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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.   The Wick Poetry Center will present programs and projects on the theme of migration, starting with a weekly interview with a participant in our ongoing Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders ...

James Hannon, Ph.D., will become the new dean of 5X����’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2017. Hannon currently serves as professor and assistant dean of Academic Affairs and Research for the College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia.  “We are pleased that Dr. Hannon has agreed to serve as the next dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services,” said Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “His impressive scholarship, hi...

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����’s 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. “There were great articles in there,” said Grubb, who identifies as nonbinary, meaning Grubb’s gender identi...

Given the quantity and quality of research studies he has already conducted in his academic career, it’s no surprise that one of the largest draws to 5X���� at Stark for Assistant Professor Haithem Zourrig, Ph.D., was the marketing department’s robust research initiatives. "Designing and conducting research are my favorite parts of being a professor,” said Zourrig, and it shows. His efforts so far have been productive and rewarding, earning him numerous awards and accolades in the marketing community. Zourrig’s research has appeared in the Journal of Business Research and Jou...

Dr. Robin Selinger is a professor of Chemical Physics in Kent State's Liquid Crystal Institute. Dr. Selinger is part of a team of faculty at who are engaging area high school students in STEM research projects as one way of recruiting more students to careers in science and to broaden the diversity of the science workforce.   COLLEGE CREDIT PLUS  LIQUID CRYSTAL INSTITUTE   APS FELLOW ...

Undeniably Kent State. That is the feeling the newly renovated Conference Center emanates, with its contemporary, fashionable décor and blue and gold tones throughout.  “The Conference Center was a beautiful building before, but now it is the best in Stark County and perhaps all of Northeast Ohio,” said Conference Center Director Stephanie Monastra. “This was the first major makeover since the building opened nearly 15 years ago. It was time to update the space to meet the changing needs of our clients.” The purpose of the overhaul, according to Monastra, was twofold. “Not only d...

Kee’Auna Cherry’s aspirations as a child were to be the best she could be, even if it was only to make someone else smile. “If I make someone smile, then I’m doing something right. But,” she said, “it was also my dream to obtain a college degree.” Graduating from 5X���� at Stark with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies in December 2016, Cherry has discovered the awesome power of a dream because of her experiences here. “What made me decide to come to Kent State Stark was the atmosphere the campus provided, the passion the professors have for their students, and be...

5X����’s African Community Theatre in the Department of Pan-African Studies has announced plans for a production of “Venus” by Suzan-Lori Parks to be directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and performed by the Pan-African Theatre Ensemble. Opening night of the production will be Friday, March 17, at 8 p.m. The show will run March 17-19, with Friday and Saturday shows starting at 8 p.m. The play will close Sunday with a 2 p.m. matinee performance. Kent State students will be admitted for free with a valid K...