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Why should I join a USO group?

USO groups can offer something that’s rare to find: caring people who will give you honest feedback - in a respectful, gentle way – about how you might be thinking or acting in ways that aren’t serving you very well. These conversations occur within a supportive and confidential space. 

Here are a few other advantages:

What is group therapy?

The therapy groups that CAPS offers are sometimes called interpersonal process groups because they focus on the interactions between the group members. Group members relate to each other inside the group in similar ways that they relate to others outside the group, which can create a microcosm of the outside world. Group can be seen as a safe “laboratory” where you can learn more about your relationship patterns and experiment with new ways of relating.

DEI Strategic Plan

College of the Arts DEI Strategic Plan Goal Year #2 (2023-2024): Invest in DEI strength and capability

Action Steps

  1. Increase in delivering diverse, equitable and inclusive programming/education and curriculum.
  2. Create and promote initiatives for improving College of the Arts experience for students.
  3. Develop processes that facilitate and recognize measurable DEIA related contributions in faculty and staff evaluations.
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Flash's Food Pantry at Salem

Flash’s Food Pantry on the Salem Campus is located in Room 164.

There is no need to make an appointment – the door is open during regular campus operating hours.

Students, staff and faculty can select free food and personal hygiene items at times that are convenient to them.

The location is discreet, confidential and there is no request for personal information.

Bags are available to carry items.

To donate:

There is always a need to replenish the shelves, especially for the more popular items. Donations are always welcome.

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University policy regarding graduate assistantships

  1. The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines for the administration of graduate assistantships at the university. Graduate assistantships are offered to selected graduate students to meet the teaching, research, or administrative needs of the appointing unit offering the assistantship.
  2. Definitions.
    1. Graduate teaching assistants. For the purposes of this rule, a graduate teaching assistant performs teaching duties on behalf of the university.
Policy Effective Date:
Apr 13, 2026

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A classroom assignment at 5XÉçÇř sparked a successful business venture for former Golden Flashes football star Will Matthews.Matthews, who helped Kent State win its first bowl game in 2019, turned his entrepreneurial studies project into reality with the Southern Comfort Kitchen food truck in 2019. The business has since expanded to include a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Akron's Highland Square, which opened in 2022.Kent State Today first featured Matthews in 2018 while he was still a student, showcasing his early entrepreneurial ambitions.Drawing on his New Orleans roots...

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