Diverse Kent State

Nationally, Sept. 15 marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. This year, Kent State University is celebrating the 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month as Avanzando Juntos: Moving Forward Together with numerous events and celebrations.   Ilianna Velez, assistant director of the Kent State E. Timothy Moore Student Multicultural Center...

Kent State Today will be following a group of Golden Flashes for the 2023-'24 academic year chronicling their efforts and successes during the fall and spring semesters. The group includes students, faculty and administrators who are at different places on their Kent State University journeys.  Today, we kick off the series by intr...

A combination of powerful art, reflective dance and historical courage are meant to connect and inspire a new generation of heroes.  The art exhibition Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein takes residence at Kent State University this fall.  The exhibit features 11 tapestries and 21 sculp...

Dana Oleskiewicz, a Kent State University doctoral student in cultural foundations, said she signed on for the study abroad program, the Kigali Summer Institute, to learn about marginalized communities in her quest to pursue mediation skills. The institute embodies the course, "Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi," and this year...

Kent State University's welcoming atmosphere and diverse population is what many students love about Kent State.   This week began the annual photo shoot for the Flashes of Pride Poster, which features the faces, names, gender identity and majors of some of Kent State’s LGBTQ+ community and allies.   “The Flashes of Pri...

    After two days of heavy rains and intense winds across Northeast Ohio, the skies cleared, creating perfect weather for this year’s Akron Pride Festival, which took place on Saturday, Aug. 26, in downtown Akron. Roughly 30,000 people were expected to attend this year’s event. “It seems like every year it grows and...

I was excited to go see the new Barbie movie on opening night a few weeks ago. I prepared my clothes in advance, selecting my most pink clothes, and well as searched through my bin of scarves for my pink hijab. Growing up, Barbie served as a super woman, a working mom for all my dolls. She got dressed in high fashion, drove a plane ...

Have you seen them? Done a double take? It’s nearly impossible to walk around Kent State University’s Kent Campus these days and not see the massive new eye-catching graphics emblazoned across several important buildings. These colorful images offer students, faculty and staff daily visual reminders of what it means to be a Golden Flash...

When he was a student at Kent State University, Preston Mitchum, BA ‘08, was heavily involved in student government and other organizations and recalls taking part in a considerable number of campus protests.  Now, the attorney and activist has become the peacemaker and voice of reason on the reality TV show, “Summer House: Martha’...

Once again, Kent State University has been named one of the Best Employers for Women in a nationwide ranking by Forbes and marketing research firm Statista. Kent State has been named to the list for the sixth consecutive year, having been included each year since Forbes began publishing the Best Employers for Women list in 2018. “I ...