Beyond Academics

Modern Humans Using Ancient Tools
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø anthropology professor Metin Eren, Ph.D., has a hands-on approach when teaching students about prehistoric stone tools that involves immersing themselves in a specially equipped lab in Lowry Hall that features everything from flint arrowheads to a ballistics station.

Increasing Belonging for Graduate Students
A new program will foster a stronger sense of belonging to address research that demonstrates that graduate students are less likely to feel a sense of identity attached to their graduate school than those connections to undergraduate school experiences.

Grant Supports Black Mothers and Children
¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø has received a grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation for the Spirit of Motherhood Program, an innovative program with a goal of reducing trauma and stress symptoms experienced by its pregnant Black mother participants.

Celebrating KSU’s First Female President
Carol A. Cartwright, Ph.D., became ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s first female president in 1991 and was the first female president of any Ohio public college or university then. She was also a driving force in the establishment of ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Women’s Center.

Black United Student Leader Thrives
Julian Grimes, a ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø junior, is president of Black United Students (BUS) and is working to keep the organization thriving. BUS is one of ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s oldest student organizations and is credited with starting the formal observance of Black History Month in 1970.

Community of Caring Supports Student
Shane Reese found a network of support and a community of caring at ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø that surrounded him after his mother passed away during his freshman year. As a result, Reese became a resilient leader who is committed to giving back.
Beyond Academics

Celebrating 50 Years in Florence, Italy
Fifty years after a handful of architecture students first studied in the city, the ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Florence Center now hosts hundreds of ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø students annually, serving as the university’s flagship study abroad and international center.