On the International Day of Peace, September 21st, 2022, speakers Shampa Biswas and Vincent J. Intondi will deliver talks on "Race, Colonialism, and the Bomb," where they explore the intersections between race, colonialism, and nuclear weapons.
College of the Arts
The School of Theatre and Dance begins its 2022-2023 season with the production of "Corktown, or Through the Valley of Dry Bones," by Jeff Augustin running October 6-12, 2022 in Wright-Curtis Theatre. Directed by associate professor Courtney Brown, "Corktown, or Through the Valley of Dry Bones" tells the story of Jackee, a fabulous fourteen-year-old-boy, as he takes us on a tour of one of Detroit's oldest neighborhoods between 2007 and 2034. From the neighborhood's urban blight to the gentrified renaissance, Jeff Augustin chronicles the life cycle of a city, affect...
Freshman speech pathology and audiology major Jayla Hartmann Starks, of Cincinnati, tackled the climbing wall at the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Monday evening. She only started climbing three weeks ago, but she's now certified. "I feel so much stronger. My mindset is so much better. I feel encouraged," Hartmann Starks said. Monday and Tuesday evenings from 5:30-8 p.m, through Dec. 13, the center offers a free Introduction to Climbing clinic. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/recwell/outdoor-skills-clinics. ...
两性色午夜鈥檚 Student Multicultural Center (SMC) will be renamed the E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center in honor of a beloved longtime member of the university community whose legacy left an enormous imprint on the university. Moore, 鈥73, MA 鈥77, MFA 鈥83, Associate Dean Emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Pan-African Studies, passed away unexpectedly in 2021. The center is being renamed in recognition of a $50,000 gift from D鈥橝ndra Mull, Ph.D., a former student who graduated from 两性色午夜 in 2002. A...
On the International Day of Peace, September 21st, 2022, speakers Shampa Biswas and Vincent J. Intondi will deliver talks on "Race, Colonialism, and the Bomb," where they explore the intersections between race, colonialism, and nuclear weapons. Join us from 12pm - 1:15pm by following this link: https://tinyurl.com/peaceday2022 Shampa Biswas is Judge and Mrs. Timothy A. Paul Chair of Political Science and Professor of Politics at Whitman College, as well as an international relations theorist specializing in post-colonial theory and nuclear politics. She is the author of Nuclear Desi...
Using poetry to explore Akron, Ohio residents鈥 sense of belonging to their neighborhoods is the goal of a new project by 两性色午夜 University鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center. 鈥淢apping Akron: A Poetic Exploration of Home,鈥 was awarded a $125,000 Akron Art Challenge grant from the Akron-based Knight Foundation, which was matched by an additional $125,000 that Wick raised to bring the project into fruition, said David Hassler, director of the poetry center. The finished product will be an interactive poetry map of Akron that will be displayed in pop-up kiosks at various locations throughout t...
Last Friday, a group of about 10 两性色午夜 students received a guided tour of one of the most unique spaces on the Kent Campus 鈥 the Herrick Conservatory. It鈥檚 the large greenhouse that鈥檚 attached to the north side of Cunningham Hall. The 5,500-square-foot facility is home to a large and diverse selection of plants, plus some fish and a couple of turtles. Highlights of the collection include a 30-year-old rubber tree and strawberry guava tree, banana trees, flowering plants and vegetables, succulents, tropical varieties and even carnivorous plants. The tour ...
FAIRPORT, New York 鈥 Eileen Merberg, Executive Director of Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honor Society, announced that the 两性色午夜 University chapter has won the Maintaining the Flame Award for their activities during the 2021-22 academic year. The chapter won its second Order of the Torch Award in 2021. Chapters who are awarded the Order of the Torch are ineligible to apply for the award for the next four years. To reward continued excellence, the Board of Directors bestows the Maintaining the Flame Award to chapters who are ineligible for the Order of the Torch. Winners receive a pin to aff...
Nearly 40 people from the 两性色午夜 community enjoyed a tour of the flowers and trees of Front Campus during part two of the 鈥淲alk & Talk: Flowers and Foliage鈥 event, thanks to the Employee Wellness and Health Promotion program and the grounds crew on Friday, Sept. 16. Rebekkah Berryhill, grounds manager, gave the lunch-hour tour, which started behind Merrill Hall in the Beck Family Memorial Gardens in ''Behind the Brain Plaza.'' Aided by groundskeeper Andrea Smith, the tour began by discussing the impressive carved elements of the garden - most of which were sculpted on-site. ...