It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.“Everybody’s not fighting. Everybody's okay. And everybody is chill with each other,” is how 15-year-old Ka’Tavion Coleman of Malvern, Ohio, describes it.    “I think peace means no wars, no conflict. It's nice out. It's a calm environment. There's no chaos going around. That's what I think peace is,” said Chase Jackson, 18, of Navarre, Ohio.For 19-year-old Ella Mayton of Canton, Ohio, peace takes the form of a cat: soft, fluffy, furry and cu...

 Radd K. Ehrman was born in Lawrence, Kansas, on October 5, 1952 to Richard and Leta Ehrman.  He attended primary and secondary school in both Fremont, Nebraska, and Lawrence Kansas.  He entered the University of Kansas as a freshman in 1970 where he met his future wife, Cynthia Ann Macey, a nursing student. They married in 1974.He graduated in with a B.A. in Classics in 1974 and entered the masters degree program in the Fall of that same year.  In 1976 he wrote his master’s thesis “Irony in Plautus” under the supervision of Professor L. R. Lind.In 1976 Ehrman entered the d...

If you look into the stands of the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center during a Kent State women's basketball game, you’ll find a mother-daughter duo from Brazil cheering with all their might.Hetty Alves de Andrade is not your typical college student, nor is she the typical non-traditional student.A loving wife and mother of three, Hetty has a long career in the computer science field. She speaks intermediate English, works full-time in the United States and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language through the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State. &nbs...

Join us for the unveiling of an original peace mural created by BzTat and Friends for the School of Peace and Conflict Studies at Kent State University. The opening of the exhibit will take place at 11:00am on Thursday, May 1, 2025. It will begin with remarks at the Center for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement (IAB 103). Following this, the artists will reveal the mural via livestream, and light refreshments will be served in celebration of the artists. Afterward, guests can join us across Lincoln Street at the SPCS offices (McGilvrey 113) to view the mural in-person and enjoy dessert.BzTat a...