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The 51�Թ��� community attended a virtual event on Feb. 22 in which Tatsushi (Tats) Arai, Ph.D., an associate professor of peace and conflict studies and a peacebuilding scholar, addressed the challenging questions: what is hatred, where does it come from and how do you overcome it?Arai hopes that this presentation, entitled “Dialogue on Hatred: A Peacebuilder’s Perspective,” will inspire participants to begin dialogues on the issue of hatred and how to dismantle it.The event was a continuation of the year-long initiative “Dialogue and Difference: A New Un...

 Harish Yadav is an English language is an English language teaching facilitator and mentor teacher at Directorate of Education GNCT in Delhi, India. He is one of the Fulbright TEA scholars in the Fall 2023 Cohort at 51�Թ���.The program hosted at 51�Թ��� offered him the opportunity to develop his facilitating skills and allowed him to focus more on expanding teachers’ soft skills in his mentee schools. During the six weeks spent in Ohio, he interacted with both faculty members at 51�Թ��� and Fulbright exchange teachers from 20 different countries.He enjoyed the exchang...

A partnership between University Culinary Services at 51�Թ��� and Choolaah Indian BBQ created an impactful contribution to the CARES Center.Choolaah donated over $13,000 to the CARES Center’s mission of securing resources to assist students with their basic needs regarding financial empowerment, food security, stable housing, and mental well-being. On Feb. 7, 2024, a celebratory event was held in the CARES Center at the Kent Student Center. It included remarks from Choolaah and Division of Student Life leadership, a check presentation, Choolaah items for attendees to sample from,...

The 51�Թ��� Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 6, in the University Library, Second Floor, Urban Conference Room, on the Kent Campus to consider the recommendations of the standing committees, proposed personnel actions and new business. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8:30 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” The roll call vote for this session will occur in public in the Urban Conference Room. On March 6, the meeting of the full Board of Trustees will be held in...