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Who Runs the World: Experiences of Gender, Race, and Power in Graduate School

Kent State Graduate College Asks ‘Who Runs the World?’

Women represent nearly 60% of students in graduate or professional degree programs; however, they are still a minority in certain STEM fields like engineering and computer science. The Graduate College celebrated women’s history month by tackling this tough topic head-on.

Tags: Student Life, Students First, Diverse Kent State

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Coming out: Dolores Noll, Women's History Month

Coming Out: Dolores Noll

A trailblazer for LGBTQ+ rights, the late Dolores Noll, Ph.D., was one of ºÚÁÏÍø’s first openly gay professors when she came out in 1971.

Tags: Profiles, Diverse Kent State, Nationally Distinctive

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Molly Merryman - Queer Pandemic project, lead researcher.

Documenting The Queer Pandemic

A Kent State researcher is collecting video interviews from the LGBTQ+ community from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. 

Tags: Community & Society, Diverse Kent State, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, LGBTQ Studies

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Transgender flag banner

International Transgender Day of Visibility

LGBTQ+ Center event celebrates transgender people and their contributions to our world.

Tags: Diverse Kent State, Community & Society, LGBTQ+ Center

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LaTisha Culler Commencement

LaTisha Culler’s Long Journey To Her Dream

Through many challenges, this non-traditional student persisted in pursuing her dream of earning a degree from Kent State. 

Tags: Diverse Kent State, Students First, Community Impact, Community & Society, Kent State Works

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Judy Devine: Equity Champion

Equity Champion: Judy Devine

Judy Devine has been called the matriarch of ºÚÁÏÍø athletics.  

Tags: Profiles, Diverse Kent State, Nationally Distinctive

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Lamar Hylton singing before the Kent vs. Akron men's basketball game

IN A FLASH: Lifting His Voice

Lamar R. Hylton sang at the start of Friday night's men's basketball game at Kent State's Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. 

Tags: Sports, University News, Diverse Kent State

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Ramona Hood, president and CEO of FedEx Custom Critical, speaks to students

From Entry Level to CEO: Climbing the 'Lattice' of Success

Ramona Hood, the first Black female president and CEO of a FedEx operating company, spoke at the School of Media and Journalism to Kent State’s Public Relations Student Society of America and an array of College of Communication and Information students, staff and faculty about her experiences and wisdom.

Tags: Student Life, Diverse Kent State

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Joshua R. Beacom, playing at the DI Hub

IN A FLASH: Live at the DI Hub

A student from Kent State's School of Music provided the soundtrack for Tuesday's Kent State Farmers' Market. 

Tags: Student Life, Diverse Kent State, Design Innovation, Hugh A. Glauser School of Music

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Q & A at the SMC's "Body and Soul" event

Feeding the Body, Soul and Heart

Monday's event at the Student Multicultural Center provided cultural comfort food and good counsel.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Diverse Kent State, Student Life, Student Multicultural Center, Featured Story

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