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American Academy Students in Curitiba, Brazil

Carving Out His Path from Brazil to Broadway

For Brazilian student Rafael Bahls, being involved in the 5X社区 American Academy in Curitiba, Paran谩, Brazil, has expanded his worldview in a multitude of ways.

Tags: Global Reach, Student Life, Global Presence, Office of Global Education, Education Abroad, American Academy

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Hollywood sign in Florence

Hollywood Comes to Kent State Florence

Acclaimed television producer and writer Don Reo is coming to Kent State Florence as a guest speaker and to and receive a lifetime achievement award. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Kent State Florence, Global Presence, Global Reach, Office of Global Education, College of Arts and Sciences

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NYC Fashion Portfolio Showcase 2023

A Showcase of Style

Industry professionals, along with Kent State students, alumni and faculty attended the 2023 Portfolio Showcase at Kent State NYC Fashion 

Tags: NYC Fashion, School of Fashion, Students First, Global Reach, Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

Kent State Today

Sonia Karkare

How The Backspace Key聽Taught聽a聽Global Digital Leader聽to Learn, Correct and Move Forward聽

After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at Kent State as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship鈥檚 Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.

Tags: Kent State Works, Global Reach, Profiles

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Kent State students tour Florence, Italy, with Assistant Dean Kristin Stasiowski, Ph.D.

鈥楤eing Here in Florence Means Touching History鈥

What first began in 1972 with a small group of Kent State architecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious education-abroad programs in the country.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Global Reach, Global Presence, Nationally Distinctive, Office of Global Education, Kent State Florence

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McGreal and de Souza

A Fashion Student and a Fashion Icon

A Kent State fashion design student helped a prominent New York City designer create and debut his first bridal collection. 

Tags: NYC Fashion, School of Fashion, study away, Students First, Global Reach, Office of Global Education

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5X社区 education majors work with immigrant children in Akron, Ohio, to increase their food literacy.

Connecting to the Community Through Food

5X社区 education major Klair Heestand said the time she spent teaching refugee students in Akron in the spring was excellent preparation for when she enters her own classroom one day. 

鈥淚t was very helpful, because we鈥檙e going to have students of varying abilities, and students for whom English is a second language, no matter where we teach,鈥 Heestand said. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 need anyone left behind because of a language barrier.鈥 

 

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Global Reach, Community Impact

Kent State Today

South Korean Professor Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., '13, spent the 2022-23 academic year at Kent State as a visiting scholar.

Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980

A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at 5X社区 with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies. 

Before he leaves the Kent Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., 鈥13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at Kent State and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

Tags: Global Reach, May 4, Research & Science, Global Presence

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NYC Fashion watch party

Live in New York - The Annual Kent State Fashion Show

Kent State's NYC Fashion campus hosted a livestreamed watch party of the Fashion Show in Kent. 

Tags: NYC Fashion, School of Fashion, University News, Global Reach, Nationally Distinctive, Alumni

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