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Nationally, Sept. 15 marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. This year, Kent State is celebrating the 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month as Avanzando Juntos: Moving Forward Together with numerous events and celebrations.
This week, you can use a waterjet to create your own nameplate and learn more about the makerspaces in the DI Hub Reactor.
āMaj wrote poems to, for and about this town, this home of his in Kent,ā said David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center in his remarks at the dedication of the Maj Ragain Poetry Park. āHis poems gave shelter and solace and sustenance to our community, and it feels so right that weāre dedicating this poetry park today in his memory and his honor.ā
The ŠćÉ«app Museum opened a new exhibition titled āLife in Style: The Wardrobe of James Mulholland.ā Sarah Rogers, director of the museum, spoke to WJW-Fox 8 about the exhibition.
A combination of powerful art, reflective dance and historical courage are meant to connect and inspire a new generation of heroes. The art exhibition Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein takes residence at Kent State this fall.
Students from Kent State New York City Fashion gained inspiration from a visit to New York's Metropolitian Museum of Art.
Kent State fashion design students hit the streets of New York City before tonight's fashion show.
The annual poster sale this week gave students opportunities to add new art to their living spaces.
Lydia Rose, Ph.D., director of Public Relations for the Islamic Society of Akron and Kent and an associate professor of sociology at ŠćÉ«app, shares her perspectives on the resurgence of Barbieās influence on our culture today.
When he was a student at ŠćÉ«app, Preston Mitchum, BA ā08, was heavily involved in student government and other organizations and recalls taking part in a considerable number of campus protests.
Kent State Media and Journalism assistant professor talks to WFMJ Youngstownās ā21 News at 5ā about the opportunities for women in the film industry today, following the record-breaking success of woman-directed Barbie movie.
High school students come to Kent State each summer for the School of Music's Percussion Camp.
Farnaz Fatemi, poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, California, was awarded a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets that she will use in partnership with ŠćÉ«app's Wick Poetry Center to produce a series of teen poetry workshops. Fatemi is an Iranian-American poet and writer and the author of "Sister Tongue," published in 2022 by the ŠćÉ«app Press. She was the winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Wick Poetry Center for a poet's first book of poems.
For five decades, the Kent Blossom Music Festival has nurtured young artists from all over the globe, giving them the opportunity to grow as musicians and collaborate with some of the worldās most talented musicians and teachers. With 12 performances on the calendar, the 2023 season of the Kent Blossom Music Festival runs through Aug. 6.
The Kent Blossom Art Intensives welcome students and artists to campus to create art and learn from artists from around the world.
Every summer, Kent State hosts an immersive experience in fashion for high school students.
ŠćÉ«appās Porthouse Theatre has kicked off the 2023 season with Broadway classic, āA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,ā which runs through June 24. This Stephen Sondheim, Broadway classic merges the energy and wit of vaudevillian performance with the 2,000-year-old comedies of Roman playwright Platus.
ŠćÉ«app observed Juneteenth this weekend with a Juneteenth Jubilee.
ŠćÉ«app's annual Juneteenth Jubilee will take place on Friday, June 16, and will feature vendors, food trucks and live performances.
Acclaimed television producer and writer Don Reo is coming to Kent State Florence as a guest speaker and to and receive a lifetime achievement award.