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Kent City Manager David Ruller answers a question his colleague Melissa Long asks during the discussion of options for City Hall's two-year, temporary relocation at the city council meeting on Wednesday, April 1, 2015.

City Council hears possibility of moving Health Department into Michael Schwartz Center

Kelsey Leyva
April 2, 2015
Photoillustration by Jenna Watson.

Online dating’s exposure, usage increases among college-age adults

Kelsey Leyva
November 19, 2013

KSU Police seek suspect in Centennial F burglary

Kelsey Leyva
October 28, 2013
Psychology professors Katherine Rawson and John Dunlosky. The two updated a 1980 general. Photo by Leah Klafczynski .

KSU professors and students help define the norms of today’s knowledge

Kelsey Leyva
September 18, 2013

DDEI to host first golf outing

Kelsey Leyva
May 1, 2013
Photo by Rachael Le Goubin.

Lavender Graduation celebrates LGBTQ graduates

Kelsey Leyva
April 30, 2013
Jameel Davis a senior criminal justice major holds his 11-month-old son Jahier in the KIVA on Friday April 26, 2013. Davis was waiting before the start of Karamu Ya Wahitimu, a Swahili celebration of the final rights of passage before commencement. . Photo by Jacob Byk.

Karamu Ya Wahitimu celebrates AALANA graduates

Kelsey Leyva
April 28, 2013
A guest speaks as PRIDE! Kent members host the Akron PFLAG Club in the Governance chambers Thursday night, April 25, 2013, discussing what it is like to be a supportive parent to an openly gay family member. Photo by Emily Lambillotte.

PRIDE! Kent strengthens its family and others’

Kelsey Leyva
April 26, 2013

Karamu Ya Wahitimu recognizes graduating AALANA students

Kelsey Leyva
April 26, 2013
Jinre Holman, an accounting sophomore, receives the Rising Star Award during the Ebony Achievement Awards on Wednesday April 24, 2013 in the Student Center Ballroom. Photo by Brian Smith.

B.U.S. honors academic achievements at Ebony Achievement Awards

Kelsey Leyva
April 25, 2013

Students to be honored at the Annual Ebony Achievement Awards Wednesday

Kelsey Leyva
April 24, 2013

Akron PFLAG to visit PRIDE! Kent

Kelsey Leyva
April 24, 2013
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, who is the sole representative of Puerto Rico in Congress, prepared to speak at a panel in the KIVA on Friday afternoon. Pierluisi discussed the legitamacy of Puerto Rico becoming the 51st state in the United States. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Hablemos keynote speakers inspire and inform

Kelsey Leyva
April 22, 2013

Women’s Center hosts T-shirt making session for “The Clothesline Project”

Kelsey Leyva
April 19, 2013

3rd Annual Hablemos Conference

Kelsey Leyva
April 19, 2013

PRIDE! Kent’s executive board gets better acquainted with its members

Kelsey Leyva
April 19, 2013

Looking at May 4 through the eyes of a sociologist

Kelsey Leyva
April 19, 2013

May 4 professor to explore “The Commons as Sacred Space”

Kelsey Leyva
April 18, 2013

PRIDE! Kent to host a social to introduce new executive board

Kelsey Leyva
April 18, 2013
Photo by Jennifer O'Connell.

The Vagina Monologues’ entertains and informs on ‘taboo’ topics

Kelsey Leyva
April 15, 2013

Pride! Kent to host Robyn Ochs workshop Thursday

Kelsey Leyva
April 11, 2013

LGBTQ Center to open registration for Lavender Graduation

Kelsey Leyva
April 10, 2013
Pheonix Harper, 7, dances in outside the arena at the Powwow on campus through the Native American Student Association on Aoril 6, 2013. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Spring Intertribal Gathering provides fun, information

Kelsey Leyva
April 8, 2013

Jean Kilbourne coming to campus

Kelsey Leyva
April 7, 2013
Pride! Kent member Phuong Nhat Minh talks to fellow members in the Governance Chambers about his experiences with LGBT community inclusion in his native country of Vietnam at the weekly meeting on Thursday. Three student members spoke about LGBT views and experiences in their native countries. Photo by Jenna Watson.

Students explore gender and sexuality minorities around the world with PRIDE! Kent

Kelsey Leyva
April 5, 2013

Native American student group to hold Spring Intertribal Gathering

Kelsey Leyva
April 5, 2013
Suzanne Holt, director of the Women's Studies Program, held a group discussion in the Multicultural Center in the student center on Wednesday, April 3 about language and sexual violence. Photo by Emily Lambillotte.

Say What?! event sparks dialogue on sexual violence, language

Kelsey Leyva
April 4, 2013

Queer Voices: Entertaining and Eye Opening

Kelsey Leyva
April 3, 2013

PRIDE! Kent explores international gender and sexuality minority issues

Kelsey Leyva
April 3, 2013
The McGruder recipient Russ Mitchell spoke at the Kiva on Tuesday April 2, 2013 about his struggles and triumphs as a African-American journalist for the McGruder Lecture. Michell is the anchor of the WKYCs evening news, and was the anchor for the CBS Sunday Night News and Up to the Minute. Photo by Emily Lambillotte.

WKYC anchor wins 10th annual McGruder Award

Kelsey Leyva
April 2, 2013

LGBTQ Center Sponsors open mike night

Kelsey Leyva
April 1, 2013

PRIDE! Kent plans to give back to the community

Kelsey Leyva
March 22, 2013

PRIDE! Kent to host “It Gets Better” workshop

Kelsey Leyva
March 21, 2013

Say What?*&! series to highlight LGBTQ slurs

Kelsey Leyva
March 20, 2013

Real Talk dialogue continues with LGBTQ minority discussion

Kelsey Leyva
March 20, 2013
Karen Palma, sophomore fashion merchandising major, dances the salsa with Osmel Morales, on March 15. Photo by Jacob Byk.

