The skies over the Kent State Airport were buzzing Sept. 9-10 for the annual A&E Expo. The event offered community members opportunities to get up close with aircraft and pilots while touring the airport and chatting with staff and students of Kent State's College of Aeronautics and Engineering. Thousands attended the family event, which has been a fixture in the Stow/Kent community for more than two decades. The Expo offers Kent State an opportunity to connect with the community while showcasing the exciting te...
The Nkafu Policy Institute recently appointed Ghana native Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Kent State University, one of its Non-Resident Fellows in Governance & Democracy. The central mission of the Nkafu Policy Institute is to work with leading experts/scholars to provide novel policy ideas and prescriptions that will help Africa’s socio-economic development. Efforts to keep enhancing good governance practices, democratic consolidation, and the promotion of peace/security across Africa are some of the pressing issues being addressed...
Kent State University at Trumbull is opening the Hart’s School of Performing Arts in October. Shiloh Hart was featured on WKBN for starting an eight-week program for high school students searching for knowledge and experience in the performing arts. “I just thought it was an excellent opportunity to take everything I’ve learned over the years and gone through when I was in high school and bring it back to this area,” Hart told WKBN. According to the school website, Hart will be offering workshops, one-acts, and private lessons for ages K-12. “I feel like...
Kent State University faculty and staff participated in a Lunchtime Bike/Scooter Ride on Friday as part of the university’s wellness program. Once or twice a month, from May through September, a SPIN representative leads a tour of the Kent Campus and the community with SPIN bikes and scooters, free of charge. Participants may also bring their own bikes or scooters. To learn more, visit www.kent.edu/recwell/spin-ksu. ...
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Cassandra Jones Returns to Coshocton Elementary School (CES) The Coshocton Tribune reports that EHHS grad Cassandra Jones, AAS ’20, BSE ’22, a native of Dennison, Ohio, will be one of two new teachers at Coshocton Elementary School this year. CES has two new teachers this year. Cassandra Jones in fourth grade and Melissa Hannan in the self-contained classroom. For Jones, this is her first teaching job after graduating Kent State University in May. She's from Coshocton originally, but grew up in Dennison and graduated from Claymont Hi...