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Fabrizio Ricciardelli shows students around Italy

Learn, Celebrate and Engage for I Heart Travel Week

The Office of Global Education is hosting I Heart Travel Week Feb. 12-16 where students can learn more about education abroad, celebrate current and past students who have studied abroad, and engage with international activities on campus. 

Tags: Global Presence, Global Reach, Student Life

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Rwandan students at Bob Christy's home

Kent State Kindness Warms International Students' Heads - and Hearts

A Kent State staffer's aunt helped graduate students from Rwanda prepare for their first winter in northeast Ohio. 

Tags: International Students, Office of Global Education, Community & Society, University Communications and Marketing, Global Presence, Global Reach, Student Life, Diverse Kent State

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Kent State Student-Athletes in Boneza, Rwanda

The Universal Language of Sports

Kent State staff and student-athletes took a trip at the beginning of 2024 to Boneza, Rwanda, to give of themselves. But they never expected how much they would receive in return.

Tags: Sports, Global Presence, Student Life, Global Reach, Students First

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Rwandan student sledding

International Students See Their First Snow

Four graduate students from the heart of Africa are embracing winter for the very first time this year on the beautiful Kent Campus.

Tags: Student Life, Global Reach

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Senior fashion design majors Mackenzie Karsten and Daniella Byrnes review candidates during model tryouts at Kent State's School of Fashion

Strutting Our Stuff: Kent State’s School of Fashion to Help Raise Money for Ronald McDonald House Charities

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. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Global Reach, Community & Society, Students First, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability

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Polynesian island Anuta at dawn in 2013.

IN A FLASH - FLASHBACK: Views from Anuta, Solomon Islands

Professor Emeritus Richard Feinberg shared images from his research expeditions to the Polynesian island of Anuta.

Tags: Global Presence, Global Reach, Department of Anthropology, anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, Research & Science

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Kent State exchange students from South Africa visit the Ohio statehouse in Columbus.

Ohio Legislature Celebrates Kent State South African Exchange Students

A group of 5XÉçÇø exchange students from the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa, were welcomed by the Ohio legislature on a recent visit to Columbus. 

Tags: Student Life, Global Reach, Community & Society, Diverse Kent State, Nationally Distinctive, Global Presence

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Artistically Imagined Depiction of AI

Peace in AI Times

An online presentation on Dec. 14 will explore the benefits and cautions of artificial intelligence in international peacemaking.

Tags: School of Peace and Conflict Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Global Reach, Global Presence, May 4

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Kent State student Miles Listerman takes part in traditional dance in Kigali, Rwanda.

‘I’m Going to Take a More Ethical Approach to Business Standards’

Senior business major says education-abroad trip to Kigali, Rwanda, provided a new view on seeing the humanity in others.

Tags: Student Life, Global Reach, Profiles, Students First, Global Presence

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A group of students from the University of Fort Hare, in Alice, South Africa, are visiting Kent State.

South African Students Embraced by Their 'Cousins' Upon Arrival at Kent State

Sounds of joyful singing could be heard coming from Oscar Ritchie Hall, when a group of nine students and their professor from the University of Fort Hare in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa, were welcomed to 5XÉçÇø as part of an exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in South Africa. 

Tags: Student Life, Global Reach, Global Presence, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Africana Studies

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