Ava Moss

Ava Moss believes in embracing what life has to offer one major event at a time. Typically an optimist, Moss, a 2018 public relations graduate from Cleveland, is currently embracing the daily challenges as a production coordinator on some of the top animated films with Walt Disney Animation Studios – including her work on "Wish," which opened across the country in November. Still, those smiles at the end of a productive, creative workday are today the product of her strengthened tenacity. This follows the memory of the struggles she faced, including being jobless and sleeping o...

Israel Palestine and Me event flyer

FOR CURRENT KENT STATE STUDENTS:   Israel, Palestine, and Me: Students’ Forum for Reflection and Dialogue   4:00 pm, November 16, 2023 (Thursday)  Taylor Hall 141, May 4 Reflection Gallery    The aim of this forum is to create a safe, welcoming space for currently enrolled KSU students of all backgrounds to reflect on the events unfolding in Gaza and Israel, listen to each other, and seek a deeper and broader understanding of the issues at stake for all parties.  KSU faculty with experience in facilitation will assist the participants. ...

We write as faculty and staff of an academic unit created over 50 years ago by Kent State University (KSU) with a mission to research, teach, and advocate for the principles of peaceful change, and whose original degree program began in 1973, the same year as the Yom Kippur War. This is a reminder that the recent violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank has its roots in a deeper history, and that the search for sustainable peace will not be achieved by further perpetuation of violence and militarism. We are appalled at the steep escalation of violence in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, a...

Project NEXT: Navigating Excellence in Transition | Participant Testimony

POSTED: Nov. 13, 2023

I am an undergraduate student at Kent State University participating in the Project NEXT Grant.  I have benefited from being a part of this grant through the services provided to me by my Interventionist.  For example, when I needed to set up a meeting with a professor, my interventionist assisted in preparing me for the meeting. 

Students interacting in the Scale Up Lab in the Math and Computer Science Building

Being a first-generation student is difficult, especially when your family does not support your decision to go to college or you don’t have someone to give you advice from a college point of view. Even if you feel as if no one truly understands what you’re going through, being a first-generation student has a lot of different hurdles to overcome. Like many Kent State University students, Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was a first-generation college student and has some advice for those who are struggling to feel a sense of belonging. She recently sat ...

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