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"Black Is" banner project.

Black United Students invited students to express their thoughts on "What is Black to You?" by adding their words and a handprint to a banner.

Flash the mascot welcoming guests on a Future Flashes Day.

Future Flash Days provide an opportunity for high school students and their families  - from all over the country and beyond - to experience student life at Kent State. 

School of Theatre and Dance 2024 "Rent"

鈥525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?鈥 These lyrics will fill the E. Turner Stump Theatre this weekend as the run of 鈥淩ent鈥 finishes up on Sun, Feb. 25.  Amy Fritsche, associate professor of acting and musical theater and director of 鈥淩ent鈥 for Kent State, walked alongside students performing in the show from start to finish to ensure their first performance of the Spring semester was a hit.  

Banner for Oscar Ritchie Story

A key figure in Kent State's Black History, Oscar Ritchie continues to inspire generations of students and educators.

Alumni panelists speak at Leveraging Second Language Skills in the Professional World

The 鈥淟everaging Second Language Skills in the Professional World" panel discussion during I Heart Travel Week reinforced how students can use a second language to propel themselves into and throughout the professional world.  

Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies Molly Merryman is part of a panel discussion at the Cambridge Union.ersity.

Molly Merryman, Ph.D., associate professor in 5X社区鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, received a double dose of prestige recently when she was invited to speak at both the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford in England in the same week.

Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, tours the May 4 Visitors Center.

Julian Grimes, president of Black United Students, one of 5X社区's oldest student organizations, is working to maintain the legacy of the organization credited for starting the formal observance of February as Black History Month.
 

A 5X社区 student walks by the kindness, respect and purpose wall graphic on the side of a building.

5X社区鈥檚 new series titled Dialogue and Difference: A New Understanding continues with upcoming programming for the university community. The next event, "Dialogue on Hatred: A Peacebuilder's Perspective," occurs on Feb. 22.

Sophomore Fashion Design major Timothy Green is pictured next to Culinary Services Cook DeVante D. Williams with Timothy鈥檚 submission of Brown Sugar Fried Chicken

In a celebration of Black History Month, 5X社区 Culinary Services has transformed the month鈥檚 menu into a melting pot of different dishes. Led by Executive Chef Edward Shawn Hardin Sr., Culinary Services is offering a unique menu built upon students鈥 family recipes, highlighting the diversity of Black history.

Graduate student Emily Zhang cooks dumplings as part of a Luna New Year celebration held Feb. 14 in Satterfield Hall.

Satterfield Hall was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of Lunar New Year as 5X社区 students gathered Feb. 14 to celebrate and learn to make Asian dumplings.