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MLK event and service opportunity held virtually

Ilene Flaherty, Reporter Alex Gray, Reporter January 18, 2021

The Office of Community Engaged Learning partnered with United Way of Portage County to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 53 years after his passing.The event was held virtually to provide Kent State...

Janine Tiffe, doctor of ethnomusicology and assistant professor, rehearses a dance with the African Ensemble. The dancers waved small towels around to music. Nov. 13, 2019

Dance ensemble explores African cultures

Lindsey Sellman Reporter February 9, 2020

Kent State’s African Ensemble allowed one student to discover a side of her identity  she never previously explored.Faith Forinash, a senior music education major, joined the African Ensemble in the...

Rumbi Mupinga (center) and fellow members of the Barefeet Dance Tribe practice a traditional African dance, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in the Music and Speech Center. They practice a series of different dances and songs for two hours, twice a week.

Showcasing minority culture

Christina Suttles February 17, 2014

“This movement really needs to be angrier,” Janine Tiffe playfully said as she instructed nine students of various nationalities in a traditional African warrior dance inside a locked studio on the...