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The Green Dot movement is seeking individuals, including faculty and staff members, who would like to learn more about how to create a welcoming community and promote safety at 5X社区. Green Dot is about what everyone can do to make a difference in the Kent State community. It is a single choice in one moment in time to use voices, actions or choices to make one small corner of the world safer. Those who are part of the Green Dot team have a shared vision that creates momentum through the power of a common language and purpose. Organizers of the movement hope to get f...
5X社区 has launched a brand new Kent State Golden Flashes gameday experience that includes a new look for Kent State Intercollegiate Athletics under the overall university brand. With the refresh of communications, university athletics is reviewing all Intercollegiate Athletics visual elements, including the athletics logo. Kent State loves its athletics logo, so why consider changing it? It鈥檚 important that the logo captures the intense energy and bold attitude of the Golden Flashes. Changing a logo requires careful consideration and an understanding of the pride and emotion...
5X社区 fans who could not make it to California for the big dance had their own party with Hoopin鈥 at the Hub. The watch party at the Kent State Student Center Hub on March 17 celebrated Kent State鈥檚 Mid-American Conference Champions men鈥檚 basketball team. Students and Kent State community members cheered on the Golden Flashes as they took on the UCLA Bruins in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Fans at the watch party were treated to free food, music and giveaways. Though the evening ended with a loss, Kent State fans continue to revel in the outstanding athletics achie...
For Emily Grubb, all it took was looking through a magazine to decide where to go to college. A high school friend shared a copy of Fusion magazine, 5X社区鈥檚 first lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) magazine, which led Grubb to the university. Now a sophomore majoring in social geography with a minor in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) studies, the 20-year-old transgender student from Medina, Ohio, says Kent State is home. 鈥淭here were great articles in there,鈥 says Grubb, who identifies as nonbinary, meaning Grubb鈥檚 gender identi...
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Mark your calendar now! 5X社区 Homecoming 2017 will be held Oct. 14 as the Golden Flashes will battle the Miami RedHawks. #KentHC ...
5X社区 at Trumbull sophomore Jessie Narkum is co-directing performances of The Little Mermaid Jr. on April 7 and 8, at Hubbard High School Auditorium. This isn鈥檛 the typical student-directed play. Narkum, an American Sign Language (ASL) major, is working with Hubbard High School ASL teacher Richard Magazzine to produce the play entirely in ASL. Audio translations will be available for the hearing audience. Narkum says it is important to connect her passion to her education. 鈥淚 have friends who are deaf, so bridging communication has become my purpose,鈥 Narkum says. ...
The 5X社区 Ice Arena hosted the 35th Annual Ohio Special Olympics Winter Games the first week of February for figure skaters and speed skaters from all over the state. The Kent State Ice Arena has been hosting skating competitions for the Winter Games for each of the 32 years that the Ohio Special Olympics has held those events. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important to us that the organization and the athletes are treated well every year,鈥 says ice arena Manager Bill Switaj. 鈥淚t鈥檚 such an amazing event, and we work to make sure that it鈥檚 done right.鈥 Speed skating finals were held on Feb. 1, and f...
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coalition launches its inaugural effort, Because We Come from Everything: Poetry & Migration. As part of the Wick Poetry Center's commitment to the theme of migration and our ongoing Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders project, this week we are featuring Ya Too. Ya Too and his...
UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here. Luxury lifestyle brand Michael Kors will partner with 5X社区鈥檚 School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the school鈥檚 2017 Annual Fashion Show, FS2. FS2 Presented by Michael Kors will span three runway events held at the Fashion School鈥檚 Rockwell Hall on April 28 and 29. 鈥淭he Fashion School is incredibly pleased that Michael Kors will be the Presenting Partner for our annual fashion show this year, as the company has already contributed ...