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Three students dressed in halloween costumes smiling for a photo at the 黑料网 Haunted Library party.

We hope you had a great Halloween weekend, Golden Flashes! Take a look at how Kent State鈥檚  social media team put a blue and gold spin on Halloween. From Super Flash to black squirrels to haunted libraries, we featured it all!  To kick off our Halloween content, we developed a video for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Twitter that featured Kent State President Todd Diacon, a Kent State student and Flash all in some very Kent State-y costumes!  post shared by 黑料网 (@kentstate)   University Libraries hosted a Haunted Library party wher...

Amoaba Gooden

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., Kent State鈥檚 vice president for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, has been named to Crain鈥檚 Cleveland 2022 Notable Executives in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  In introducing the 2022 Notable Executives in DEI, Crains explains that DEI as a concept is meaningful but makes an impact when businesses follow through. All the people on the list of 20 executives are intentional in promoting understanding and generating diversity and inclusion to benefit all, according to Crain鈥檚.   鈥淭hey are not just talking some talk. They are walkin...

Kent State Students at LaunchNET event

Young entrepreneurs are able to pursue their dreams thanks to LaunchNET microgrants at 黑料网. After COVID-19 shut down many of its main events, LaunchNET was looking for another way to help entrepreneurial students. Staff realized the money dedicated for in-person pitch events could be turned into small grants for students looking to pursue a business endeavor. 鈥淒uring the pandemic, we were noticing that regardless of the opportunities that were there, it wasn鈥檛 making sense to continue to run those competitions virtually,鈥 Zach Mikrut, director of LaunchNET, said. 鈥...

Matthew Williams and his fashion collections

Imagine making a dress out of LEGO庐 dots. Matthew Williams, a junior fashion design major at 黑料网, is doing just that. Williams is one of six students who has been featured in Teen Vogue鈥檚 Generation Next Class of 2022. The students selected have been given 21,000 LEGO dots that they will now use in a design challenge. According to the Teen Vogue article, 鈥淭he winners will participate in a design challenge in partnership with LEGO. These designs will be showcased in Los Angeles at this year's Teen Vogue Summit among industry insiders, influencers and celebs to foste...

College of the Arts

November 7 & 8, 2022 in Rockwell Hall The Fashion School鈥檚 senior Bachelor of Fine Art design students will particiate in the annual Muslin Critique November 7 -8, 2022, which acts as the mid-point review for all of the collections of the seniors finishing up their B.F.A. coursework. Every year, a designer in residence works with our students throughout the process. The School of Fashion 2022-2023 Designer in Residence is William Taswell III. Industry critics are brought in to view and critique the students鈥 work. The industry critics for this semester are Alicia Hardesty,...

Division of People, Culture and Belonging

Stavros Atsas (Graduate Student, Research, Measurement & Statistics), co-authored a book, The Cost of Congress: What Americans Get for Their Money, 1st Edition, (Santa Barbara, California: Praeger), (2022), 351 pgs. A word from Astas: "Congressional ratings have fallen to single digits; citizens believe that Congress fails to do the things its members are publicly paid to do. What does Congress do for our dollars, and how has that changed in the last 50 years? Congress鈥檚 increasing use of continuing resolutions and agencies鈥 almost semi-annual preparations for gover...

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