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Our View: Internationally inclusive?

KS Editors November 19, 2014

After choosing to come to the U.S. for school, international students can face several challenges when they arrive. Language and cultural barriers are enough to deal with in addition to arriving to campus...

International Artwork Showcase to feature student paintings, drawings

Kaitlin Siegel November 18, 2014

Artwork from Kent State’s international students will be featured on the second floor of the Student Center on Thursday, Nov. 20.Annie Cima, a senior human development and family studies major who works...

Toshiki Nakamura, a freshman English as a Second Language major from Japan, laughs with friends in the Kent State International Mentors program before KSIM's India night in the Williamson Alumni Center on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014.

Crossing cultural borders

Danielle Hess October 1, 2014

Chinese exchange student Yiming Li began his junior year of college on the opposite side of the world from where he grew up. Li, an aeronautics major whose university in China partners with Kent State,...

Students watch a presentation on the history and culture of Inda at KSIM's India Night in the Williamson Alumni Center on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014.

India Night promotes cultural awareness

Kaitlin Siegel October 1, 2014

The Kent State International Mentors celebrated India Night on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Williamson Alumni Center.The night featured presentations by Amulya Vanga, an applied mathematics graduate student,...

Our view: Housing woes deter international students

KS Editors September 14, 2014

The Kent State 15-day enrollment statistics revealed that the number of students at the university’s main campus is at an all-time high with 28,457 students. The freshman class is the third largest incoming...

Employee for the Office of Global Education Nick Vasiloff holds up his sign which reads that his dream place to travel is Israel, at the I Love Travel Week event in the Kent State library Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014.

Language barriers prevent abroad opportunities

Chelsey Milkovich April 14, 2014

Kent State study abroad offers students a wide variety of options when choosing which programs to study through as well as many destination opportunities for travel.  However, multiple programs that study...

OGE prepares students for Florence

Chelsey Milkovich March 20, 2014

Students, faculty and staff filled the Nest on the second floor of the student center on Wednesday March 19 at 1 p.m. for Discover Florence: The Duomo.  Hosted by Kent State study abroad and The Office...

Plagiarism prevention workshop encourages international student attendance

Chelsey Milkovich March 5, 2014

The Kent State Writing Commons, located on the fourth floor of the University Library, will host a workshop on plagiarism prevention specifically for international students Thursday at 5 p.m.The Writing...

New Residence Services Vision Statement aims to improve student life on campus

Martin Harp February 10, 2014

Kent State's Residence Services has started working on their new vision statement to improve on-campus life.Jill Church, director of Residence Services, said the new vision statement is to “be recognized...

Students compete in KSU Olympics

Chelsey Milkovich February 8, 2014

With the start of 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the Department of Recreational Services decided to take the interest of students and give them an opportunity to display it further than simply watching...

Bahareh Gharehgozlou, president of the Kent State International Mentors (right), says she wishes she would have been informed beforehand about the Board of Trustees' decision to raise the International activity fee, which jumped from $10 to $20 this year. Bahareh is a PhD student translation major at Kent State. 

International student activity fee doubled without warning, students say

Madeline Winer January 14, 2014

When Kent State’s Board of Trustees doubled the international student activity fee for this academic year, many international students were unaware they were funding an additional $36,000 to International...

Our View: Account accountability

DKS Editors January 14, 2014

College costs money. There is no denying that fact. But when the university levies fees on students, especially international students who might not be familiar with the system, something is wrong.These...