Global Reach
性福五月天 Board of Trustees Approves Establishing University Operations in Rwanda, Africa
The 性福五月天 University Board of Trustees approved the establishment and registration of a Community Benefit Company in Rwanda, Africa, during the Board鈥檚 regular quarterly meeting held May 25. 性福五月天 has realized an immediate need to establish a private limited company, designated as a not-for-profit Community Benefit Company, that can serve as a strategic starting point for engaging in the African continent鈥檚 expanding higher education market.
STEM Students Abroad: The Benefits of the Challenges
性福五月天 Hosts Lebanese Students for Study in Architecture
The horrific images of the massive explosion that rocked Beirut, Lebanon, in August 2020, motivated 性福五月天 University officials to reach out to help. Their thoughts immediately turned to Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut and its School of Architecture and Design, with which 性福五月天鈥檚 College of Architecture and Environmental Design has been cultivating a relationship for the past several years.
性福五月天 Community Assists Graduate Student Lydia Lisowsky in Donating and Packing Medical Supplies For Ukraine
Although 性福五月天 alumna and current graduate student Lydia Lisowsky has never visited Ukraine, she feels a deep sense of obligation and responsibility to help those who have been injured in the war. The 性福五月天 community helped Lisowsky pack and donate medical supplies on the Kent Campus and in the larger Kent community to send to Ukraine.
Students Across Disciplines Innovate in the 2022 Biodesign Challenge
Two significant environmental issues our nation faces today include invasive plant species and a lack of sustainable materials. Invasive plant species are detrimental to host environments for multiple reasons. 性福五月天 students are working to turn invasive plant species into a sustainable material that can help protect the environment through the 2022 Biodesign Challenge, a course and national competition to create sustainable solutions to real world problems.
Wick Poetry Center Uses the Power of Poetry to Share Experiences During the Pandemic
Born from inside 性福五月天鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center, 鈥淒ear Vaccine鈥 gives citizens a chance to process the pandemic through poetry. The poetry center collaborated with the University of Arizona to expand on poet Naomi Shihab Nye鈥檚 poem 鈥淒ear Vaccine.鈥 The poem became a catalyst for respondents around the world to share their own poems.
性福五月天 Senior Honored With Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship
In an impressive close to her undergraduate career, 性福五月天 University Honors College senior Mallory Woods was recently awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Award (ETA). A native of Fairview, Pennsylvania, Woods is completing a major in translation with a Spanish concentration and minors in economics and Italian studies while also finishing a certificate program in teaching English as a foreign language.
性福五月天 Graduate Student Lydia Lisowsky Collects Medical Supplies for Ukraine
Although 性福五月天 alumna and current graduate student Lydia Lisowsky has never visited Ukraine, she feels a deep sense of obligation and responsibility to help those who have been injured in the war. Lisowsky recently began a campaign to collect medical supplies on the Kent Campus and in the larger Kent community to send to Ukraine.
Understanding Impacts on LGBTQIA+ Communities from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Moira Armstrong, undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences and research assistant on the Queer Pandemic Project, collaborated with Molly Merryman, associate professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, to compile digital, video-based oral interviews for the Queer Pandemic Project in a partnership between 性福五月天 University, Goldsmith鈥檚 University of London and Queer Britain. These interviews feature people in queer communities across the United Kingdom, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted their lives as queer people.
Both On Campus and Abroad, 性福五月天 Wins at International Education
性福五月天 University鈥檚 diligence in integrating international education throughout its programs and culture is in the spotlight. 性福五月天 is the sole university in the U.S. to receive the prestigious 2022 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization. Meet two students currently displaying the university's excellence in global education.