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Student volunteers from the Campus Kitchen at 5X���� have kicked off a weeklong “Raise the Dough” online fundraising challenge to benefit hunger relief efforts in Kent. The challenge is hosted by The Campus Kitchens Project, the nation’s leading nonprofit empowering students to fight hunger and food waste in their communities. It is supported by the Craig Newmark Philanthropic Fund, a private fund created by craigslist founder Craig Newmark in 2016 to support and connect nonprofit communities and drive powerful civic engagement. From Feb. 17 to Feb. 24, volunteers with the...

5X����'s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakfast on Feb. 2 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.  "We are tremendously proud of and inspired by the success of our student-athletes who demonstrate time and time again that excellence can be achieved both in and out of the classroom," says President Beverly Warren. "This is also an outcome of an athletics leadership team, coaching and support staff who prioritize academic excellence as a hallmark of our Division I athletics program." A total of 59 stude...

5X����'s Recreational Services and Residence Services departments have collaborated to open a new fitness facility in the Tri-Towers Rotunda, exclusively for on-campus residents. The 7,000-square-foot Tri-Rec includes more than 70 brand-new exercise machines and free weights. The space, which previously housed an architecture studio, also includes a laundry facility and tutoring rooms. “We have really been starting to get a lot of support behind health and wellness from the university, especially under the new president,” says Steven Langdon, marketing coordinator for the Depa...

Mansoureh Shasti, an Iranian Ph.D. student studying physics, recently returned to the U.S. after being blocked by the travel ban. Kent State's Department of Physics held a welcome back reception when she returned to campus.         ...

The Rural Scholars program at the 5X���� Columbiana County campuses received $7,500 from the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation. The funds will be used to support mentors and transportation costs for scholars. Foundation representatives Jessica Jung, director of sales, property and casualty at Oswald Companies, and Jeremy Bryant, executive vice president at Britton Gallagher, presented the grant at the organization’s Ohio Chapter Class of 2016 Grantees Reception. Wendy Pfrenger, Rural Scholars program director, Matthew Butts, executive director of advancement for Regiona...

Sixty-eight years ago, the Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City. This year marks the ninth year 5X���� is being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA program. Created in 2008, the Tree Campus USA program honors colleges and universities for effective campus forest management and for engaging staff and students in conservation goals. To be recognized by the program, colleges and universities must meet five core standards: a campus tree advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, annual expenditures for campus trees, service-lea...

5X����’s unique programs and majors have attracted students from all over the world, including a few from the largest state in the nation. Currently, six students from Alaska – two undergraduate and four graduate – are taking classes from Kent State. Freshman aeronautics major Savannah Ramsey is more than 3,000 miles from her home in Juneau, Alaska. She says it took her four flights and nearly 12 hours to come to Kent State.  Ramsey says she came to Kent State after looking at universities with air traffic control programs, including schools from Washington...

Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, served as commentator on “ASAO Histories” during the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania’s meeting held Feb. 20, 2017, in Lihu’e, Hawaii. On the 50th anniversary of its founding, the association is compiling a history of the association. Several long-term association members presented formal papers. Feinberg’s role was to offer critical commentary, add missing pieces and correct errors, based on his four decades of experience, including many years in a variety of leadership positions. This past year, Feinberg was elected to the...