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In 2017, �鶹��ѡalumna Taylor Pierce, BS '18, had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to interview  iconic singer/songwriter David Crosby, who performed the protest song “Ohio” as a member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.   Crosby, who died this week at the age of 81, visited �鶹��ѡin 2017 and toured the May 4 Visitors Center for the first time. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young had released the single “Ohio” in summer 1970, raising international awareness of the tragic events at �鶹��ѡon May 4, 1970, when four students were killed and nine injured b...

�鶹��ѡ​University’s cultural offerings have a reach far beyond the borders of Ohio. There’s always something new to experience at the many events held at Kent State, at off-campus locations year-round ​or virtually. In this edition of Where On The Web?, we explore the redesigned Arts & Cultural Experiences web page, which provides an educational and entertaining window into the world of Kent State.   The page is designed to display a variety of live and digital exhibits and events. Options welcome each visitor to the page to answer the implied question, “How do you want t...

The School of Art Collection and Galleries at �鶹��ѡ has opened a new exhibition, the Biennial Faculty Show. The show features the work of full-time, part-time and emeritus (honored retiree) School of Art faculty. “This is the premier school of art in Ohio now,” said Anderson Turner, director of art galleries at �鶹��ѡ. “It’s also the leading place where you can get a terminal degree in studio art in Northeast Ohio.” The exhibit, presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council, is as unique as the faculty who produced it, in part because it displays work f...

The Wick Poetry Center is utterly delighted to announce that Cornelius Eady has selected Arlene Keizer’s manuscript, “Fraternal Light: On Painting While Black” as the winner of the 2022 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. Dr. Keizer will read together on the �鶹��ѡ campus Cornelius Eady in the fall of 2023.   Arlene Keizer, an Afro-Caribbean-American poet and scholar, writes about the literature, lived experience, theory, and visual art of the African Diaspora. The recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize, she later earned an MA in English and Creative Writing...

John "Jack" Graham December 7, 2022 in Memoriam John R. Graham passed away on December 5, 2022 at the age of 82. Jack, as he was known to all, was one of the pre-eminent figures in personality assessment. He was a longtime SPA member who embraced all assessment procedures, provided they were empirically supported. Jack always hued closely to the data and conveyed those values to his students and the attendees of his workshops. His monumental achievements were recognized by SPA in 2015 when he received the society’s Bruno Klopfer Award, honoring his lifetime of active and im...