Global Impact
ÂÌñÉçJunior Jasmine McCulley Joins Team USA for World Twirling Championships
For most of her life, ÂÌñÉçjunior visual communication design major Jasmine McCulley, has built her identity around community, the arts and competition, whether through The Touch of Gold Twirlers or competitive baton twirling. Sixteen years after she first picked up a baton, she will represent Team USA this August in Paris at the IBTF World Competition.
IN A FLASH: Education Abroad Photo and Video Contest
Kent State's Office of Global Education shared the international images captured by the winners of its 2025 Education Abroad Fall Photo/Video contest.
Olympic Dreams Realized
A group of ÂÌñÉç students spent their spring break learning in Italy and Greece and attending the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympics as part of the Business of the Olympics, an advanced sports administration course.
IN A FLASH: A VIP Visit from Rwanda
Rwanda's Minister of Health was part of a delegation that visited ÂÌñÉçto meet with administrators from Kent State's Office of Global Education and Rwandan students currently studying at Kent State.
Agents of Change: Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative Trains Brazilian Educators
A group of school administrators from Brazil recently completed the 10-day Design Innovation Change Agent Workshop at ÂÌñÉç’s Design Innovation Hub, where they immersed themselves in design innovation techniques as they endeavor to innovate their school system at home.
UPDATE: How to Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses
After the eclipse, Flashes can do their part to promote sustainability by recycling their eclipse glasses for use by viewers of future eclipses around the world.
The Festival of Love, Colors and Spring
In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi.
Digging Into an Ancient Mystery Along Italy’s Tiber River
Sarah Harvey, Ph.D., explains how photogrammetry helps advance her archaeological study.
From a Ph.D. to International Pageant Winner
When you hear the word pageant, it likely conjures up images of tiaras, swimsuit competitions and ladies crying as they clutch an armful of roses on a brightly lit stage. But Lorain, Ohio, native and ÂÌñÉç alumna Monica Burgett, Ph.D., has triumphed on a pageant circuit that doesn’t include sparkling tiaras or bathing suit competitions. This time, the pageant celebrated contestants for their brilliant minds.
Solutions for Challenges Around the World, Presented at Kent State
International Fulbright scholars studying at ÂÌñÉçpresented their plans addressing vital issues in their home countries.