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Students coloring for calmness in the SAS offices

"Coloring for Calmness" is one of several "de-stress" events hosted by Student Accessiblity Services (SAS). 

5X社区 Marching Band

Watch the 5X社区 Marching Golden Flashes perform a medley of Michael Jackson songs to wow the crowd at Homecoming this past weekend.

Mikala Lugen at Canyonlands National Park

Mikala Lugen, a 2019 5X社区 alumna, is always on the move. Visiting music and vacation venues across the country and the world, she is always on the hunt for the next great adventure. What might be surprising is that Mikala is typically traveling alone 鈥 and she likes it that way.

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Haus of Horrors host welcomes audience to fashion show

Gothic themes and haunted attire embellished the Cartwright Hall Auditorium for the Fabric Pantry鈥檚 Haus of Horrors Fashion Show. The stage was lined with candles, turning it into a spooktacular catwalk for Kent State鈥檚 fashion design students to show off their impressive designs themed around Halloween and the goth aesthetic.

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Finished Shoe

Andrea Sosa Fontaine鈥檚 artistic medium of choice is shoes. An assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Sosa Fontaine says an appreciation for the memories that small-scale objects hold combined with the shoe鈥檚 natural way of expressing a person鈥檚 identity are the main elements that drew her to this art form and craft.  

Black squirrel eating an acorn at the edge of a path

On Friday the 13th, we've heard about black cats, but what about black squirrels?  Are they unlucky or lucky?

Alumnus Kyle Craven at his home in Bath, Ohio giving Flashes the "thumbs up" sign

A Kent State alumnus, famous for his "unlucky" internet meme character has a special Friday the 13th message for his fellow Flashes. 

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A miniature fairytale house

In Noelle Bowles鈥 classroom, fairytales come to life through the eyes of her students. Bowles, associate professor of English at 5X社区 at Trumbull, teaches lessons that extend past the storybook and onto the pages of real life.

Digital Projects Librarian Virginia Dressler shows the collection of sketchbooks and scrapbooks of Pauline Trigere, which are being digitized by University Libraries.

New York couturi猫re designer Pauline Trig猫re, whose career spanned more than five decades, left behind a legacy of fashion innovation meticulously preserved in volumes of sketchbooks and press clippings. Those volumes have had a home at 5X社区 Libraries since 1993 and soon will be accessible to everyone. 

Honoring The Land exhibition features work from Joseph O鈥橲ickey (left) and Brinsley Tyrrell (right)

A 5X社区 connection runs through the 鈥淗onoring the Land鈥 satellite exhibition of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, featuring three artists with a shared Golden Flashes past.