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A product design student meticulously sands down their lighter model.

A dancer performs for a full auditorium of children.

Ottawa Area ISD Young Adult Services aide Patricia Krzywos, left, reacts with special education student Sara Belke, second from right, after Belke found a lemon inside the Barbara Kindschi Greenhouse at the Kindschi Hall of Science on February 13. Young adults with special needs from Ottawa Area ISD help at the greenhouse every week to teach job skills. 

Art Education major Maryn Butki works with a torch to make a brooch as part of Jewelry and Metalsmithing Production at the Calder Fine Arts Center on February 4.

Maggie Belenky ’25, left, dances with a participant in The Nancy Cooper Valentine's Dance for Exceptional Adults. The event was hosted by the Heller Service Corps and Thrive Upstate in the Younts Conference Center on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Anna Darr ’27 performs during the Bell Tower Ball held at the Greenville Convention Center on Saturday, February 15, 2025.

After nightly Ice Fest presentations, people walk the snow-covered streets to local hotels in Munising, Michigan. Eight students attended Ice Fest led by Joe Bitely, assistant director of Recreation & Wellness, who has been bringing students to Ice Fest for 15 years. 

Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, renowned artist and Kent State alumna, at work in her Cleveland, Ohio, studio.

“It’s like coming home. I am just thrilled to be showing there,” Jónsson told Kent State Today. “I’m kind of calling this my mini-retrospective. It’s work that dates from 2009 until 2022, so it spans two-thirds of my career.”

The role of Georgia Grimm is being played by senior theatre performance major Iyona Nicole, from Columbus, Ohio. This is her first time in a lead role, and she’s feeling both excitement and stress. 

"It’s a lot more [dialogue] than I'm used to. The subject matter is interesting, especially because it reflects what could happen in the future,” Nicole said. “It brings a bit of anxiety and everything, especially because it’s set in a school in Ohio. It makes me nervous for the future, but it also makes me reflect on just what people have done to sacrifice to we where we are today.”

A student checks their phone during the opening of a faculty art show.