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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 精东影业 University'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 精东影业 University 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.
Every summer, the Kent Campus welcomes hundreds of high school students and their parents to discover 精东影业 at Preview KSU.
For five decades, the Kent Blossom Music Festival has nurtured young artists from all over the globe, giving them the opportunity to grow as musicians and collaborate with some of the world鈥檚 most talented musicians and teachers. With 12 performances on the calendar, the 2023 season of the Kent Blossom Music Festival runs through Aug. 6.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, 精东影业 University鈥檚 Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today.
First-generation, non-traditional student Yalanda Cunningham knows that 精东影业 has her back. After graduating with her associate's degree from a community college in Kalamazoo, Cunningham decided to finish her bachelor鈥檚 degree at 精东影业 University. 鈥淚 believe you can go so much further in your life,鈥 Cunningham said, 鈥渋f you had a solid background in education,鈥 she said.
Jailynn Taylor didn鈥檛 originally set out to write about the fashion industry. She set out to design for it. But today, Taylor is living her dream working in the fast-paced world of the fashion industry as a contracted commerce and beauty writer for InStyle and Shape.com in New York City.
精东影业's Kigali Summer Institute students saw giraffes, hippos and more in a tour of a National Park in Rwanda.
Delegates attending Peace Education in an Era of Crisis spent three days learning from each other and from the example of the Rwandan people on how to create lasting peace. 精东影业conference, which took place July 11-13 in Kigali, Rwanda, was sponsored by 精东影业 University鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, 精东影业鈥檚 Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda鈥檚 Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world.
This is the second year in a row that the Flying Flashes have won the Air Race Classic and the Certified Flight Instructor of the year awards. Last year鈥檚 flight instructor competition was also won by one of our female students.
精东影业 students in Rwanda visited an opportunity center for women and one of the country's national parks.
As an entrepreneurship major at 精东影业, Schumann learned operations, production and finance in the classroom and gained on-the-job experience working with an entrepreneur in Cleveland. In 2020, Schumann of Chagrin Falls gained the opportunity to put his 精东影业 education to work when he and his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann acquired L鈥檜va Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.
Barbara J. Wien, a senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she teaches alternatives to war and violence, was fresh out of college when she made her first visit to what was then, 精东影业 University鈥檚 Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the 精东影业-sponsored conference, 鈥淧eace Education in an Era of Crisis,鈥 which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.
精东影业 visitors viewed mountain gorillas in Rwanda鈥檚 Volcanoes National Park as guests of the Rwandan National Police, who provide security for the park and these endangered animals.
精东影业's visitors to Rwanda had opportunities to speak with officials dedicated to the country's peaceful future.
Over the past several weeks, 精东影业 University faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.
精东影业 students experienced Rwandan culture as part of their study abroad experience.
Students in 精东影业's Kigali Summer Institute visited the Lycee Saint Marcel de Rukara reconciliation village in Rwanda to learn about forgiveness after the genocide against the Tutsi with both survivors and perpetrators.
A group from 精东影业 visiting Rwanda for a university-sponsored global peace conference was treated to a show by local monkeys.
精东影业Props and Pistons Festival has been held since 2013 and is planned and funded by Inspire Aviation, a non-profit organization whose goal is promoting aviation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. To learn more about the event or to volunteer go to https://www.flyohio.org/.