Diverse Kent State
Board games, card games and computer games are all fair game at the second annual Let’s Make the Rules: A Game Creation Experience, a design challenge open to Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ students who have an idea for a new game.
Two Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ graduates who recently earned their Master of Public Health degrees spent the past two years as researchers on the first-of-its-kind Greater Cleveland LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment.
Cartwright Hall was filled with the voices of the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Gospel Choir in a performance earlier this month.
Fifteen years ago, the Cohn Jewish Student Center opened its doors, becoming a vital hub for Jewish students at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡. Since its opening, Kent Hillel has worked to foster a sense of belonging, cultural pride and a supportive community for Jewish students and others across the campus.
As the first light snow of the season fell on Â鶹¾«Ñ¡, the Student Center Ballroom radiated warmth and camaraderie during the International Cook-Off Competition. The event, part of International Education Week, brought together hundreds of students, faculty and staff to celebrate global flavors and cultural diversity.
Nov. 20 the National Trans Day of Remembrance. Members of Kent State's LGBTQ+ community and allies honored trans lives lost with observances on campus.
"No rain, no rainbows," is how the saying goes and on this rainy morning, a rainbow glowed over the Lefton Esplande and all of Kent.
The fourth annual Rainbow Weekend in downtown Kent Oct. 11-13 and all of its fun activities, events and new Drag Race 5K come from a fabulous partnership between Â鶹¾«Ñ¡'s LGBTQ+ Center and Main Street Kent.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Native American Student Association (NASA) recognized Orange Shirt Day, or the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, by engaging with the campus community and initiating discussions about the legacy of residential schools and the generational trauma they caused.
Every year, mid-September to mid-October marks Hispanic Heritage Month. Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ collaborations commemorate the month-long celebration and Hispanic culture, kicking off the celebration was "Voices & Rhythms: A Night of Discussion and Dance."