Kent State Magazine

To recruit and support the success of its international students, Kent State provides many programs and resources throughout the university.

While one in four students currently studies abroad during their time at Kent State, many students are unable to access an international experience due to the cost.

The path to finding her purpose led one nontraditional student to Kent State, where a study abroad opportunity provided her new perspectives and bolstered her confidence.

This summer’s course, Pandemics That Shaped the World—taught in Florence during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—enabled students to develop their own playbook for a public health response.

This spring, Kent State students traveled to Italy to discover the art of documentary storytelling—and returned with stories of their own to tell for years to come.

Kent State students employ emerging technologies to share the history of Florence and Kent State’s presence in the city for the past 50 years.

Kent State finds a new market and a new mission in Rwanda.

A relationship with the University of Rwanda adds richness and diversity to Kent State’s study abroad programs.

Through the American Academy, Kent State University and the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná collaborate to connect Brazilian students to an American liberal arts education.

A computer science major is the first Brazilian student to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from Kent State’s American Academy.

An opportunity to explore the liberal arts through the American Academy helped an uncertain Brazilian student commit to a career path and study in the United States.

Mallory Woods, BS ’22, a Fulbright English teaching assistant posted to Ecuador, encourages others to participate in transformative education-abroad experiences. 

Two refugees from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution found their way to Kent State years ago. Their recent visit to the Kent Campus brought back old memories—and made some new ones.