College of the Arts
CHISHOLM/CHERRY—A local couple is traveling to New York City where they are set to perform music as part of an ensemble in one of the oldest parades in the nation. Ryan Freitas, Band Director at Chisholm High School and his wife, Marie Freitas, Band Director at Cherry High School have been accepted to be part of Saluting America's Band Directors Marching Band performing in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "Saluting America's Band Directors is providing a way to recognize the extraordinary dedication and accomplishments of band directors everywhere—public and private schools at all levels...
Winter Coat and Clothing Drive
From Nov. 1 through Dec. 13, donate new, clean, or gently used items for all ages including winter clothing, and coats, hats, gloves and scarves at donation bins throughout the Kent Campus. The Winter Coat and Clothing Drive is coordinated by Kent State Adventure Center, CARES Center, Career Exploration & Development, Community Engaged Learning, Department of Athletics, Design Innovation, Kent State of Well-being, Office of Sustainability, and the Women's Center.
Kent State East Liverpool students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant and the Physical Therapist Assistant programs combined their fundraising efforts to make a monetary donation to Focus Hippotherapy, an outdoor equestrian facility in Berlin Center that treats individuals with a variety of diagnoses. The students presented a check to Dawn Speece, owner and executive director of the facility who founded the program in 1993. Hippotherapy comes from the Greek word “hippos,” meaning horse, and is defined as treatment with the help of a horse. While most clients are children, th...
Graduate Student Spotlight: Javier de la Morena Corrales
Major(s)/Degree(s): PhD in Translation Studies
Concentration(s): Translation History, Literary Translation, Queer Translation Studies
Student & Alumni Spotlight
Name: Aditya Sahani
Graduation Term: Class of 2026
Major: Biology
Specialty: Pre-Medicine
Kent State University at Trumbull's Digital Media Production Center, in partnership with Kent State Trumbull Theatre, Hounding Productions LLC, and Trumbull Satellite (a student-run digital magazine), is looking for local students interested who are interested in film to submit entries for its Student Short Film Festival. Northeast Ohio students from pre-school to college are invited to submit 15-second to 12-minute videos appropriate for a general audience. Prizes range from $30 to $300 gift cards. The contest will be part of Kent State Trumbull's Digital Media Production Center's...