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Kindness Rocks at the Women's Center

People from Kent and ѿappare sharing positivity and building community with small rocks. 

Wheelchair Basketball Championship Game 2023

On Saturday, ѿapphosted Adaptive Sports Ohio's Wheelchair Basketball Championship. 

Amoaba Gooden

One of the leaders of ѿappUniversity’s Anti-Racism Task Force is reflecting on the group’s success with an eye to the past. 

“The accomplishments of the task force are really grounded in the historic work of the Department of Africana Studies, Black United Students and many others,” said Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, who heads the task force. 

Sandra Morgan stands near a replica of her grandfather's invention at the Western Reserve Historical Society

A ѿappadministrator has a connection to a famous inventor. 

Elizabeth Smith-Pryor unboxing Urban League documents

A researcher unboxed the history of local Urban Leagues in Kent State's University Library. 

Lafayette Tolliver and Gene Shelton identify people in photos on the screen

More than 1,000 photos of Black student life have been digitized and are waiting for members of the ѿappcommunity to help identify them.

Salem Food Pantry

It’s official: the Flash’s Food Pantry on the ѿappSalem Campus is open!

Drone footage shows the freight train derailment, Feb. 6, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Ntsbgov/via Reuters)

ѿappUniversity faculty members have been contacted by various media outlets to lend their expert opinions and insight as cleanup work, air monitoring, water testing and more continues following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

Administrative visit to ѿappat Stark - February 2023

ѿappadministrators met with campus advisory boards on all seven of the university's Regional Campuses this week. 

Clare Murray Adams Artwork

From the classroom to the art studio, Clare Murray Adams, B.S., '72; M.A., '76; and BFA, '93, has been exploring herself and her surroundings since 1977 when she made the switch from education to creation.