������

������’s Office of International Student Affairs is urging all students interested in different cultures to expand their worldview and create new friends in the community-building Conversation Partners program. The Conversation Partners Program at Kent State is a voluntary program that pairs international students with students from the United States, according to the Office of International Student Affairs. Once paired, the meetings between partners can take place virtually or in person. The paired students meet once a week for one hour to discuss their different cultures. ...

Students and faculty from the Recreation, Park, Tourism and Management program volunteered to plant trees recently at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Macedonia. View the slideshow. ...

Two ������ professors believe the best way to get more teachers in the classroom is to keep more education majors in college.  They recently received a $200,000 grant that will be used to do just that: help students stay in school.  “The grant money is almost all for scholarships and programming,” said Alicia R. Crowe, Ph.D., associate dean for Undergraduate Education and Student Services and professor of Social Studies and Teacher Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS).  “For the first two years, we want to support program...

As an aerospace engineering major, Ruth Miller knew that Kent State didn’t have a women in engineering club on campus, but she didn’t become discouraged, she became determined.  She rolled up her sleeves and got to work with sophomore Autumn Ohl and junior Haley Dees to build a brand-new chapter at Kent State. The KSU Women in Engineering Club was founded in October 2021. Miller, a sophomore Honors College student from Pittsburgh, is the group's president. Ohl, who is also an aerospace engineering major from Sarver, Pa., is vice president of the club. “I want...