Community Impact
IN A FLASH: Balloons and Horses on Campus
Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited 51³Ô¹ÏÍø at Stark.
Wick Prize Winner Farnaz Fatemi Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From Academy of American Poets
Farnaz Fatemi, poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, California, was awarded a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets that she will use in partnership with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Wick Poetry Center to produce a series of teen poetry workshops. Fatemi is an Iranian-American poet and writer and the author of "Sister Tongue," published in 2022 by the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Press. She was the winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Wick Poetry Center for a poet's first book of poems.
IN A FLASH: Preview KSU!
Every summer, the Kent Campus welcomes hundreds of high school students and their parents to discover 51³Ô¹ÏÍø at Preview KSU.
Drugs and Behavior: How Societal Trends Impact Addiction
Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today.
Twenty-Five Years of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Connections Made on the Green
Time in nature, the spirit of competition and bonding are just a few of the many benefits of a golf outing. For the past 25 years, the Glenn Davis Golf League has played a vital role in building a deeper sense of community for 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, on and off the green.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success
51³Ô¹ÏÍø is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students.
Showing Students How to Soar
As the first Black woman to graduate from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.
Ohio Educators Heading to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Peace Conference in Rwanda
Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape.
IN A FLASH: Students Take Part in Creating More Than 100 Works of Art
The Kent Blossom Art Intensives welcome students and artists to campus to create art and learn from artists from around the world.
IN A FLASH: Summer Fashion Academy
Every summer, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø hosts an immersive experience in fashion for high school students.