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Mwatabu S. Okantah

Opinion: Will America Finally Get It?

Mwatabu S. Okantah, associate professor in 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Department of Pan-African Studies, shares his perspective as someone who first arrived at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø in September 1970 as a student. Nearly 50 years later, he is an associate professor at the university.

Tags: University News, Department of Pan-African Studies

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Mike Daniels, interim director of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Student Multicultural Center (SMC)

Opinion: Entertaining the Humanity of America

Is this America? Where popular culture is largely represented by Black culture? Where musicians, artists, and athletes can be praised and celebrated for their talents, but criminalized for their skin color? Mike Daniels shares his insight. 

Tags: University News, Student Multicultural Center

Kent Campus

Members of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Esports team compete in the finals of a League of Legends tournament held at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Becomes a Founding Member of New Esports Collegiate Conference

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced Wednesday a historic esports venture with a newly created independent esports conference – Esports Collegiate Conference – to facilitate and foster high-quality gaming competition among collegiate esports teams. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is among the 12 founding members of the new esports conference. 

Tags: University News, Esports

Kent Campus

Photo collage of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø women's teams

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports

51³Ô¹ÏÍø has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.

Tags: University News, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Awards and Honors, Success Story

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø students walk to and from class.

University, Student Leaders Reflect on Whether George Floyd Protests Will Spur Sustained Change

University and student leaders share their personal insights into America's current unrest and whether protests will lead to lasting change. 

Tags: University News, Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, Black United Students, Featured Story

Kent Campus

Tayjua Hines, president of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Black United Students, speaking at a George Floyd protest in Kent.

Opinion: Now Is the Time to Speak Up, Use Your Platform and Enact Change

Tayjua Hines, president of Black United Students at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, shares this student perspective about racism in our country and says now is the time to enact change.

Tags: University News, Black United Students

Kent Campus

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., interim vice president of the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Opinion: Diversity of Protests Offers Renewed Commitment to Social Justice Advocacy

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and chair and associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, offers her insights in current unrest in America.

Tags: University News, Black United Students

Kent Campus

Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Opinion: Addressing Racial Injustice Is in the Interest of All Americans, Says Neil Cooper, Ph.D., Director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Neil Cooper, Ph.D., director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, says civil disturbances of the kind witnessed since the death of George Floyd represent moments of opportunity for societies.

Tags: University News, School of Peace and Conflict Studies,

Kent Campus

Cleveland Police Patrolman Kevin Jones is captured shedding a tear by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø photography student Sylvia Lorson.

Journalism Student's Photograph Gaining National Attention

A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student is gaining recognition for a photo she took that captures an African American Cleveland police officer shedding a tear as he came face to face with demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Police custody.

Tags: University News, Community & Society, Featured Story

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