Community & Society
Video: May 4 Visitors Center Debuts “Sandy’s Scrapbook” Exhibition
Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at Kent State University. Now, almost 50 years later, Ms. Scheuer’s life will be the subject of a new exhibit at the May 4 Visitors Center at Kent State.
On The Map: Bea McPherson charted the course for women mapmakers
As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS ’43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effort—and charted the course for today’s women mapmakers.
By Jan Senn / Kent State Magazine
Writing Across Borders
Teaching artists from the Wick Poetry Center are engaging refugee and immigrant populations in a cross-cultural, intergenerational conversation through poetry and graphic design. With the support of a major grant from the Knight Foundation, the center has partnered with Urban Vision, the In…
Operation: Restoration
On a cold, rainy Saturday at the end of September, a group of volunteers and researchers trudge up a steep, muddy hill in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP). They’ve come out to celebrate National Public Lands Day and, despite the conditions, they’re having fun planting over 480 native trees o…
On The Map
As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS ’43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effort — and charted the course for today’s women mapmakers.
By Jan Senn / Kent State Magazine
Former Kent State Quarterback Julian Edelman Releases New Memoir
New England Patriots wide receiver and former Kent State University quarterback Julian Edelman released a new memoir, Relentless, on Tuesday, Oct. 24. The memoir is described as “the inspiring story of an underdog kid who was always doubted to becoming one of the most reliable and inspiring pl…
Tools, Toys or Aircraft? Kent State Hosts Series on Drones and Other Unmanned Aeronautical Vehicles
Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering is pleased to announce four upcoming workshops on drones. The first event will take place on Nov. 13, with a reception starting at 6 p.m. and conference from 7 to 9 p.m in the Kent Student Center Kiva. This workshop is presented…
Kent State Student Nurses Encourage Safe Sleeping Habits for Infants
The Student Nurses’ Association at Kent State University Trumbull is teaming up with Trumbull Memorial Hospital to teach new parents safe sleeping habits for their infants. The student nurses presented the hospital with more than a dozen "safe sleep sacks" to use on babies and model how to&n…
Kent State Ashtabula Digital Commons Collection Showcases Ohio Wine Industry
A team at Kent State University at Ashtabula has started a Digital Commons collection to showcase the Ohio wine industry.
Paint the World, Step by Step
Help attempt to break the world record of the World's Largest Barefoot Painted Mural!