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Student activism on display at ½­ÄÏÌåÓý.

½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Experiences Day of Activism

½­ÄÏÌåÓý students exercised their freedom of speech rights on Tuesday, April 16, with opposing speakers appearing on campus the same day.

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Cemetery Calling

IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling

Cemetery Calling, the newest play by ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024. 

Tags: Theatre, Eric Mansfield, University Communications and Marketing, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact

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April 8, 2024 total eclipse of the sun.

Three Minutes of Darkness Create a Lifetime Memory

For three short minutes on April 8, our world stood still.

Tags: University News, Community Impact, Student Life , Community & Society, Nationally Distinctive

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Rising Scholars NASA Hunch Team

Rising Scholars’ NASA HUNCH Culinary Team Earns Chance To Compete at National Level

A team of Rising Scholars from ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Columbiana County earned a spot in the finals of the NASA HUNCH culinary competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The scholars will compete with teams from around the country on April 17 to determine if their culinary creation will be a future meal selection for astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

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Her Week Graphic

It's Her Week at ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State

Celebrating 10 years as a student organization, Her Campus ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State presents a full week of career-focused events with panels, speakers and a runway fashion show.

Tags: Student Organizations, Community Impact, Community & Society, Student Life, University Libraries, ½­ÄÏÌåÓý Museum, May 4 Visitors Center, ½­ÄÏÌåÓý Student Center

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Eclipse totality with KSU lamp post.

IN A FLASH: An Unforgettable Day

Campus and community came together to share a once-in-a-lifetime event at ½­ÄÏÌåÓý. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, Student Life, University News, Risman Plaza, Total Solar Eclipse, Community & Society, Community Impact

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The ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Flash of Darkness: ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to ½­ÄÏÌåÓý on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in ½­ÄÏÌåÓý, Ohio since 1806.

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½­ÄÏÌåÓý State mascot Flash wearing eclipse viewing glasses

IN A FLASH: Today's the Day!

Where will you be viewing the total solar eclipse, Golden Flashes?  ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State has a complete schedule of eclipse-themed events and activities. 

Tags: Total Solar Eclipse, University News, Nationally Distinctive, Research & Science, Student Life, Community & Society, Community Impact, downtown kent, Main Street ½­ÄÏÌåÓý, City of ½­ÄÏÌåÓý

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½­ÄÏÌåÓý State President Todd Diacon, right, and Joe Diorio, Portage County Health Commissioner, unveil the Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit on April 4, 2024.

Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit Makes Its Debut

The brightly colored blue and gold Mobile Flashes Wellness Unit from ½­ÄÏÌåÓý’s College of Public Health will be hitting the streets to help bring public health services to the people of northeast Ohio.

Tags: College of Public Health, Health, Student Life, Community & Society, ½­ÄÏÌåÓý State Works, Community Impact

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