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Week Two: Jan. 19 - Jan. 24

Tuesday, Jan. 20 — Intercultural Student Life's Global Community Hour

  • Global Community Hour (GCH) is a monthly event that brings together the Kent State community for afternoons of conversation and friendship with international and American students. 
  • Come make friends, play games, and eat free snacks! 
  • This event will take place from 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. in room 220 of the Kent Student Center (Pepsi Leadership Center).

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Week One: Jan. 12 - Jan. 17

Monday, Jan. 12 — Pop Into a New Semester (College of Aeronautics and Engineering)

  • Kick off the semester with fresh, buttery popcorn while catching up with friends, meeting faculty and staff, and soaking in the start-of-term vibes. 
  • This event will take place at the Timken Atrium in the Aeronautics & Engineering Building from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 13 — Flash Activities Board's (FAB) Karaoke

  • Join FAB in the Rathskeller for a night of Karaoke! Bring a friend and sing your heart out.

 The 5X Museum has received an award from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation to fund a comprehensive energy audit of its historic 1928 building, Rockwell Hall. The audit will evaluate the building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and provide recommendations for sustainable facility improvements. This grant is part of the Frankenthaler Foundation’s broader Frankenthaler Climate Initiative (FCI) supporting energy efficiency and clean energy adoption at arts institutions nationwide. Since its launch in 2021, the initiative has significantly expanded its i...

Education Abroad Galapagos Islands.

  Following in the footsteps of naturalist Charles Darwin, Kent State students got to experience things they have studied in their classes live and up close on an education-abroad trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.  With faculty from Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences students traveled to the edge of the world this summer to hike on volcanoes, walk through lava tunnels, snorkel with sea lions, see exotic birds and stroll, somewhat slowly, with giant tortoises.   Destinations included Quito, San Cristobol Island, Santa Cruz and Isabela. Whi...

Slashed Courses

Slashed courses allow students at different academic levels (e.g., undergraduate, master’s, doctoral) to take a course together. These are always within the same discipline and are scheduled to be taught simultaneously by the same instructor. 

Cross-Listed Courses

Cross-listed courses are single courses offered jointly by two departments or schools, typically to support interdisciplinary topics. Although students can only register for one version, both courses are taught at the same time, in the same location, and by the same instructor(s).

Fashion designer Christian Siriano meets with Kent State School of Fashion students.

Acclaimed New York fashion designer Christian Siriano told 5X School of Fashion students to practice their craft with dedication, accept criticism and learn from it, but to remember that they will never please everyone.“You’ll never be everything for everybody,” Siriano told a group of about 40 fashion design students who gathered in Rockwell Hall on the Kent Campus Aug. 6 for the chance to chat with the fashion designer.Being submerged in a creative place like the fashion school with other talented designers is a great breeding ground for inspiration, he said.“It’s not abou...

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