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Erin Franczak

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Erin Franczak

Academic Advisor
College of Arts and Sciences
Kent

WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE:

December 2021 

Alumni Life

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Working at “The Most Magical Place on Earth”

Davin Ebanks in Full Spectrum at the Pittsburgh Glass Center

Davin Ebanks, assistant professor of glass and M.F.A. alumnus, has been selected for the group exhibition "Full Spectrum: Visionaries Elevating Art, Craft, and Design" on view at the through May 23, 2022.

Alumnus Puts Global Communication Skills on Display at World Expo

Scrolling through Instagram led 51���� alumnus Liam Reis, '18, to the opportunity of a lifetime: serving as a Youth

51���� Presents ‘Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic’ Film Screening and Panel Discussion With Director Todd Drezner

During National Autism Acceptance Month, 51���� will hold a film screening of “Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. “Loving Lampposts” is a documentary by Todd Drezner, a father of a now 13-year-old boy with autism, that explores the changing world of autism and learns the truth of the saying “if you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person.” 

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51���� School of Fashion Announces Return of In-Person Fashion Show, Presented by Dillard’s

The School of Fashion announces the return of its acclaimed in-person Fashion Show, April 28-30, 2022, in Rockwell Hall on the Kent Campus. The presenting sponsor of the 2022 show is renowned American department store, Dillard’s Inc. Dillard’s is a long-time supporter of the School of Fashion, and the Dillard family was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2019.

New Website Allows Teachers and Students to Make Meaning of May 4

Sixty-nine K-12 educators from more than 250 applicants across the nation remotely explored May 4 with the best scholar-experts to develop lesson plans for their students in two summer sessions. Workshop faculty included witnesses to the shootings, surviving casualties of the shootings, K-12 experts, a member of the Ohio National Guard present during the shootings and experts on movements of the 1960s. During these sessions, educators learned about the event and the wide range of resources on May 4. They worked on lesson plans to incorporate these materials into their classrooms. Now these materials are online for educational use.

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT - DANIEL SHONK

Daniel Shonk is an Associate Director in University Housing

BIAS BUSTER: The Danger of Inspiration Porn 

Disabled people aren't here to inspire you. 

Chuck Miley, ’65

Chuck Miley, ’65, has always been an artist. He remembers his mother providing the paper and crayons he used to create some of his first drawings as a preschooler, and since then Chuck has used art as an outlet for creativity.