Jessica Conrad, Ph.D., a lecturer of English at Kent State University at Stark, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Austria. The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Conrad will lecture and research at the University of Graz as part of her project, “Perspectives of American Protest Literature and Culture from Abroad.” Conrad’s project traces connections between historical examples of early American literary activism to current cultural expressions of protest, particularly in social justice and climate acti...
Kent State's Jessica Conrad Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Austria Jessica Conrad, Ph.D., a lecturer of English at Kent State University at Stark, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Austria. The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Conrad will lecture and research at the University of Graz as part of her project, “Perspectives of American Protest Literature and Culture from Abroad.” Conrad’s project traces connections between historical examples of early American literary activism to curr...
Division of University Communications and Marketing
This summer has been flying by and before you know it, we’ll be back on campus for a new and exciting semester! We’ve had many social posts and updates throughout this month. Here’s a look at some of our top-performing posts. Instagram The top post on Instagram this month was our video celebrating the Fourth of July. This post received about 4,000 views and 1,152 likes. Our social and creative teams had fun creating this unique project to celebrate the holiday. View this post on Instagram...
School of Theatre and Dance
Porthouse Theatre is thrilled to announce a special Buy One, Get One Free offer for tickets to the Saturday, July 31 performance of "Altar Boyz." You can reserve tickets for this performance online at the link below or by calling the Porthouse Box Office at 330-672-3884. In order to secure the offer, please provide the code SOUL. Reserve Tickets to Altar Boyz About Altar Boyz Running July 29 - August 15, 2021, "Altar Boyz" is directed by Porthouse's Producing Artistic Director Terri Kent, choreographed by Martín Céspedes, and music directed by Jonathan Swobod...
College of the Arts
The School of Theatre and Dance is thrilled to welcome theatre artist JaMeeka Holloway as the 2021-2022 Roe Green Visiting Director. Holloway will join the School as a visiting director-in-residence in the Spring of 2022 to direct a reimagined production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. About the Roe Green Visiting Director Series The Roe Green Visiting Director Series was established in 2003 by Kent State alumna and Cleveland-based philanthropist Roe Green. An initial $25,000 donation was repeated annually until 2018 when Ms. Green endowed the Series with a $2....
BHRI Seminar Series
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The mission of the Brain Health Research Institute is to foster and support collaborative research leading to innovative discoveries about the brain that ultimately improve the health of our communities and beyond.
Our Education Abroad program was featured in the national news in Italy to represent the return of students to Florence, and Italy in general, following Covid 19 shutdowns. Kent State offers programs in Florence during the Spring and Fall semesters. Students take a minimum of 12 credits. There is also a Florence Summer Institute in June. The news segment (in Italian) is a short insight into our students' life in Florence during our Summer Institute Program! https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1949162355243263 -- source: Rai/TGR Toscana “It’s nice to have ...