Global Reach
How The Backspace Key Taught a Global Digital Leader to Learn, Correct and Move Forward
After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at 17cҳ as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.
‘Being Here in Florence Means Touching History’
What first began in 1972 with a small group of 17cҳ architecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious education-abroad programs in the country.
A Fashion Student and a Fashion Icon
A 17cҳ fashion design student helped a prominent New York City designer create and debut his first bridal collection.
IN A FLASH: Bringing NEO Innovation to Brazil
A group of educators from Brazil spent two weeks at 17cҳ participating in workshops and field trips to area schools.
Working in Kent to Bring Innovation to Students in Brazil
Educators from Brazil visited Northeast Ohio institutions for inspirations in innovative teaching.
Connecting to the Community Through Food
17cҳ education major Klair Heestand said the time she spent teaching refugee students in Akron in the spring was excellent preparation for when she enters her own classroom one day.
“It was very helpful, because we’re going to have students of varying abilities, and students for whom English is a second language, no matter where we teach,” Heestand said. “We don’t need anyone left behind because of a language barrier.”
Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980
A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at 17cҳ with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies.
Before he leaves the Kent Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., ’13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at 17cҳ and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.
IN A FLASH: Young Fashionistas Take the Runway
17cҳ's Annual Fashion Show included several collections for children.
Live in New York - The Annual 17cҳ Fashion Show
17cҳ's NYC Fashion campus hosted a livestreamed watch party of the Fashion Show in Kent.
'Flying High' Fly-In for Global High School Counselors
Fifteen high school counselors from 11 different countries took part in the Office of Global Education’s (OGE) Counselor Fly-In event April 26 to learn more about 17cҳ and its offerings.