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Dear Members of the ������Ƶ Community, I am pleased to announce that Eboni Pringle, Ph.D., will be named senior vice president for student life, effective Dec. 1. This title change recognizes her leadership strengths and accomplishments since assuming the position on an interim basis in August 2023 and provides stability for the division through a period of significant change for higher education as well as ������Ƶ State.I feel it is important that the Division of Student Life has strong and permanent leadership in place as it focuses on student well-being in tumultuous times, ...

After one of the most contentious elections in American history, we are entering the holiday season when family dinners can be an argument waiting to happen.Navigating holiday gatherings can be tricky in the best of times, and this year certainly poses extra complications as many feelings are still very raw over election results, said Johanna Solomon, Ph.D., assistant professor in ������Ƶ’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies.It may not be a matter as simple as disappointment over who lost the election but what newly elected officials represent to others, Solomon said. Family me...

   For National Trans Day of Remembrance, which is observed on Nov. 20, the ������Ƶ State LGBTQ+ Center honored the memory of  the more than 60 transgender individuals who were murdered or had taken their own lives in 2023.   Members of the ������Ƶ State LGBTQ+ community painted The Rock on the ������Ƶ Campus and a display at the ������Ƶ State's LGBTQ+ Center honors the memory of those who lost their lives last year.    Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your ������Ƶ State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them ...