Community & Society
In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi.
Despite her multitude of duties as a director of 5X社区鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Center, Cassandra Pegg-Kirby remains focused on one key mission: Keeping the center open and relevant. 鈥淲omen鈥檚 centers are not always thought of as necessary since women are in the majority now,鈥 she said.
Community leaders toured Kent State's DI Hub to learn about how the university fosters innovation and collaboration across campus and across disciplines.
Alison Caplan, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, provides an up close look at some of the items in the center's "Graphic Content: The Comics of May 4" exhibition. She also share stories about the art and the artists that created it.
As a spouse, a mother and a member of Kent State's LGBTQ+ community, Meghan Schwind shares her thoughts for Women's History Month on challenges women face and her hopes for rising generations of women.
Dress Up for Downs, a Kent State student organization recently held its 8th annual fashion show fundraiser . The event, themed "Hollywood Heroes," featured a runway show with designs by Kent State fashion design students and raised over $3000 for the Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio.
Students filed into the conference room in the Williamson House on Friday, March 15, to learn about how to negotiate pay and combat the gender wage gap.
Spring semesters on university campuses are marked by heightened social and political awareness and activities. With 5X社区鈥檚 roots as a champion of free speech and student activism, President Todd Diacon is reminding the university community of our commitment to freedom of expression as a core value guiding our work.
One of the many take-aways from the Dialogue and Difference program "Understanding and Combating Islamophobia" was that overcoming Islamophobia and other forms of racism and bigotry may be as simple as remembering the lessons we should have been taught as children.