Student Life
Kent State Students to Manage a Portion of University Assets
July 11, 2017
Kent State University students will soon have a unique opportunity to gain professional money management experience. Starting in the fall, the Kent State University Foundation will effectively start “hiring” the students to manage current investable assets. The Student Managed…
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Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition
July 7, 2017
The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the…
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Kent State’s Fashion School Ranked No. 3 Nationally for Merchandising, No. 4 for Design in New Ratings
July 7, 2017
Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite.
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Video: Fashions of the Forties
July 7, 2017
The Kent State University Museum presents its "Fashions of the Forties” exhibit that features a variety of different looks that typified the 1940s. The exhibit runs through March 2018.
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A Look Into Inter-Cultural Influence Wins Scholarship Competition
July 7, 2017
Many people consider Italy as the center of Western fashion and design.
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Pokémon GO Anniversary: Kent State Researchers Study Link Between the Viral Mobile App and a Healthier Lifestyle
July 6, 2017
Today marks the one year anniversary of Pokémon GO’s worldwide release that sent crowds hiking through parks, meandering into streets and walking for miles in search of Pokémon, those cute little digital characters that appear in real locations on your smartphone.
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Kent State’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives $1 Million Grant to Invest in Distance Learning
July 6, 2017
Kent State University’s Institute for Applied Linguistics has received a grant for $1 million from the Gawlicki Family Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut, to fund the development of a state-of-the-art distance learning translation studies program.
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Kent State Student’s Biology Degree and Experience With Infectious Diseases Helps Him Succeed in Wine Program
July 6, 2017
Randy Roberts, a student working toward his associate’s degree in enology at Kent State University at Ashtabula, uses his previous degree in biology to help supplement his education.
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Wick Poetry Center’s Traveling Stanzas Poetry Kiosks Set Up On Campus
July 6, 2017
Poetry kiosks written for Traveling Stanzas through Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center have found their home in downtown Kent for months and recently expanded to eight Kent Campus locations.
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Kent State Clears the Air with New Smoke-Free, Tobacco-Free Policy
June 30, 2017
Starting July 1, 2017, all Kent State University campuses will become smoke-free and tobacco-free. The new policy applies to all students, employees, volunteers, vendors, and visitors on all Kent State property locally and abroad.
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