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‘Black Hair in a White World’ empowers Black women who wear their hair naturally

Irene Bowser, Reporter February 18, 2023

In her first year of college, Tameka Ellington got a job at an amusement park and was told she could not wear her hair naturally to work because it wasn’t “the all American look.” Today, having...

Kent State hires new press director, has high hopes for university

Cameron Gorman October 4, 2017

Kent State appointed Susan Wadsworth-Booth, previously the director of the Duquesne University Press, which closed this year, as the new director of Kent State University Press.“I guess my goal right...

Poet Christine Gosnay speaks at the Wick Poetry Prize reading at the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017.

Poets applaud 2016 Wick Poetry Prize winner at reading, workshop

Cameron Gorman September 20, 2017

Christine Gosnay, the 2016 winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, stood at a wooden podium in front of a quiet room of spectators. The lights were dimmed, and the atmosphere was heavy with anticipation...

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