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Community members as well as Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University faculty, staff, alumni and students are all invited to attend the Faculty Lecture Series, hosted by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Alumni Association, from March 30 through May 3. Free and open to the public, the events span disciplines from…
The Wick Poetry Center at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will expand its successful Traveling Stanzas project with $125,000 in new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge.
The Knight Arts Challenge funds ideas that…
Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation - where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits lead by a senior monk, known as the challenger.
The spring 2016 Bowman Breakfast will take place at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University in the Kent Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, March 30. Doors open at 7 a.m., breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m., and the program will follow at 8 a.m.
The topic for the event is “Kent Businesses … Their…
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![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student Kelly Neiser (second from right) poses for pictures with her models after being announced as the Judges’ Choice and winner of a $2,500 scholarship. (Photo credit: Thomas Farmer Photography) Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student Kelly Neiser (second from right) poses for pictures with her models after being announced as the Judges’ Choice and winner of a $2,500 scholarship. (Photo credit: Thomas Farmer Photography)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Rock_the_Runway.jpg?VersionId=1wrH8Hel0reA8_UTrL5LaUTeeXih1nnX)
The talents of 18 Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students were on display at Kent Student Center Programming’s 12th annual Rock the Runway fashion show, which took place March 5.
Fashion was king on a night that featured the sights and sounds of this year’s theme, The Jacksons.
In…
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Division of Student Affairs has partnered with the Jed Foundation Health Matters Campus Program, which is designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming.
During the…
The C-SPAN Campaign 2016 Bus, an interactive mobile demonstration center, will visit Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University on Monday, March 14, from noon to 1:30 p.m. It will be parked in front of the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center. The 40-foot mobile learning center will be…
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Board of Trustees approved establishing a unified student government across all campuses – Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas – during its March 9, 2016, board meeting.
Each campus’ Undergraduate Student…
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Scholar of the Month
Xiaoling Pu
Associate Professor of Finance
College of Business Administration
2008-present
Xiaoling Pu is an associate professor in the Department of Finance at the College of Business Administration. She holds the Olga A. Mural Risk Management Fund…
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, March 9. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2:45 p.m. in the Riviera Ballroom B, first level of Aloft Cleveland Downtown, located at 1111 West 10th St., Cleveland, Ohio.…