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"It just seemed appropriate to set aside funds to support students who are the first in their families to go to college. It's a life-changing step." Mary and Tom Southards grew up in different states, but shared similar goals. Both dreamed big in their small towns. Accomplishing those dreams meant they’d be among the first in their families to go to college. For Mary, earning a college degree in the 1970s led to a career outside of the home; for Tom, it entailed a different kind of opportunity. While most people in his hometown went to work at the local textile mill, Tom’s plans exceede...

"Our seven Regional Campuses are quite unique and they are quite independent, in a good way. They fit their communities and that makes them different, but at the same time we are all Kent State." Sometimes purpose comes calling. It begins with a choice. An opportunity. Make the choice. Take the opportunity. Make another choice. Take another opportunity. Wind up with this: a purpose that’s bigger than you’d ever thought possible. As Nate Ritchey climbed his way up the ladder of academia, step by step, he began to notice the view looked different from the top. Clearer. Working with notable hi...

Queen Esther's Ball: A Purim Party THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2018- 7:00PM TO 10PM. Cartwright Hall Join us for a drag show with Anhedonia Delight, Aurora Thunder and Peach Fuzz! Stay for a party and meet and greet with the queens after the show. Additional information, photos and updates can be found on the event's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/368912833296515 ...

In Kenya, Sarah Schmidt discovered her calling. A long way from rural Mansfield, Ohio, the girl who grew up with cows in her backyard was now half way around the world learning Swahili and teaching children how to speak English. She was 20, and crossed the Atlantic for the first time. “It truly was life changing,” said Schmidt, who spent half a year near Nairobi’s Great Rift Valley, part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. “After that trip, I knew I wanted my career to be in the international arena.” PIVOTAL ROLE Nine years later, Schmidt has ...

5X���� at Stark Theatre presents Virtual Devotion by Eric Coble. The play will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, 24, March 2 and 3 and at 2 p.m. Feb. 25 and March 4 at the Kent State Stark Theatre. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided for the March 4 performance. It’s the end of the world as we know it; pollution, terrorism and disease have taken over humanity. Three characters, Pete, Anne and Ruth – all members of a broken family – attempt to sell their faith to nonbelievers in various, and sometimes violent, ways, as a last-ditch effort to save s...

5X���� at Stark’s next Featured Speaker is Anthony Ervin, a four-time Olympic swimming medalist, who claimed gold and the title of fastest person on the planet in 2000 in the 50m freestyle. Sixteen years later, at age 35, he won in the same race at the Rio 2016 Games.  After winning his first Olympic gold, two World Championships and seven NCAA titles, Ervin retired at age 22 in 2003. He then spent several years traveling the world and spearheading tsunami relief efforts in Southeast Asia, before resuming his Olympic dreams. His memoir, “Chasing Water: Elegy of an Oly...

5X���� at Stark will host a Campus Preview for high school juniors, seniors and their parents on Saturday, March 3. Campus tours will be held from 8 to 8:30 a.m. and depart from the lobby at Main Hall, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. The program will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Campus Preview will introduce prospective students to Kent State Stark’s academic programs, departments and services in an informal atmosphere to allow for questions and conversation. Attendees will meet with representatives from Kent State Stark’s Admissions, Financial Aid, Advising, Academi...

Come summertime, Brandon Davis could often be found gardening with his grandmother at her Canton Township home. He learned when to harvest vegetables and how to select flowers that bloom best in full sunlight. After graduating from Canton South High School in 2011, he went away to college but found his best fit less than 20 miles down the road. Davis cultivated his passion for plants when he discovered purpose at 5X���� at Stark. He’s one of the 5,000 students who have found a home at the Stark Campus and one of nearly 1,900 Kent Campus baccalaureate students who took courses ...

Rick Feinberg Named Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Anthropology in Czech Republic   Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Professor of Anthropology, has been named Fulbright Distinguished Chair of Anthropology at Palacký University Olomouc in the Czech Republic. Dr. Feinberg will spend spring semester 2019 with the Department of Sociology, Andragogy, and Cultural Anthropology in the University’s Faculty of Arts, where he will teach courses in cultural and social theory and American culture. The theoretically-focused course will be designed for advanced graduate students in the anthropology program...

Economics professor recently named editor-in-chief of international journal of business and economic development. Deepraj Mukherjee grew up in a middle-income family in Kolkata, India, but when he walked the city’s streets poverty  was unavoidable. Hunger knew no divide, afflicting families and neighborhoods in this capital of West Bengal where more than 15 million hail from every income level.  Why not me? A young Mukherjee asked that question more than once. He wrestled with it. “Even from childhood, I always had the question in my mind: why poverty? What can we do to eradicate ...