Community Impact
East Main Street to Get a $25.5M Makeover
A federal grant will help restart a major improvement project for a highly trafficked area of downtown ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï. Changes to East Main Street will include wider sidewalks, bike and pedestrian paths and crossings, and two roundabouts.
Math Camp for High Schoolers Seeks to Ready Future College Students for STEM Jobs in Ohio
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.
Creativity + Technology = Help for Math Teachers Here and Abroad
Teachers from northeast Ohio and from thousands of miles away in sub-Saharan Africa have been learning to create inexpensive math teaching tools thanks to the efforts of some ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï professors.
IN A FLASH: Four-Legged Flashes on Campus
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State canines and their human companions came to the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus for the Dog Days of Summer.
IN A FLASH: Balloons and Horses on Campus
Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Stark.
Wick Prize Winner Farnaz Fatemi Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From Academy of American Poets
Farnaz Fatemi, poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, California, was awarded a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets that she will use in partnership with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's Wick Poetry Center to produce a series of teen poetry workshops. Fatemi is an Iranian-American poet and writer and the author of "Sister Tongue," published in 2022 by the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Press. She was the winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Wick Poetry Center for a poet's first book of poems.
IN A FLASH: Preview KSU!
Every summer, the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus welcomes hundreds of high school students and their parents to discover ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State at Preview KSU.
Drugs and Behavior: How Societal Trends Impact Addiction
Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today.
Twenty-Five Years of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Connections Made on the Green
Time in nature, the spirit of competition and bonding are just a few of the many benefits of a golf outing. For the past 25 years, the Glenn Davis Golf League has played a vital role in building a deeper sense of community for ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State, on and off the green.
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students.