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Kent State Magazine

Fall/Winter 2020-21

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Racism and the Rock

After racist messages appear repeatedly on the Rock, Kent State redoubles its anti-racism efforts.

Features

The Rock, Racism, Reconciliation

Anti-racism efforts at Kent State have redoubled after racist messages appeared on the Rock.

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Hayley Shasteen knows what it’s like to live with brain fog.

06.12.2020

And millions of other people do, too—although some don’t have the vocabulary to describe it. Now she’s working on a study to develop a working definition for this common cognitive impairment.

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Traveling through an unfamiliar airport?

06.12.2020

Saroj Dahal, a student from Nepal, used his family’s experience to inspire teammates who won the “Improving the Air Traveler Experience” challenge during SkyHack 2019.

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“I want to have fun with it.”

18.11.2020

When Emily Duncan, MLIS ’16, was writing her first young adult fantasy novel, she wasn’t worried about pleasing publishers. Maybe that’s why it became a NYT Best Seller and inspires devoted fans who create art in homage to it.

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WKSU Celebrates 70 Years of Radio Excellence

WKSU has continued growing in support, radio innovation, technology and staff since officially taking to the airwaves on Oct. 2, 1950.

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Flashes Guide

Dec 18, 2020

Quick tips for living smarter from trusted Kent State sources.

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So Help Me Pod

02.12.2020

These three alumni have created the podcasts they wish they could have listened to when struggling with their own life challenges.

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Departments

Readers Respond

Dec 11, 2020

Readers respond to magazine content or comment on KSU–related topics.

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President's Perspective

Dec 16, 2020

The Way I See It

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Flash Forward

On His Way | Pulling Together During the Pandemic | Women’s Golf Head Coach Lisa Strom on resilience—On and Off the Course | School of Fashion Director Louise Valentine on Designing for Change | New Zoom Room at Kent State University at Geauga | Design Innovation Hub Virtual Grand Opening | Finding Future Flashes | Wagon Wheel Win | Forging a Path in Finance | Getting Out the College Vote | Noteworthy

Alumni Life

Making Art in a Material World | Golden Flash Quilt | In the Custody of the Law | Kent State Softball Player has Short, but Distinguished Senior Season | How Jenna Palek Got Her Dream Job | 2020 Alumni Awards | Celebrating Homecoming—From Here, There, Anywhere! | 2020-21 Class Notes | In Memory
Flashback

Dec 09, 2020

A Century of Flight provides an extensive history of Kent State's airport and flight training program, published in time for the airport's centennial in 2020.

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Giving Voice

Nov 30, 2020

"100% Me" by Betty Jackson

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