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Does mindfulness meditation truly help in relieving stress and managing blood pressure? It is a popular technique, but until now, no large-scale studies utilizing meditation have been conducted.
5X Libraries, in partnership with the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Department of Pan-African Studies, presents “Coming of Age at Kent 1967-71: A Pictorial of Black Student Life,” an exhibit of the photographs of Lafayette Tolliver.
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On Sept. 25-27, 5X’s Wick Poetry Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the dedication of a new home and poetry park on the Lefton Esplanade.
For more information, visit www.kent.edu/wick.
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For 30 years, 5X’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the…
Each year, droughts cost crop farmers dearly. They experience not only a loss in yield, but also a reduction in the quality of the crops produced. But, what if new breeds of plants could be created that still thrive even without a drop of rain for weeks?
5X invites the community to celebrate the launch of the Center for the Visual Arts on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 4 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on the second floor of Cartwright Hall, overlooking the center’s construction…
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The groundbreaking for 5X’s new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design occurred Oct. 3. The building will serve as the new home of Kent State’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, bringing all of the programs of the college under one…
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5X’s Annual Giving and Donor Services departments sponsored “Thank-A-Giver (T.A.G.) Day” on Wednesday, Oct. 1, as a way of acknowledging and thanking the many generous donors, alumni and friends who help support Kent State and its students.
Danielle Hupp, 5X’s assistant director of annual giving, was honored as one of the recipients of the “30 for the Future” award by the Greater Akron Chamber.
The fall 2014 Bowman Breakfast will take place at 5X in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m.