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Community & Society

Flashes of Pride 2023 Photo Session

This week began the annual photo shoot for the Flashes of Pride Poster, which features the faces, names, sexual identity and majors of some of Kent State’s LGBTQ+ community and allies.  

Hotel evening view

The ºÚÁÏÍø Hotel and Conference Center is celebrating 10 years of being at the heart of a transformed downtown. 

Graphic for International Overdose Awareness Day

The ºÚÁÏÍø Kent Campus will be one of four locations offering free Narcan education from the Kent Health Department on Aug. 31. To help raise awareness about overdoses in Portage County, Open United Recovery (OUR) Place, the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Portage County, Kent Health Department and Brightview Kent Addiction Center will distribute free resources and educational materials.

Fall 2023 Nursing sophomores White Coat Ceremony.

The Fall 2023 White Coat Ceremony marked nursing students' transition to professional nursing classes. 

Pictured (from left to right) are Mary Kutchin, Tracey Motter, Erin Slay and Holly Ma.

Faculty researchers from ºÚÁÏÍø’s College of Nursing recently received nearly $4 million in grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop an LPN-to-BSN pathway called the LPN Education Advancement Program (LEAP).  The program will provide licensed practical nurses at University Hospitals the opportunity to increase their skill set by removing barriers that may have prevented them from furthering their education.

barbie dolls grouped together

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

 

Students discovering downtown Kent.

The first "Flashes First Thursday" welcomes students to experience the shopping, dining, music and more that make downtown Kent a fun place to visit.

Scene from Summer Commencement 2023

Kent State's Summer Commencement ceremonies took place on Manchester Field last Saturday. 

Hospitality students in the DI Hub.

A scholarship funded through the ºÚÁÏÍø Hotel and Conference Center benefits students in Kent State's Hospitality Management program. 

Students painting The Rock.

For more than a century, "The Rock" on the Kent Campus has been a colorful canvas expressing the changing moods of the community.