On February 25, 2020, CIIE celebrated International Mother Language Day at 200 (Read Room) White Hall. Students, faculty, and scholars learned about the meaning and importance of International Mother Language Day. Activities for participants included Language Wall: The State of Language; Language Wall: Images; and proverbs and poems in different mother languages! Esther Sijuwade, Graduate Intern at Read Center and Blaire Thompson, Graduate Intern at International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS)   Read about International Mother Language Day on United Nations website &n...

On February 19, 2020, CIIE held a Cultural Dialogue, Latinos in the Media: The World Outside and the Pictures in our Heads, at 200 (Read Room) White Hall. The Dialogue was presented by panelists from Kent State School of Communication Studies; Dr. Elizabeth Graham, School Director; Dr. Yesim Kaptan; Dr. Rekha Sharma; and Dr. Ikram Toumi. Sign Language Interpreters, Kate Giet and Donna Wuerschmidt, were also there to interpret the panel.  From left to right:  Dr. Rekha Sharma; Dr. Ikram Toumi; Dr. Yesim Kaptan; Dr. Elizabeth Graham, School Director; Dr. Linda Robertson, Direct...

The Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) may be a recent development at Kent State, but with fresh leadership, emerging partnerships and a refined vision, it’s well on its way to gaining national renown. “The Brain Health Research Institute marks a major turning point in the history of Kent State as a research university,” President Todd Diacon said. In February, Lehman convened the first BHRI faculty retreat, where Kent State researchers discussed and summarized ideas about Kent State’s strengths and opportunities in brain health. Lehman brought those ideas to the BHRI Executive Co...

Living May 4th, a pair of personal collections of items and artifacts pertaining to the tragic events of May 4, 1970, is currently on display at the Kent State University at Ashtabula Library. The exhibit is part of the campus’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of May 4th. Geneva resident Jeff Petrunger and anthropology associate professor David Perusek, Ph.D. contributed items for the exhibit including a chronological collection of local headlines, iconic covers of national magazines like Newsweek and Life, books, music compilations, clothing and other items pertaining to the events o...

On Feb. 19, 2020, the Kent chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, The National Honors Society for First-Year Success, held its induction ceremony for eligible members from the fall 2019 semester. At the start of the spring 2020 semester, all first-year, registered full-time students who met the qualifications of a 3.5 GPA or higher during their previous first semester at Kent State were invited to join the Kent chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, and take part in the February induction ceremony. The Dean of the Honors College, Alison J. Smith, delivered the keynote address to the attendees, and was also r...