Diverse Kent State
Student Recipes Spice Up Black History Month Menu Options
In a celebration of Black History Month, ºÚÁÏÍø Culinary Services has transformed the month’s menu into a melting pot of different dishes. Led by Executive Chef Edward Shawn Hardin Sr., Culinary Services is offering a unique menu built upon students’ family recipes, highlighting the diversity of Black history.
Happy New Year! Students Usher in Year of the Dragon With Food and Fun
Satterfield Hall was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of Lunar New Year as ºÚÁÏÍø students gathered Feb. 14 to celebrate and learn to make Asian dumplings.
The History of Black History Month
Mwatabu S. Okantah, professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at ºÚÁÏÍø, was featured on WKYC Studios’ Good Company discussing the history and importance of Black History Month.
Kent State Kindness Warms International Students' Heads - and Hearts
A Kent State staffer's aunt helped graduate students from Rwanda prepare for their first winter in northeast Ohio.
IN A FLASH: Promoting Kindness
Members of Kent State's LGBTQ+ community and their allies used The Rock to share a call for kindness.
Solving Parking Problems is Winning Idea
Have you ever experienced frustration while trying to find a parking spot on campus? Five business school students did, and last fall they pitched their solutions in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Idea Pitch and won first place.
IN A FLASH: Lifting Every Voice
A recent graduate lent his voice to an inspiring opening of Kent State's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.
Kent State’s MLK Celebration Focuses on Following Dr. King’s Principles: Live a Life of Love and Peace During Conflict
ºÚÁÏÍø used its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Feb. 1 to inaugurate a new series of educational programs to help foster a better understanding of the many diverse voices in the university community.
Leadership and Innovation in the Happiest Place on Earth
In an unconventional professional development opportunity, first-generation, income-eligible and differently-abled students at ºÚÁÏÍø traveled to the Walt Disney World Resort alongside TRIO Student Support Services for the Leadership, Innovation and Career Seminar.
Celebrating Black Excellence in Every Aspect, Shade and Expression
ºÚÁÏÍø has a roster of programmed events to celebrate Black excellence this February with the theme: Black excellence in every aspect, shade and expression, or ÀSE, a Yoruba term that represents the power that produces change. Kent State has a wide variety of events that aim to encompass and ignite the month with recognition and celebration