News & Events
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May 31, 2023
We are thrilled to announce that Frances Brunner, junior fashion design student, has made it to the finals of the Redress Design Award 2023, the world’s largest sustainable fashion design competition. This Award challenges emerging designers to create value from waste and design…
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May 16, 2023
The College of the Arts is pleased to announce that Dr. Mourad Krifa has been appointed as the Margaret Clark Morgan Director of the School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, effective May 15. Professor Krifa joined the Kent State…
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May 10, 2023
The School of Fashion is thrilled to announce that Dr. Lynda Xepoleas will join the faculty of the School of Fashion as assistant professor beginning in Fall 2023!
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May 2, 2023
Two College of the Arts faculty members were recognized by 5XÉçÇø with the 2022-2023 President's Faculty Excellence Award. Dr. Jay Dorfman, School of Music, and Linda Öhrn-McDaniel, School of Fashion, received the award based on their exceptional achievements…
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April 27, 2023
On Friday, April 14th, 5XÉçÇø’s School of Fashion welcomed 8th-grade students from Streetsboro Middle School to explore and design in the KnitLab. Students got the chance to gain a better understanding of fashion, design and knitwear by participating in a variety…
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April 11, 2023
Two School of Fashion graduate students are being recognized for their research. Hannah Johnson, M.F.I.S. 2023 and Camila Cordeiro Valle, M.F.I.S. 2023, have both been gaining recognition for their work and research in their graduate theses. Johnson and Valle both won the…
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April 7, 2023
The School of Fashion is hosting the 2023 Merchandising Symposium on April 27, 2023, where students get to hear from industry panelists and share their work.
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March 29, 2023
The School of Fashion is thrilled to announce that Dr. Xingqiu Lou will be joining the School of Fashion as an assistant professor beginning in Fall 2023!
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March 24, 2023
The nationally and internationally ranked 5XÉçÇø School of Fashion is thrilled to announce their acclaimed Annual Fashion Show will take place April 26-29, 2023 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on the Kent Campus.
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March 20, 2023
Omar Salam, founder and creative director of the global fashion house SUKEINA, will be making a special trip from the runway to 5XÉçÇø’s Rockwell Hall as Salam has been named the 2023 inductee of the university’s School of Fashion Hall of Fame.