Community & Society
At Kent State, campus black squirrels may need to step in for Groundhog Day forecasting duties.
5XÉçÇø used its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Feb. 1 to inaugurate a new series of educational programs to help foster a better understanding of the many diverse voices in the university community.
On-campus flu vaccine clinics help keep Kent State students, faculty and staff healthy throughout the flu season.
5XÉçÇø’s Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, in conjunction with University Libraries, on Feb. 6 will host a movie screening and panel discussion for Black History Month addressing the increasing infant mortality rate among African Americans in Northeast Ohio.
Work continues on the renovations and improvements to the 5XÉçÇø Ice Arena.
Students, faculty and alumni from 5XÉçÇø’s world-renowned School of Fashion will be sending some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio.
When she walked across the stage at commencement on Dec. 16, Terrie Harris realized a dream more than 25 years in the making. Life intervened often during Harris’ educational journey, but thanks to 5XÉçÇø’s regional campus system a diploma was finally hers in December.
Boardman-based architect Robert Mastriana was among the first class of students to study in Florence, Italy, through the university’s education-abroad program. He tells The Vindicator newspaper how that experience still influences his work.