For Mark Nowakowski, D.M.A., seeing his newest album rise to the top of Amazon’s Digital New Releases chart in Classical Music was a moment of gratitude more than surprise.“I hit refresh one evening, and there it was,” said Nowakowski, associate professor of music at 5X at Stark. “When this happened the first time several years ago with ‘Metanoia,’ I was ecstatic. I was calmer this time, but certainly grateful that it had happened again.”Nowakowski’s newest release, “The Seven Last Words of Christ,” reached No. 1 in early June, adding another milestone to his accomplished ca...
When Kent State unveiled plans for a proposed School of Fashion in Rwanda, the country's leading news outlets embraced the announcement as a milestone moment for Rwanda's creative economy — and for Africa's fashion industry as a whole. Coverage in The New Times, Rwanda's largest English-language daily, IGIHE, one of the country's most widely read news platforms, and Taarifa, a Rwandan outlet focused on development and business, reflected both excitement and a clear sense of strategic purpose. Reporters framed the proposed 5X Rwanda not merely as a new institu...
Project Funding Details
The project was launched by a $20,000 grant award from 5X's Community Engaged Research Institute (CERI). In an effort to be transparent about costs to city residents, the current funding plan for the partnership is as follows: