Student Life
![The Run the World race benefits study-abroad scholarships for Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students. The Run the World race benefits study-abroad scholarships for Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/REGIONAL-Run%20the%20World%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=Hs95pJ1m1ueqp.b6xnG42lq39nR9G28Y&h=e6f36a9c&itok=fmV5qdUe)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University at Stark will host its first Run the World race to raise money for student education-abroad scholarships.
![Kristin Williams, Lori Bodnar, Tabitha Martin and Alicia Robinson launched Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Career Closet to help provide students with professional attire for job interviews. Kristin Williams, Lori Bodnar, Tabitha Martin and Alicia Robinson launched Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Career Closet to help provide students with professional attire for job interviews.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/file/SPECFEAT-Women%27sCenter1%20-%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=M8ZKAEdLIONNhEb2yl6vxDBkSmfdmg7G&h=e6f36a9c&itok=l0YgALpY)
A good education and a solid résumé aren’t always enough to make a positive first impression.
![Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's International Storytelling course smile for a group photo atop Aphrodite's Rock in Cyprus. Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's International Storytelling course smile for a group photo atop Aphrodite's Rock in Cyprus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/PHOTOLEAD-InternationalStoryTelling%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=PBsQ53noPmfESPHOgj5waoO8pUqkvuLk&h=e6f36a9c&itok=51OAI9mL)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students in the special topics course International Storytelling have been learning in a global classroom since 2011.
![This poster is one student’s approach to a Communications Studies service learning project in which students created and implemented a minicommunication plan to persuade others to send love notes to organizations that have been targets of hate mail. This poster is one student’s approach to a Communications Studies service learning project in which students created and implemented a minicommunication plan to persuade others to send a love note to organizations that have been targets of hate mail.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-Love%20story%20%28MAIN%29.jpg?VersionId=4d_aZ2VtFtcn.Un8v0GqhYIrXhlcd9DL&h=e6f36a9c&itok=Zl6f-hCX)
In the midst of recent events in America, some Islamic centers have been attacked or received hate mail. Constance Kassor, assistant professor of religious studies at Lawrence University, decided kind words could combat the hate.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University men's basketball team (15-12, 7-7 MAC) snapped Akron's (22-5, 12-2 MAC) 30 game home winning streak Saturday, taking round one of the Crystal Clinic Wagon Wheel Challenge, 70-67.
![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students work out in Tri-Rec, a new fitness facility in the Tri-Towers Rotunda exclusively for on-campus residents. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students work out in Tri-Rec, a new fitness facility in the Tri-Towers Rotunda exclusively for on-campus residents.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/PROFILESTriRecLarge.jpg?VersionId=dQK_Qa28eA3WczSN4o6LspEwkM21_yBw&h=e6f36a9c&itok=5XeFRNPX)
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University's Recreational Services and Residence Services departments have collaborated to open a new fitness facility in the Tri-Towers Rotunda.
![A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year. A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/02.14.17%20Aerial%20photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20campus.jpg?VersionId=inu5nfU3JPh8M8PNl6JhA0mM99s9o102&h=0680a603&itok=CDCDnazM)
University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.
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The staff of the Office of Global Education is joining other international offices at numerous colleges and universities across the United States in the
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Struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless. A Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« professor documents their stories to raise awareness of the issues they face.
![Glen Shumate, vice president of public affairs and education at Construction Employers Association, speaks to the pilot class of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University/Turner School of Construction Workshop Series. Glen Shumate, vice president of public affairs and education at Construction Employers Association, speaks to the pilot class of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University/Turner School of Construction Workshop Series.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/KSU_Turner%20classroom%20photo_MAIN.jpg?VersionId=ciekdhuKzoYgsb_xgGPxFYcB5qSsVgVB&h=e6f36a9c&itok=9Ca9YV5f)
A pilot program is helping to improve diversity in the construction industry.