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Brian Johnson, programming director for Black United Students, traveled to Israel with Hillel Jewish campus organization

Senior Brian Johnson traveled to Israel Jan. 3-13 with a group of 19 student leaders with the Student Leaders Trip to Israel sponsored by Hillel, a Jewish campus organization.

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. 

Scenes from I HEART Travel Week

The Valentine’s Day-themed expo made it easy for students to discover, explore and fall in love with the many study abroad options available through Kent State.

A room set up for a fancy event with decorated tables

In early 2021, during the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, masses of employees across the country began resigning their jobs in record numbers, marking what is known as the “.” For students in Kent State's Hospitality and Event Management program, there’s a big opportunity to capitalize on an industry that is in the middle of a large shift in management. 

ѿappstudent Lucia Perry, of Poland, Ohio, studies fashion merchandising.

From her perch in Rockwell Hall, where she takes classes as a fashion merchandising major, ѿappUniversity student Lucia Perry has a perfect view of the Lefton Esplanade leading to downtown Kent.

Freezing rain left branches on campus with a crystal coating of ice.

Freezing rain encased tree branches on campus in ice Wednesday morning.

Olivia Meyer, senior fashion merchandising student.

Olivia Meyer, junior Honors College fashion merchandising student, is designing her own success at ѿappand abroad. “I think what I'm most excited for is the unknown,” she muses.

2022-23 WPNI Students in Washington, D.C.

The Washington Program in National Issues is more than your average internship program. For 50 years, a cohort of roughly 20 ѿappjuniors and seniors heads to Washington, D.C., to participate in a variety of internships.

Senior history major Emma Kelly was among the ѿappstudents who visited Jackson State University for the alternative winter break trip.

ѿappstudents who traveled to Jackson State University during an alternative winter break trip had in-depth, hands-on exposure to survivors of the May 15, 1970, police shooting, which killed two people; the youngest Freedom Rider, Hezekiah Watkins; and the home of Myrlie and Medgar Evers, a National Monument.

Bob DiBiasio

Many ѿappUniversity students are interested in knowing what a career in sports administration is like. Cleveland Guardians Senior Vice President of Public Affairs Bob DiBiasio has answers.