specializing in post-colonial theory and nuclear politics. She is the author of Nuclear Desi...

Using poetry to explore Akron, Ohio residents’ sense of belonging to their neighborhoods is the goal of a new project by ����ֱ�� State University’s Wick Poetry Center.  “Mapping Akron: A Poetic Exploration of Home,” was awarded a $125,000 Akron Art Challenge grant from the Akron-based Knight Foundation, which was matched by an additional $125,000 that Wick raised to bring the project into fruition, said David Hassler, director of the poetry center.  The finished product will be an interactive poetry map of Akron that will be displayed in pop-up kiosks at various locations throughout t...