Community & Society

Juneteenth Logo 2023

A recent survey on Kent State Today asked people in the Kent State community to share their feelings and memories about Juneteenth. 

Sgt, Ann Spahr, K-9 Salem and Mialie Szymanski

Kent State at Trumbull's STEM committee raised money to support the Kent State University Police Department's K-9 program. 

Kent State student nurses helped to treat a man who had fallen ill with a seizure.

Three Kent State University College of Nursing students had an unexpected opportunity to come to the aid of a person who had fallen on a sidewalk while suffering a seizure. 

A driver adjust the radio dial in his car.

Kent State University School of Media and Journalism Associate Professor Mitch McKenney explains why there is a critical need to maintain access to AM radio in cars.

Kent State Alum Eli Kalil is spending two years as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center.

Two-time Kent State University alumnus Eli Kalil, who is finishing up his first year as a Presidential Management Fellow at Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, said his degrees prepared him well for the field of healthcare administration

Kent State's fleet includes this airplane.

Brian Neff, assistant dean of flight and operations at Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, was recently featured on Spectrum News 1 Ohio with a Kent State aeronautics student, to shed light on the national pilot shortage and explain what Kent State is doing to help fix this shortage.

Kent State University education majors work with immigrant children in Akron, Ohio, to increase their food literacy.

Kent State University education major Klair Heestand said the time she spent teaching refugee students in Akron in the spring was excellent preparation for when she enters her own classroom one day. 

“It was very helpful, because we’re going to have students of varying abilities, and students for whom English is a second language, no matter where we teach,” Heestand said. “We don’t need anyone left behind because of a language barrier.” 

 

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Student at Karamu

The university's traditional Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración de los Graduados ceremonies celebrated Spring 2023 graduates. 

Dr. Lashonda Taylor at Karamu

The Student Multicultural Center celebrated its Spring 2023 graduates on Wednesday.