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On Saturday, September 21, 2019, the ����ֱ�� State University LGBTQ+ Center participated in the annual Homecoming Parade, as well as hosting the fourth annual Homecoming TailGAYte at Bricco ����ֱ��. Around 20 students, faculty and staff members marched in the Parade, and passed out rainbow bead necklaces as well as information about the upcoming Rainbow Run fundraiser. The TailGAYte event was co-sponsored by the LGBTQ+ Center and the KSU LGBTQ+ Alumni Chapter. The event brought together nearly 100 attendees, representing a mix of current students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members. Als...

����ֱ�� State University Police arrested Christopher Eugene Clark, age 21, of Newton Falls, Ohio, for gross sexual imposition, assault and obstructing official business in connection to an incident that occurred Tuesday morning near the fitness track behind DeWeese Health Center on the ����ֱ�� Campus. Clark is not a ����ֱ�� State student. At approximately 10 a.m., a female student was walking on the west side of the fitness track. A white male about six feet tall with dark shorter hair and facial scruff approached the female and pulled her lower garments down. The female fell during the encounter, s...

Even ����ֱ�� State University’s highest-ranking officials can experience a tug on their loyalties when the Golden Flashes take on their alma maters in athletic contests. President Todd Diacon, his wife, Moema Furtado, and head football coach Sean Lewis all will experience that dual loyalty on Saturday when ����ֱ�� State faces the University of Wisconsin-Madison at noon at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. Diacon and Furtado hold graduate degrees from UW-Madison and met at the university more than 30 years ago. Lewis earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science from UW-Madison in 2007 and p...

*For media planning purposes, ����ֱ�� State University is providing this monthly email that outlines all planned events for the upcoming month related to the 50th commemoration of May 4. For the latest updates on events, visit www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50/event-schedule. ‘PTSD: From May 4 Through Today’ Panel Discussion (Oct. 2, ����ֱ�� Student Center Kiva) ����ֱ�� State University alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless will share her story of May 4 as part of a panel discussion titled “PTSD: From May 4 Through Present Day” during the ����ֱ�� State College of Nursing’s May 4 Commemoration event. The pa...

  In September, several law enforcement officers and their K9 partners spent a day at the ����ֱ�� State City Center for an intensive training session.  The day was organized by Officer Anne Spahr of the ����ֱ�� State University Police Department, who explained that the units train regularly for a minimum of 16 hours each month. Participating in this training session were Spahr and her K9 partner, Coco, of the ����ֱ�� State explosive detection K9 team; Officer Miguel Witt and K9 Dexter, also of the ����ֱ�� State explosive detection team; Officer Ed Stoltz and K9 Rex of the Cleveland State ...

“The Great Gatsby,” a book many read in high school. We remember the green light on the dock, the passion and the tragedy. What many didn't know – until recently – was that the story was also printed in the newspaper. Department Chair and Professor for the Department of English Robert Trogdon, Ph.D., discovered a previously unknown newspaper serialization of “The Great Gatsby” that appeared in the Altoona Tribune from Feb. 15-26, 1926. “The Great Gatsby,” originally released on April 10, 1925, appeared in newspaper publications about a year after it was released. People suspected this seriali...

Adjunct faculty lecturer Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson’s personal and academic exploration into Native American cultures has resulted in meaningful writing and teaching projects that further her focus on finding common ground within a multicultural society.  Using ����ֱ�� Nerburn’s book "The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder’s Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows" as an example, she says it exemplifies how a Native and non-Native embark on a journey to learn about each other to the point of understanding rather than just trying to defend or justify history. “No one can change th...

Writers are often prompted to ‘write what you know.’ Kimberlee Medicine Horn Jackson, adjunct faculty lecturer of English at ����ֱ�� State Geauga, takes that a step further by challenging her writing students to “discover the gaps in what is already known. It’s in the gap or the hidden layer where revelation lives.” Accordingly, Jackson has leveraged her personal story as a Yankton Sioux Native American poet with a personal cross-cultural adoption journey to introduce students to the Native American Boarding School Era of American history, which most of them have never learned about. Jackson e...

For the second year, the Honors College will be hosting Career Conversations - a series beneficial to all students who are exploring majors and also those who are looking to set themselves apart in their chosen industry!   During each session, ����ֱ�� State University alumni will share information and advice about their career field in a casual Question & Answer setting.  Career Conversations will allow ����ֱ�� State students the opportunity to network with professionals, learn the tips and tricks of their chosen trade, and hear from those wor...