IRC Hours - Internal Basic Page
Spring 2026 Hours:
Monday – Thursday: 9:30 AM – 7:30 PM
Friday: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Saturday – Sunday: CLOSED
Spring Break Hours:
March 9th - 12th: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Friday March 13th: CLOSED
Saturday - Sunday: CLOSED
Dinner with Friends is a program hosted by Civic and Community Engagement in the Center for Student Involvement, Kent State Votes, and Undergraduate Student Government that is designed to connect different members of our community—students, faculty, and staff—through engaging, facilitated conversations over dinner. The program’s core idea isn’t about being an expert on any given subject or even producing a plan at the end of the conversation but instead prioritizes the act of conversing and building connections with people you might not ordinarily meet.
Dinner with Friends is a program hosted by Civic and Community Engagement in the Center for Student Involvement, Kent State Votes, and Undergraduate Student Government that is designed to connect different members of our community—students, faculty, and staff—through engaging, facilitated conversations over dinner. The program’s core idea isn’t about being an expert on any given subject or even producing a plan at the end of the conversation but instead prioritizes the act of conversing and building connections with people you might not ordinarily meet.
Dinner with Friends is a program hosted by Civic and Community Engagement in the Center for Student Involvement, Kent State Votes, and Undergraduate Student Government that is designed to connect different members of our community—students, faculty, and staff—through engaging, facilitated conversations over dinner. The program’s core idea isn’t about being an expert on any given subject or even producing a plan at the end of the conversation but instead prioritizes the act of conversing and building connections with people you might not ordinarily meet.
In a front porch conversation during the height of COVID-19, two Kent State University professors realized they had something in common beyond their neighborhood proximity: both were turning to poetry to cope with unprecedented stress and uncertainty. Clare Stacey, Ph.D., a professor in Kent State's Department of Sociology and Criminology, and Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, were witnessing their students struggle with mental health challenges that the pandemic had intensified. As scientists, they wanted evidence. As educators, they wanted solution...