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Kent State team wins Mission:Life international competition

Students Use Real-Life Immigrant Experiences to Win International Competition

A team of Kent State students took first place in the seventh annual Mission: Life international competition on November 12, which took place at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.

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Woman standing in front of the Taj Mahal

How an Icebreaker Exercise Turned Into a Global Experience

Mariah Gray left her comfort zone, lived in the present and ventured where she never dreamed of going. Learn how this biology/pre-medicine major discovered new perspective 8000 miles from home.

Tags: Student Life , Success Story , Education Abroad , Global Education , Student Success

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Kent State University President Beverly J. Warren and Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná President Waldemiro Gremski formally signed an agreement between the two universities to launch the American Academy.

Kent State and Brazil’s Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná Partner to Launch the American Academy

Matheus Priosti came a long way to find his purpose. Five thousand miles, in fact. The São Paulo, Brazil, native made the long journey from South America across the equator to arrive at Kent State University in August 2016, and he has never looked back. “Kent State has had a huge role on me fi…

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Junior Jonathan Nwankwo’s journey has taken many twists and turns to join the men's basketball team.

Tall Tale: The Twists and Turns of Jonathan Nwankwo's Long Journey From Nigeria to Kent State

How this junior computer information systems major traveled from Nigeria to New York to Florida before finding his calling at Kent State.

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Largest Honors College Class Finds Home Away From Home

Kent State University’s Honors College is a Living-Learning Community where first-year students like Michael Trauman have discovered a home away from home, and a place where they can pursue their dreams. Mr. Trauman is among the hundreds of students who comprise the largest Honors College freshman …

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Malia Politzer of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting talks to students in Taylor Hall about her investigative reporting.

Pulitzer Center Lecture on Refugee Crisis Attracts 150

Nearly 150 attendees packed into Rm. 226 in Taylor Hall to hear international journalist Malia Politzer talk about her reporting of the refugee crisis in Niger, Italy, Germany and Turkey. Politzer was the featured speaker for the Kent State University School of Communication Stud…

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Agadez’s elite business classes now include drug dealers, smugglers and pimps – the types of people who rape newly trafficked women to “break: them, beat migrants who haven’t paid their passage or bribe officials so this illicit work may continue.

Pulitzer Center Grantee to Speak µÚŇ»łÔąĎÍř International Refugee Crisis

The School of Communication Studies at Kent State University will host its fall Global Issues Forum with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16 in Rm. 226/226A Taylor Hall. International reporter Malia Politzer will present, “Refugee Boom and Bust: A Global G…

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Kent State University President Beverly Warren delivers inspiring Commencement message to the Effat University Class of 2017 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Kent State President Beverly Warren Serves as International Commencement Speaker in Saudi Arabia

The music echoed a pronounced, loud drumbeat as 400 female graduates marched step-by-step to the cadence of the drumbeat, down a very long entryway right up to the very edge of the stage. “It was the most dramatic ceremony I’ve ever seen,” said Kent State University’s President Beverly Warren. “T…

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Kent State students traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to learn about human trafficking and local organizations working to eradicate it.

Sophomore Comm Studies Major Aims to Educate Community µÚŇ»łÔąĎÍř Human Trafficking

I  had no idea what human trafficking was until I came to Kent. My freshman year, I was shown the documentary “Nefarious” that completely broke my heart for the people who have fallen into the shadows of society as victims of human trafficking. I found my passion in life and began getting …

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Kent State University President Beverly Warren stands with Xi’An International Studies University President Wang Junzhe after signing a partnership agreement between the two universities.

Kent State Signs Partnership Agreement With Xi’An International Studies University

A delegation from Xi’An International Studies University (XISU) in China led by President Wang Junzhe recently met with members of the Kent State University faculty and staff to sign a partnership agreement between the two universities.  Xi’An International Studies University, a renowned uni…

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