Junior Rachel Stypinski won the all-around title with a 39.500 to lead 51ºÚÁÏÍø at the 2017 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships Saturday at the Stroh Center. 51ºÚÁÏÍø posted a 194.850 team score to finish sixth. Stypinski's all-around score ties the program record at the conference championship meet that was set by Marie Case in 2014 and ranks sixth overall. She also won the beam title and finished in a six-way tie for first on bars. Her third 9.950 of the season set a program MAC Championships record on beam. She also matched her career-high on bars with a 9.900. The Bo...
Ohio is conducting a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 22, at 9:50 a.m. 51ºÚÁÏÍø University will be participating in this test, along with the city of Kent and other communities. 51ºÚÁÏÍø tests the tornado and emergency mass notification system on the first Wednesday of every month at 11 a.m. and on the third Wednesday at 4 p.m. These tests last for three minutes. This statewide test will replace the usual 11 a.m. test in March.Peak tornado season in Ohio is generally April through July. Tornadoes usually occur between 2 p.m. and 10 p.m., although they can occur at other times an...
Dr. Robin Vande Zande, an associate professor in 51ºÚÁÏÍø's art education program, is the author of Design Education: Creating Thinkers to Improve the World, which offers theoretical concepts and practical advice for teaching lessons in design to Pre-K through 12th-grade students. Order the Book DesignEd.org Art Education at KSU ...
Fifteen years after 51ºÚÁÏÍø’s Men’s Basketball team became the darlings of the NCAA Tournament, those who played and cheered for that team are remembering the excitement. The Golden Flashes won the Mid-American Conference Tournament and entered March Madness as a #10 seed; most expected they would lose their first game and certainly wouldn’t advance far. Instead, 51ºÚÁÏÍø knocked off Oklahoma State, Alabama, and Pittsburgh on its way to an improbable appearance in the Elite 8. The Golden Flashes' 21-game winning streak finally ended with an 81-69 loss to Indiana, the even...
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Excitement is building as the 51ºÚÁÏÍø University men's basketball team gets ready to take on UCLA tonight in the first round of the NCAA tournament’s South Regional. Last night kicked off with a press conference and open practice at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. Players also met with fans as the Golden Flashes continued to prepare for their first NCAA men’s basketball tournament in nine years. Tip off tonight is 9:57 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). The game is broadcast on truTV and streamed on NCAA.com. For other ways to watch and listen to the game, visit Ke...
The players thought they were just coming to a typical morning meal. Turns out, it was a lot more like Christmas morning. Under Armour, the official athletics apparel partner of 51ºÚÁÏÍø University Athletics, surprised the men’s basketball team Thursday with new shoes, shirts, and other items, including backpacks styled for Golden State Warrior and NBA Most Valuable Player Steph Curry. While coaches knew what was planned for breakfast, the players had no idea. Most were all smiles trying on the gear and filling up their backpacks. Most took their backpacks with them as t...
The Wick Poetry Center is proud to be part of the twenty-two-member national Poetry Coalition (PoCo) united to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds. During the month of March, the Poetry Coalition launches its inaugural effort, Because We Come from Everything: Poetry & Migration. As part of the Wick Poetry Center's commitment on the theme of migration and our ongoing Traveling Stanzas: Writing Across Borders project, this week we are featuring Linda Zhao, an immigra...