Kent State faculty and alumni are working on a new show, “El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom,” presented by Cleveland Public Theatre/Teatro Publico de Cleveland March 20-April 5. Cleveland Public Theatre has a significant national and international reputation, annually producing world premieres and various education programs.Set in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, circa 2010, "El Coquí Espectacular and the Bottle of Doom" centers on Alex, a 20-something Nuyorican comic book artist struggling with issues of identity and heritage. Inspired by the vejigante mask left to him by his dad, Alex copes...
Danilo Dantas, Professor of Marketing at HEC Montreal and expert in Music Marketing, will conduct an interactive workshop on his Brand Canvas, a tool that analyzes artists' onstage and offstage brand images to create an authentic, legitimate, artistic brand.
Anna Thompson recently returned from student teaching abroad in New Zealand through the Consortium for Overseas Student Teaching (COST) program. Anna participated in the COST program during her final semester of the Master of Arts in Teaching: Early Childhood Education program and sat down with us for an interview about her experience. Why did you decide to pursue student teaching abroad?I have to send a huge shout out to Doctor Elizabeth Kenyon. I had no idea about the COST program. It wasn't even on my radar to go abroad and finish my student teaching abroad, and she was able to share a...
A team of students took their skills to new heights—literally—by designing, building and flight-testing a custom eight-motor drone similar in design to the C-21 Dragon Assault Ship from the movie Avatar.The project, completed as part of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) course in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering taught by assistant professor Riu Lui, Ph.D. challenged students to create a novel multirotor platform from scratch.“It is novel in design and electrical integration – complex, but I’m proud they made it,” Lui said. “It’s a great showcase of our college’s approach to hands-...
Lawrence R. Armstrong, ’79, ’80, returned to his alma mater Thursday, Feb. 27, to share insights from his first book, “Layered Leadership.” Offered as both an in-person and virtual event, more than 100 individuals from the community attended to hear the author describe his holistic, humanist approach to leadership and how that has propelled his firm, Ware Malcomb, into a globally recognized architecture and design powerhouse.“Layered Leadership,” published in early March 2025, a USA Today Bestseller and recipient of a Literary Titan Silver Book Award, explores t...
