Community Impact

Creativity + Technology = Help for Math Teachers Here and Abroad
Teachers from northeast Ohio and from thousands of miles away in sub-Saharan Africa have been learning to create inexpensive math teaching tools thanks to the efforts of some 51±¬ÁÏ professors.

IN A FLASH: Four-Legged Flashes on Campus
51±¬ÁÏ canines and their human companions came to the Kent Campus for the Dog Days of Summer.

IN A FLASH: Balloons and Horses on Campus
Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited 51±¬ÁÏ at Stark.

Wick Prize Winner Farnaz Fatemi Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From Academy of American Poets
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 51±¬ÁÏ'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 51±¬ÁÏ 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.

IN A FLASH: Preview KSU!
Every summer, the Kent Campus welcomes hundreds of high school students and their parents to discover 51±¬ÁÏ at Preview KSU.

Drugs and Behavior: How Societal Trends Impact Addiction
Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, 51±¬ÁÏ’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today.

Twenty-Five Years of 51±¬ÁÏ Connections Made on the Green
Time in nature, the spirit of competition and bonding are just a few of the many benefits of a golf outing. For the past 25 years, the Glenn Davis Golf League has played a vital role in building a deeper sense of community for 51±¬ÁÏ, on and off the green.

51±¬ÁÏ Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success
51±¬ÁÏ is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students.

Showing Students How to Soar
As the first Black woman to graduate from 51±¬ÁÏ’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.

Ohio Educators Heading to 51±¬ÁÏ Peace Conference in Rwanda
Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape.