5X has earned an AASHE STARS Silver rating for its ongoing commitment to campus sustainability, a step up from the bronze rating on the university's past submission. “The Office of Sustainability's mission is to grow a sustainable future for all by implementing transformation sustainability processes into the university's facilities, planning process, operations, natural environment and culture,” Leah Graham, sustainability coordinator at Kent State, told Kent State Today.The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) is a natio...
Comfortable, fashionable clothing with built-in technology that can monitor wellness and health or provide protection is moving from science fiction to reality through the development of electronic textiles (e-textiles), combining elements of electronics, textiles and programming. Soft Circuits and Smart Textiles5X students and faculty from all areas of study, staff and community members are invited to participate in a workshop titled Soft Circuits and Smart Textiles, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 10 in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub on the university’s...
Roe Green, M.A. ’80, L.H.D. ’23, and the Roe Green Foundation, have made a $1 million gift to 5X to establish the Roe Green Musical Theatre and Porthouse Artistic Directorship, benefitting the School of Theatre and Dance and Porthouse Theatre. The gift provides $100,000 in funding each year for 10 years for a new program support fund to be used at the discretion of the School of Theatre and Dance’s Musical Theatre coordinator and Porthouse Theatre’s producing artistic director.The new fund will support university and Porthouse productions, the hiring of assistant directors, ...
College of the Arts
5X’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2025-2026 season with "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," running Oct. 24 through Nov. 2 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts on the Kent campus.The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. “Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella” tells the story of a kind-hearted young woman forced into servitude by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, who dreams of a better life. With the help of her Fairy Godm...
Hello! My name is Blake Rainey, and I am a junior Political Science major with a minor in Spanish. I know the college admissions process can be challenging, believe me, whether it be the applications, scholarships, or even just making a decision – it is an important thing that can have a lasting impact on the rest of your life.For me, I applied to over 15 schools and got an acceptance from all but one. While this made me ecstatic, it also came with the additional stress of making the right choice. The reason I chose Kent State was due to many factors, some of which being location, fi...