Global Impact

Matthew Likens speaks at the 26 Solomon Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

Kent State Alumnus Matthew Likens Shares Realities of Startup Leadership with Students

When Matthew E. Likens, ‘75, returned to Kent State University April 15 for the Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Series, he brought students a candid look at the realities of leading a startup. Students got to see the highs, the failures and the lessons learned across decades in global business.

Tags: Students First , Global Impact , Community & Society

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Mount Fuji in fall

Students Explore Worlds of Opportunity During 'I Heart Travel Week'

During I Heart Travel Week, students had the opportunity to learn more about education abroad, celebrate current students and past students who have studied abroad and engage with international activities on campus.  

Tags: Student Life , Global Impact , Students First , Community & Society

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Jasmine McCulley Competition

Kent State Junior Jasmine McCulley Joins Team USA for World Twirling Championships

For most of her life, Kent State junior visual communication design major Jasmine McCulley, has built her identity around community, the arts and competition, whether through The Touch of Gold Twirlers or competitive baton twirling. Sixteen years after she first picked up a baton, she will represent Team USA this August in Paris at the IBTF World Competition.

Tags: Profiles , Sports , Student Life , Students First , Global Impact

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Study Abroad Photo Contest Winner - Scenic Highlights, Switzerland.

IN A FLASH: Education Abroad Photo and Video Contest

Kent State's Office of Global Education shared the international images captured by the winners of its 2025 Education Abroad Fall Photo/Video contest.

Tags: Office of Global Education , Education Abroad , Global Impact , Global Reach

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Kent State students attend a hockey game at the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympics.

Olympic Dreams Realized

A group of Kent State University students spent their spring break learning in Italy and Greece and attending the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympics as part of the Business of the Olympics, an advanced sports administration course.

Tags: Student Life , Global Reach , Students First , Global Impact

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Visit from Rwandan Minister of Health.

IN A FLASH: A VIP Visit from Rwanda

Rwanda's Minister of Health was part of a delegation that visited Kent State to meet with administrators from Kent State's Office of Global Education and Rwandan students currently studying at Kent State.

Tags: Global Reach , Nationally Distinctive , International Students , Office of Global Education , Global Impact

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Educators from Brazil took part in the Design Innovation Change Agent Workshop.

Agents of Change: Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative Trains Brazilian Educators

A group of school administrators from Brazil recently completed the 10-day Design Innovation Change Agent Workshop at Kent State University’s Design Innovation Hub, where they immersed themselves in design innovation techniques as they endeavor to innovate their school system at home.

Tags: Community & Society , Global Impact , Nationally Distinctive , Global Reach

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Update Recycle Eclipse Glasses

UPDATE: How to Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses

After the eclipse, Flashes can do their part to promote sustainability  by recycling their eclipse glasses for use by viewers of future eclipses around the world. 

Tags: Global Impact , Organizational Sustainability , Research & Science , Community & Society , Community Impact , Total Solar Eclipse , City of Kent , Global Reach

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Holi 2024

The Festival of Love, Colors and Spring

In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi. 

Tags: Global Impact , Community & Society , Global Education , Student Organizations , University Culinary Services , Arts & Culture , Global Reach

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Kent State Classics professor Sarah Harvey, Ph.D., dig at a site in Italy

Digging Into an Ancient Mystery Along Italy’s Tiber River

Sarah Harvey, Ph.D., explains how photogrammetry helps advance her archaeological study.

Tags: Research & Science , Global Impact

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