News Archive
April 12, 2021
Senior Early Childhood Education major Amy Messmore is the recipient of the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Leadership Center’s Student Leader of the Month.
Messmore is currently an active member of United Christian Ministries, an LGBTQ+ Center Christian Ally student organization,…
April 7, 2021
The Student Leadership Institute's philosophy is to aspire to create critical learners, innovators and adaptive problem solvers whose leadership exemplifies distinction. Not even the coronavirus pandemic could get in the way of that this year. This year's event featured a…
April 5, 2021
The CARES Center (CARES standing for crisis, advocacy, resources, education, and support) was created to provide more services to students, and with it, the arrival of an inaugural position.
It results from outcomes stemming from the Kent Cares sub-committee of the Great Place…
March 23, 2021
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡has joined the Culture of Respect Collective, a two-year initiative offered through the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), to help end sexual violence on campus.
March 19, 2021
Senior Construction Management major David Green is the recipient of the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Leadership Center’s Student Leader of the Month.
Green currently serves as president for the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Before this role, he served as Vice President of recruitment…
March 18, 2021
The Akron Community Foundation has awarded the QUEST Mentorship Program, an initiative within the LGBTQ+ Center that provides 1:1 mentor/mentee relationships for students to focus on career guidance and general support, a $2,000 micro-grant for the coming year.
QUEST Mentorship…
March 17, 2021
With the celebration of Women’s History Month in March, it seemed fitting that the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Women’s Center would officially kick off its 25th anniversary, continuing throughout 2021.
Feb. 26, 2021
A new six-part short film docuseries is being released aimed at raising awareness of the Male Empowerment Network (MEN) at Kent State, along with commemorating 10 years. An initiative through the Student Multicultural Center, the Male Empowerment Network supports men of color on…
Feb. 25, 2021
When University Dining Services Chef Joshua DeDeaux was a little boy growing up in New Orleans, he would bring a brown wooden step stool into his mother’s kitchen to help her cook some of the family’s favorite meals. As DeDeaux’s love of cuisine grew, his grandfather, who…
Feb. 25, 2021
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice, one student involved with the Women’s Center seized the opportunity to bring others together. The Sisters in Sisterhood initiative is a student-led group whose mission statement is to use their unique backgrounds to…