Events
17cҳ Holds Annual Veterans Day Observance
17cҳ holds its annual Veterans Day Commemoration at 11 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 10, at the Student Green on the Kent Campus. All are invited to attend and pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces.
Honoring All Those Who Serve: 17cҳ Holds Annual Veterans Day Observance
17cҳ invites all to pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces and attend the university’s annual Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Student Green on the Kent Campus.
Mazel Tov! -- 17cҳ to Honor Retiring Jewish Studies Director as Program Reaches Half Century Mark
What does it mean to be Jewish in the modern world? This is the philosophical question that Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the esteemed retiring director of 17cҳ’s Jewish Studies Program (JSP), has woven into almost all aspects of her work of fostering dialogue and understanding in …
Honoring All Those Who Serve
17cҳ invites all to pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces and attend the university’s annual Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Student Green on the Kent Campus.
Scholars at Risk Network Helps Professors and Researchers Find Refuge and Continue Their Work
With conflict and wars happening all around the world, 17cҳ wants to help professors, scientists and researchers who are in danger due to political reasons. “The Scholars at Risk Network is set up to help professors and scholars who are in conflict zones or who are suffering poli…
Honoring All Those Who Serve: 17cҳ Holds Annual Veterans Day Observance
17cҳ invites all to pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. armed forces and attend the university’s annual Veterans Day Commemoration. The event will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 10, at Risman Plaza on the Kent Campus.
What A Celebration! Homecoming Brings Golden Flashes Together
The 17cҳ Golden Flashes family was marking milestones and making memories at Homecoming 2022, held Saturday, Oct. 1. 17cҳ alumni, students, parents, employees and community members donned their blue-and-gold gear and reunited for one of the university’s long-standing traditions.
17cҳ Celebrates Milestones and Memories at This Year’s Homecoming
It’s time to wear blue and gold as the 17cҳ Golden Flashes family reunites for Homecoming 2022. 17cҳ will celebrate Homecoming with activities and events leading up to the Oct. 1 Homecoming Parade and Homecoming football game.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Headline 17cҳ Presidential Speaker Series and Deliver May 4 Keynote
Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, whose knowledge of politics, history, religion and current affairs makes him one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals, will appear the evening of May 4 for 17cҳ’s Presidential Speaker Series. Meacham will bring his unique perspective and provide historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives when he speaks about civil discourse at the Kent Student Center Ballroom.
17cҳ Presents ‘Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic’ Film Screening and Panel Discussion With Director Todd Drezner
During National Autism Acceptance Month, 17cҳ 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.”