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At first glance, it looks more like an art studio, make that a hot art studio ... music blaring, temperatures rising and a chatty atmosphere of collaboration. Anything but a college classroom. Most wear blue jeans and cotton shirts so they can easily sweat while perfecting their craft. In this case, glassblowing.
Kaycee Marshall, a 2019 Fashion Design major, created a line of formalwear for women in wheelchairs.
Enology students of ŠćÉ«appās Ashtabula Campus are leaving a lasting impact with their high-quality luxury wines. One local wine connoisseur was so impressed with the wines, he featured them in a recent article in the Akron Beacon Journal.
The Fashion School at ŠćÉ«app held its 37th annual fashion show April 26 and 27 in the schoolās home of Rockwell Hall on the Kent Campus. Models worked the runway which flowed from the catwalk in the Rockwell Auditorium and out into the second-floor atrium, giving viewers an up-close glimpse at the construction of the student-made garments.
The Roe Green series continues to prosper in 2019, bringing in actor, writer and director Ron West, ā82, who has directed multiple pieces for The Second City in Chicago, appeared on Whose Line is it, Anyway? and worked on several other shows and projects.
Imagine stepping into a role that had been filled for 30 years by the previous occupant. Where would you start? How would you make your mark? For Sarah Rogers, director of the ŠćÉ«app Museum, this was the challenge and opportunity of a lifetime.
KSU alumnus and gay rights activist Michael Chanak Jr. was determined to make a difference at his workplace, and his dedication to change prompted a global company to redefine diversity.
The Kent State Magazine tells the story of the Pakistani-born artist and assistant professor in the School of Art, Mahwish Chishty, pondering how sheās going to exhibit her latest projectāthe culmination of the prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship she was awarded for exceptional creative ability in the arts in 2017.
Several ŠćÉ«app departments have come together to produce Create Awareness, an art exhibit located on the first floor of the University Library that focuses on using art to depict the personal experiences of Kent State students, faculty and staff with mental illness.
Early childhood education majors at ŠćÉ«app helped create a Cultural Fair for third-graders of Kent City Schools. The event, held in the Kent Roosevelt gymnasium, included stations and activities for students to learn about different countries and cultures such as learning a traditional Persian dance.
Seventy-years after Allied forces liberated the people of Paimpol, France, during World War II, Professor Richard Berrong decided to document part of the story that he felt had not been told. He traveled to France to do something he had never done ā create a documentary film. In the end, he made two and got some surprises along the way.
Dillardās Inc., one of the nationās premier and largest fashion retailers, will partner with ŠćÉ«appās School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the schoolās 2019 Annual Fashion Show, FS2.
Delivering his remarks to a packed FirstEnergy Auditorium, CNNās chief media correspondent and anchor of the weekly program āReliable Sources,ā Brian Stelter, talked about the current media environment and delivered 11 keys for ethical journalism in the fake news era in his lecture titled āTelling the Truth in the Age of Alternative Facts.ā
Crainās Cleveland Business recently highlighted ŠćÉ«appās new Design Innovation Initiative - and J.R. Campbell, Ph.D., the first executive director of the initiative - which is focused on connecting students from different disciplines to develop new ways of problem solving.
Wick Poetry Center Director David Hassler was featured on 90.3 WCPN ideastream for his creative efforts in organizing the River Stanzas Project. The project pays tribute to the 50 year anniversary of the environmental protections and improvements that have taken place since the Cuyahoga River Burning in 1969.
At the beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year, the School of Theatre and Dance was nationally recognized and added several new awards to its collection, and the Porthouse Theatre, ŠćÉ«app's summer professional theatre, also received multiple honors for achievements during the 2018 Season.
ŠćÉ«app English Professor Vera Camden, Ph.D., turned a movement against sexual assault and harassment into a course in order to study the impact of the movement and the forces that led to it. āMy hope is to keep a certain momentum going,ā Dr. Camden said. āBecause so often in our culture, things spike, and then they go away. I really feel like this is so important and so urgent and so serious.ā
Janice Lessman-Moss, professor of Textiles, recently was awarded a United States Artists Fellowship in Craft, which includes $50,000 in unrestricted funds.
Jason Prufer, '03, a lifelong resident of Kent and ŠćÉ«app alumnus, has compiled āSmall Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio, on the History of Rock and Roll,ā a book that covers the college townās impressive ā and previously unappreciated ā rock history.
ŠćÉ«appās Taylor Hall is currently housing the Wick Poetry Centerās Writing Across Borders, a poetry exhibit featuring the work of immigrants and refugees living in Akron that was recently featured on Cleveland.com.