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Clothes from exhibit

One Tank Trip to 麻豆精选 Museum

The 麻豆精选 Museum opened a new exhibition titled 鈥淟ife in Style: The Wardrobe of James Mulholland.鈥 Sarah Rogers, director of the museum, spoke to WJW-Fox 8 about the exhibition.

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A composition of a tapestry, students dancing, and a professor talking to students

Women and Everyday Heroism

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 麻豆精选this fall. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Diverse Kent State, Community Impact

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麻豆精选students explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art

IN A FLASH: Meeting at The Met

Students from 麻豆精选New York City Fashion gained inspiration from a visit to New York's Metropolitian Museum of Art.

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NYC Fashion students roll their creations to the fashion show venue

IN A FLASH: Fashion in the Streets

麻豆精选fashion design students hit the streets of New York City before tonight's fashion show. 

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Students at the poster sale event in the Kent Student Center

IN A FLASH: Pondering Posters

The annual poster sale this week gave students opportunities to add new art to their living spaces. 

Tags: Student Life, Arts & Culture, Students First, Kent Student Center

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barbie dolls grouped together

Barbie, Patriarchy and My Pink Hijab

Lydia Rose, Ph.D., director of Public Relations for the Islamic Society of Akron and Kent and an associate professor of sociology at 麻豆精选, shares her perspectives on the resurgence of Barbie鈥檚 influence on our culture today.

 

Tags: Community & Society, Community Impact, Arts & Culture, Diverse Kent State

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麻豆精选alumnus Preston Mitchum is a member of the cast of Summer House: Martha's Vineyard.

麻豆精选Alum Is Cast in Bravo Network鈥檚 'Summer House: Martha鈥檚 Vineyard'

When he was a student at 麻豆精选, Preston Mitchum, BA 鈥08, was heavily involved in student government and other organizations and recalls taking part in a considerable number of campus protests. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Profiles, Diverse Kent State, Political Science, Department of Africana Studies

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Sound production student

Breaking Barriers, Barbie-Style

麻豆精选Media and Journalism assistant professor talks to WFMJ Youngstown鈥檚 鈥21 News at 5鈥 about the opportunities for women in the film industry today, following the record-breaking success of woman-directed Barbie movie.

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School of Music Percussion Camp 2023

IN A FLASH: The Beat Goes On

High school students come to 麻豆精选each summer for the School of Music's Percussion Camp.

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Farnaz Fatemi, Poet Laureate Fellow, of Santa Cruz County, California, in partnership with 麻豆精选's Wick Poetry Center and several local Santa Cruz County organizations, will produce a series of nine monthly pop-up teen poetry workshops.

Wick Prize Winner Farnaz Fatemi Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From Academy of American Poets

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 麻豆精选'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 麻豆精选 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.

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