S.A.L.S.A.’s Latin Fiesta builds camaraderie

Kelsey Leyva
March 17, 2013
Anita Maldonado talks with students after giving a talk at the Women Speaker Series sponsored by SALSA in the Student Center on March 14, 2013. Maldonado is an adjunct faculty member of the Pan African Department and teaches Latino Studies. Photo by Brian Smith.

Latina leaders inspire students at Women’s Speaker Series

Kelsey Leyva
March 15, 2013
Jason E. Shelton gives a speech about the differences in religious practices and beliefs between black Protestants and white Protestants in Oscar Richie Hall on Wednesday. Jason Shelton is the son of Kent State professor Eugene Shelton. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin.

Alumnus returns to Kent State to discuss race and religion

Kelsey Leyva
March 14, 2013
Roxie J. Patton, program coordinator of LGBTQ Center, talks to students during Safe Space Training on Tuesday, March 12 at the Student Center, about gender identities so that students can become allies to the LGBTQ community on campus. Photo by Yolanda Li.

Kent State gains more LGBTQ allies through Safe Space training

Kelsey Leyva
March 13, 2013

Queering History: The Voices of Queer Womyn Writers

Kelsey Leyva
March 13, 2013

KSU alum to speak on race and religion

Kelsey Leyva
March 13, 2013
Nicole Perry with her winning painting "New Chair." Photo courtesy of Kelsey Leyva.

S.A.L.S.A. kicks off ‘Spice Up Your Life’ week with Latino Art Showcase

Kelsey Leyva
March 12, 2013

S.A.L.S.A. aims to ‘Spice Up Your Life’

Kelsey Leyva
March 12, 2013

Safe Space Training to help students become better allies

Kelsey Leyva
March 11, 2013

S.A.L.S.A. to hold art showcase

Kelsey Leyva
March 10, 2013

Students for Justice in Palestine commemorate ninth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week

Kelsey Leyva
March 7, 2013
From left to right, event coordinator Maryssa Garrett, president Jinre Holman, public relations director Zulema Uscauga and treasurer Hannah Weaver of the Spanish and Latino Student Association discuss ideas to make SALSA better known to students on campus. The meeting was held on March 5 on the third floor of the Student Center. Photo by Adrianne Bastas.

S.A.L.S.A. forum sparks new ideas

Kelsey Leyva
March 6, 2013

Students for Justice in Palestine Israeli Apartheid Week

Kelsey Leyva
March 6, 2013

S.A.L.S.A. to host info forum

Kelsey Leyva
March 5, 2013

DEI to host luncheon to celebrate diverse new faculty

Kelsey Leyva
February 27, 2013

“The Vagina Monologues” calls for auditions

Kelsey Leyva
February 25, 2013
Submitted Photo.

S.A.L.S.A. member receives Hispanic leadership scholarship

Kelsey Leyva
February 24, 2013
Guest Speakers Amra Abdullah (right), Sajdah Habeeb (middle), and Naimah Epps (left) answer questions about their practices during their discussion on women of Islam who identify as Muslim in the Multicultural Center on Wednesday February 20th 2013.. Photo by Emily Lambillotte.

Clearing up Islamic misconceptions at Real Talk

Kelsey Leyva
February 21, 2013
The LGBTQ Center and Black United Students host a discussion called Queering History: The History of Influential Queer People of Color on Wednesday, Feb. 13 in the Multicultural Center. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin.

‘Queering History’ conversation brings controversial issues to light

Kelsey Leyva
February 14, 2013
Conservative LGBT activist and author Andrew Sullivan speaks to a small group in the Multicultural room in the Student Center about same-sex marriage and where he thinks the United States is headed in terms of equality for minorities, on Tuesday February 12, 2013. Photo by Jessica Denton.

Sullivan spawns varying responses at event

Kelsey Leyva
February 13, 2013

Diversity

Kelsey Leyva
February 12, 2013
Andrew Sulliva

Political pundit Andrew Sullivan to lead LGBTQ discussion Tuesday

Kelsey Leyva
February 11, 2013
Shana Lee and Trinidy Jeter, both of whom work at the Student Multicultural Center, host a dialogue series titled "Say What?!: That’s my N!@%*" on Feb. 6. Lee and Jeter discussed with the audience derogatory words and how they are used in modern culture. Photo by Brian Smith.

‘Say What?!’ dialogue explores the language of race

Kelsey Leyva
February 7, 2013

Second Event in the Say What?*&! Dialogue Series

Kelsey Leyva
February 5, 2013

Did you know?

Kelsey Leyva
January 31, 2013

Kent State to hold panel discussion on Puerto Rican statehood

Kelsey Leyva
January 30, 2013
Dr. Carlos Muñoz, Jr., speaks in Kent State Ballroom on Thursday afternoon as a part of the 11th Annual MLK Jr. Celebration. Muñoz has been involved in civil and human rights activism, as well as the battle for social and economic justice, since he was a student in the 1960s. He is author of numerous publications based upon the Mexican-American, African-American and Latino political coalitions. Photo by Jenna Watson.

Keynote speaker discusses importance of MLK’s ideas

Kelsey Leyva
January 25, 2013

Kent State’s 11th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Events

Kelsey Leyva
January 16, 2013
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