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Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality to open this fall

Nicholas Garisto April 3, 2016

Kent State’s Board of Trustees recently approved the creation of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. The center will have several key components including academics, research and community...

Sophomore infielder Dylan Rosa, left, and junior infielder Sam Hurt, right, chase after a bouncing ball in the game versus Western Michigan University on Saturday, April 2, 2016. The Flashes won 9-7.

Flashes win weekend series over Broncos

Zach Harley April 3, 2016

After a surprising 5-4 loss on Friday to Western Michigan, the Flashes recorded two consecutive wins over the weekend to earn a win over the conference rival Broncos.Four of the Broncos' five runs Friday...

Freshman special education major Paige Ross inspects a shirt at Campus Book & Supply on Lincoln Street on Sunday, April 3, 2016.

Student org pushes to affiliate with worker’s rights group

Karl Schneider April 3, 2016

Kent State’s student chapter of the United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) has been working with the university to affiliate with Workers Rights Consortium (WRC). The consortium monitors labor rights...

College Republicans, Democrats discuss open carry at RNC

Anthony Calvaruso April 3, 2016

A petition started on change.org in favor of open carry at the 2016 Republican National Convention (RNC) has become controversial for both political parties. With the RNC set to take place in Cleveland,...

Kent State students dance during the KSU Flash-A-Thon at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday, April 2, 2016.

Flash-A-Thon raises money for Akron Children’s Hospital

Angelo Angel April 3, 2016

The KSU Flash-A-Thon hosted its annual non-profit philanthropic event at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday, raising more than $31,000. The Flash-A-Thon is a 12-hour dance marathon...

Distinguished Teaching Award approaches 50th anniversary

April 3, 2016

Kent States Distinguished Teaching Award is approaching an important milestone: it's 50-year anniversary.  “It was created to establish outstanding teaching in the classroom for our tenure track faculty...

SRVSS Office participates in Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sierra Allen Student Life [email protected] April 3, 2016

With April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in the United States, a goal is set to raise public awareness about sexual violence and advocate ways to prevent it from occurring.Originally, the...

Changes to Domestic Travel Award; less money awarded to students

Andrew Keiper April 3, 2016

Last spring semester the Graduate Student Senate voted to enact changes to the Domestic Travel Award that lessened the amount of money awarded to students, the changes have now been in effect since fall...

Visual Communication Design professor helps sophomore Emily Gommel on her still life assignment during a Design Illustration Techniques I class on Thursday, March 10, 2016.

Assistant VCD professor strives to make a difference

Latisha Ellison April 3, 2016

Christopher Darling is an illustrator who is using his talents to try to make the world a better place—he also happens to be an assistant professor in the School of Visual Communication Design (VCD)."I...

Wick Poetry Center receives grant to grow Traveling Stanzas project

Jillian Holness April 2, 2016

The Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University received a $125,000 grant from the John. S and James L. Knight Foundation in March during a ceremony at the Akron Civic Theatre as part of the Knight Arts...

Cuban artist discusses political activism and art; artivism

Holly Disch April 1, 2016

Students and faculty gathered in Kent State’s Center for the Visual Arts to listen to a persistent Cuban free speech advocate, performance, installation and video artist Tania Bruguera, on Friday afternoon.The...

Faith and Sexuality, A Conversation about Homosexuality and Christianity

Keri Richmond April 1, 2016

Photo courtesy of Alante JonesImpact Movement, a christian organization on campus, hosted a conversation about homosexuality and Christianity in the KIVA on Tuesday, March 29. An internationally known...

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