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Dog Days of Summer 2023

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. 

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The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State balloon at the Balloon Classic.

IN A FLASH: Balloons and Horses on Campus

Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï at Stark. 

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Farnaz Fatemi, Poet Laureate Fellow, of Santa Cruz County, California, in partnership with ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's Wick Poetry Center and several local Santa Cruz County organizations, will produce a series of nine monthly pop-up teen poetry workshops.

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.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , Community Impact , Wick Poetry Center , Arts & Culture

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Preview KSU July 21, 2023

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.

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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. 

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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.

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Liz Piatt, Ph.D., assistant dean for academic diversity success in University College; Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., senior vice president of student affairs; Eboni J. Pringle, Ph.D., senior associate vice president and dean of University College; Randall Lennox, senior institutional research information officer, and Melanie Jones, director of student success programs.

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. 

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Alumna Capt. Stephanie Johnson

Showing Students How to Soar

As the first Black woman to graduate from ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.

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Educators from Stow-Munroe Falls City School District will attend a peace education conference in Kigali, Rwanda. Pictured (from left to right) are: Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School; Kristy Prough, BA ’99, MED ’02, EDS ’04, assistant superintendent and director of special services; Associate Principal Amanda Murray; and Assistant Principal Evelyn Haught, BSE ’07.

Ohio Educators Heading to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Peace Conference in Rwanda

Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape. 

Tags: Community & Society , University News , Community Impact , School of Peace and Conflict Studies , Read Center for International and Intercultural Education , College of Arts and Sciences , College of Education, Health and Human Services , Global Reach

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Blossom Art Intensives 2023

IN A FLASH: Students Take Part in Creating More Than 100 Works of Art

The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Blossom Art Intensives welcome students and artists to campus to create art and learn from artists from around the world. 

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