As I pen this story, Jhen茅 Aiko's "Born Tired" loops in the background, a fitting soundtrack for a narrative penned during Black History Month and a testament to the journey of resilience and discovery I've embarked upon. Home, as Warsan Shire, a British-Somali poet suggests, 鈥淎t the end of the day, it isn鈥檛 where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I鈥檓 going and never have been before.鈥 The idea of home not as a place of origin, but as a destination of becoming echoes my transition from Lagos, Nigeria, to Kent. This 18-month journey from fall 2022 has profoundly reshaped my notions of h...
Stephanie J. Woods, a multi-disciplinary artist renowned for celebrating her cultural heritage, has been selected as the 2024 Curlee Raven Holton & Raven Fine Art Editions Distinguished Art Fellow by the School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University.To learn more about the artist and their upcoming show, we sat down with Woods for a few questions. Your show 鈥淪tephanie J. Woods: The Genius of Play鈥 will be on display at Kent State University this Fall. What inspired this body of work?The inspiration for The Genius of Play emerged from an experience I h...
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It took three years, a move from California to Ohio, and several other bumps in the road. Still, recent Kent State University graduate Vincent AhSam-Kreiter has achieved his goals of earning a bachelor鈥檚 degree, becoming a registered nurse and being a newly commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force.AhSam-Kreiter, 33, a native of El Sobrante, California, graduated from the College of Nursing on Aug. 10, passed his state nursing board licensing exam on Aug. 27, and received his commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force during a formal ceremony on Sept. 20, when Kent State Today wa...
