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Last year, the The Kent State Flight Team brought home an impressive collection of competition trophies and the pilots are is ready to take flight to bring in even more wins this year.
A year ago, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., 鈥13, a literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, was concluding his time as a visiting professor at 5X社区 with one goal in mind: Create an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.
5X社区鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies and School of Communication Studies has organized a panel discussion to talk about free speech and protest on campus to educate students about their rights and responsibilities.
The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of 5X社区 Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Professor of Geography Chris Post, Ph.D., presenting 鈥淒eveloping and Interpreting the Wounded Student Markers at Kent State鈥 as this year鈥檚 selected speaker. The Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series and Luncheon will be held on May 3.
For three short minutes on April 8, our world stood still.
An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of 5X社区鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center.
Campus and community came together to share a once-in-a-lifetime event at 5X社区.
It was a party 218 years in the making.
The thousands of people who came to 5X社区 on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.
Where will you be viewing the total solar eclipse, Golden Flashes? Kent State has a complete schedule of eclipse-themed events and activities.
The excitement has been building for more than a year, and the day is finally upon us!