YouTube sensation and Broadway actress, Morgan James, is a soul singer that will take you to a different era at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on October 19 at 7:30 p.m. "A phenomenal talent whose feel for classic soul music is bone deep...This woman is on fire." -- The New York Times One voice is all it takes. The right vocalist can make you fall in love at first listen, elicit tears, or bring you back to a different era altogether. A microphone and a stage remain the only necessities. That holds true for New York-based soul singer, ...
Kent State University’s Honors College is a place of enrichment, learning, and fun for an ever-growing number of students. This year, the number of Honors College freshmen reached a new record, totaling 572 students. In addition to Stopher and Johnson Halls, which house the administrative offices of the Honors College as well as provide housing and community to hundreds of honors students, the Honors Living-Learning Community has expanded to include Centennial Court B as of fall 2019. Already, the Honors College class of 2023 demonstrates a great deal of academic potential: their ...
While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, Kent State University has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow. Kent State’s Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences received federal funding for the 12th consecutive year to host the fully immersive STARTALK Summer Foreign Language Academy this past summer. Twenty students from Northeast Ohio learned Russian or Chinese language a...
Love, loss and hope. These are three critical elements Maria Jacobs brings – along with her considerable professional experience – to the Kent State University community. Jacobs is a part-time instructor in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music and a nationally known jazz singer. “Every day that I teach, I learn a tremendous amount,” Jacobs said. “Students come in with ideas and goals for not only their voices, but also knowledge of the ‘Great American Songbook’ and music theory. It brings me immeasurable joy to see their faces light up when they love a song I introduce for the first time.” Ja...
All students will be evaluated on a Reflection Essay that examines the impact of the study away experience. This assignment should be 3-5 pages.
Students should submit the Reflection Essay to Dr. Kim Hahn in Rockwell, 218C.
Reflective Essay Prompts
Utilize the list below to guide your Reflective Essay:
A complete proposal includes:
- A completed Online Proposal Form
- A completed Signature Form (download from the Proposal Form)
- A Proposal Description of the experience and planned assessment
Proposal Description
The Proposal Description must be 2-3 pages and should include the following information:
Introduction: A brief overview of what you plan to do as your study away experience.
Global Learning is the critical analysis and engagement with complex, interdependent global systems, and their implications for people's lives and the Earth's sustainability. Through Global Learning, students should:
- Become informed, open-minded, and responsible people who are attentive to diversity across the spectrum of differences,
- seek to understand how their actions affect both local and global communities, and
- address the world's most pressing and enduring issues collaboratively and equitably.
The Office of Faculty and Graduate Student Retention, Success and Inclusion, in collaboration with Human Resources, will host the annual New Hire Diversity Luncheon on November 6, 2019. The luncheon will welcome and honor new diverse faculty and staff hires from all Kent State campuses. The luncheon is an opportunity for attendees to network and meet other new diverse hires as well as receive valuable resources to help them be successful at Kent State University. The luncheon will feature remarks by esteemed speakers Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Man...
The Women’s Center is excited to announce the (R)Evolution Leadership program is officially on the books as a Kent State University Fall 2019 course! “We started this program because we knew we needed a way to bring students together with their peers and provide networking opportunities with leaders across campus and the community,” shared Women’s Center Director, Cassandra Pegg-Kirby. According to the American Association of University Women (AAUW), there is a need for women leadership programs. Although women make up more than half of the population, “In universities, businesses and...
The Student Multicultural Center (SMC) kicked off our Academic Year by welcoming over 240 first year and new transfer students to Kent State University during our Kupita/Transiciones (K/T) cultural orientation program. The program focuses on ways to culturally affirm our students, build community and enhance their sense of belonging to Kent State University. By the end of the fourth day of K/T, we really felt the sense of family amongst the new students, our upperclassmen, and our faculty and staff. In Fall 2020, The Male Empowerment Network (MEN) will be celebrating the 10th an...