April - June 2013

Kent State University’s Special Education program seeks applicants for its Early Intervention in Natural Environments Specialization Training through Distance Learning program to prepare individuals at the graduate level to work with infants and toddlers who have identified disabilities or delays and their families.

Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton announced today he will retire from the presidency of Ohio’s second largest public university, effective July 1, 2014. He has served as Kent State’s chief executive officer since July 1, 2006.

FlashFest 2013, an annual Kent State University event for Kent State students featuring performers, food and prizes, was held on Thursday, April 18, at noon on the Student Green.

Kent Interhall Council (KIC) hosts the 2013 Lil’ Sibs Weekend at Kent State University from Friday, April 19, to Sunday, April 21. This weekend-long event has been a KIC tradition for more than 35 years. Last year, more than 2,000 people were in attendance, and event organizers are again looking forward to having record numbers in attendance at Lil’ Sibs Weekend. This event is open to all Kent State faculty, staff and students.  

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins visits Kent State University on Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom as part of the Wick Poetry Center’s annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading in celebration of National Poetry Month. The reading is free and open to the public.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University Professor Elie Wiesel speaks with moderator Eric Mansfield of University Communications and Marketing at the second Kent State University Presidential Speaker Series.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University Professor Elie Wiesel spoke at the second Kent State University Presidential Speaker Series on Thursday, April 11, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) on the Kent Campus. Wiesel addressed a sold-out crowd of 5,100 people. Many of the Kent State students in attendance were familiar with Wiesel’s memoir “Night,” in which he details the saga of his family being imprisoned and killed in concentration camps.

Kent State University designers.in.service (d.i.s.) students from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design partnered with students from Kent State’s Math/Science Upward Bound program for National TRIO Day.

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, the sole representative of Puerto Rico in Congress, will provide the keynote address at the third annual Hablemos (Let’s Talk) Conference. The keynote address and panel discussion will discuss the possibility of Puerto Rico becoming the 51st state.

Kent State University organizations the Latino Networking Caucus (LNC) and the Spanish and Latino Student Association (SALSA) proudly invite the community to the third annual Hablemos (Let’s Talk) Conference in the Kent Student Center on April 19. Registration and check-in for the conference begins at 9:30 a.m.