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We’re excited to bring you our second newsletter of the new year. We hope that you will find them both informative and entertaining. The EHHS Office of Diversity Outreach and
Development is always open if you need anything. Whether it be academic suggestions or just a good conversation about your plans for the future, feel free to stop in to the office. Our staff is more than willing to assist you as you pursue your education at Kent State University.
To set up an appointment, with N.J. Akbar or Felicia Johnson contact them at ehhsdiversity@kent.edu.
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BOB MARLEY
BOB MARLEY
Marley wrote this song amid the turmoil of the Jamaican elections in
December, 1976. Marley had supported Michael Manley when he won the election in 1972 and became Prime Minister of Jamaica, but four years later, Marley was by far the most popular person in Jamaica, and he refused to take a political stance as the country was divided between Manley's People's National Party and the Jamaican Labour
Party headed by Edward Seaga.
It was very violent time in the country, and Marley tried to stay politically neutral while offering peace and shelter however he could - his Hope Road hope was kind of a safe-house for people with nowhere to go. The journalist Vivien Goldman was with Marley at the time and remembers him working on "One Love" while sitting on his small bed while a young girl sat on the other end and other visitors gathered in the room. "We'll share the shelter, of my single bed," Marley sang, as he created a song that was both peaceful and angry at the same time
See more at: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=3909
Use the hash-tag #foodforthought and send us quotes @EHHS_DIV that inspire or motivate you.
We‘ll feature them in upcoming newsletters with your Twitter account attached.

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Chinese months are reckoned by the lunar calendar, with each month beginning on the darkest day. New Year festivities traditionally start on the first day of the month and continue until the fifteenth, when the moon is brightest. In China, people may take weeks of holiday from work to prepare for and celebrate the New Year http://www.infoplease.com/spot/chinesenewyear1.html
Throughout Black History Month 2015, The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans and the Because of Them We Can Campaign are collaborating to empower and educate by highlighting important African American figures that have supported the learning and development of African Americans of all ages. Beginning February 1st, we will share images and fun facts or teachable moment designed to encourage learning about the hero of the day as well as sharing that information with loved ones, especially children youth.
The Because of Them We Can campaign was the concept of artist, tech expert and entrepreneur Eunique Jones Gibson. Ms. Gibson has previously been honored for her idea to use images of young people dressed as important historical figures as a teaching and awareness tool when she was named a White House Champion of Change for STEM access & diversity in
2014. The campaign includes images ranging from scientists to community activists; Nobel laureates to cultural icons gracing the pages of her 365-page table book. “I am excited and honored to share the Because of Them, We Can campaign and work with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans to ensure the images educate and empower” said Eunique Jones Gibson.
The team at the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans works to make sure people of all ages and backgrounds can connect excellence to the African
American community. “The Because of Them We Can Campaign literally connects young
Black children to the heroes and she-roes upon whose shoulders they stand,” said David J.
Johns, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African
Americans. “The Campaign reminds us of the rich legacy of innovators, educators and advocates from which we come while reminding adults of our shared responsibility to protect and encourage dreams.” The collaboration also provides for opportunities to encourage reading while giving viewers the opportunity to dream bigger dreams about what they can accomplish because someone who looks like them or has the same background has achieved something similar.
Read the entire article here: http://www.ed.gov/blog/2015/02/because-of-them-we-can-celebrate-black-history-month/

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LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsn0Ccyb7Nk
Debra Dickerson, Author, The End of Blackness, shares the challenges that she has had to face in the wake of the economic downturn and says that she learned valuable lessons and has found an even greater strength in herself during these trying times.
LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36m1o-tM05g
Sam Berns is a Junior at Foxboro High School in Foxboro, Massachusetts, where he has achieved highest honors and is currently a percussion section leader in the high school marching band. He recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Sam was diagnosed with
Progeria, a rare, rapid aging disease, at the age of 2. He is featured in the documentary Life According to Sam, which will premiere on HBO on October 21, 2013.

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N. J. Akbar
Director
Felicia Johnson
Administrative Assistant
Vicki Haywood Doe, PhD, ACSM-HFS
2014 Diversity Catalyst http://www.kent.edu/news/kent-state%E2%80%99s-collegeeducation-health-and-human-services-names-2014-diversity-catalyst
Kristina Metcalf
Graduate Assistant
Kara Kirby
Graduate Assistant
Matthew Thompson
Student Programming Assistant
James Yarbrough
Student Creative & Design Assistant
For more info follow the link http://www2.kent.edu/ehhs/offices/DiversityOutreachDevelopment/about-us.cfm
Halle Saxon
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ABOUT SEEDS
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PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Students must be seeking admissions into a graduate program for Fall 2016 at Kent State University maintaining a 2.75 GPA (or higher for some programs). In some cases, there are programs that are still considering admissions for Fall 2015, for a list of those programs, please visit our website. All programs considering Fall 2015 admissions, require the completion of the online application for consideration for the SEEDS program. Students interested in
Fall 2015* and Fall 2016 will be considered.
Students must be willing to provide their own transportation to and from Kent State University in Kent, OH. There are two nearby airports: Hopkins International in Cleveland, OH and Akron-Canton in Akron, OH.
The summer program runs Wednesday, June 17, 2015 through Saturday, June 20, 2015.
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All students who participate will receive at least a %FBOPG
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For more information, contact N. J. Akbar , Director, Diversity
Outreach at nakbar@kent.edu or 330-672-2537.
Application Deadline:
Friday, March 13th, 2015 http://www.kent.edu/ehhs/

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Sophomore-Deaf Education
Why did you come to Kent State?
I previously attended Cleveland State University, and while I was there a took classes in American Sign Language. As I took more classes involving sign language and the Deaf World I realized how much I enjoyed it and grew passionate about the lifestyle and culture. A former teacher told me about
KSU's Deaf education program, and as I did more research I realized Deaf education was what I wanted to do as my career. So what made me come to to Kent is the Deaf Education degree, and my continuous want to for knowledge ( in ASL and Deaf Culture).
How do you intend on using your degree from Kent?
With my degree I plan to attend Gallaudet University and obtain a Master's degree in Deaf Studies, along with my certification in Deaf education with multiple disabilities and Deaf history. After GU I either want to work with children who are unable to verbally communicate because of their disability and teach them sign language, whether it is with modifications or not. My second choice would be to work with hearing parents who have children with a hearing loss, whether they're are Deaf, hard of hearing, or hearing impaired, so that the parents knows all their available options for their child's success in life (i.e. types of Schools for children with hearing loss, language options, hearing devices, or home adaptions). I believe my primary focus would be the type of schooling that would be successful for the children needs.
What do you like about being a student here?
I love being a student at Kent State, because I have opportunities to interact with professors who are Deaf. They can tell me what I need to do to achieve what I want, and get to where I want to go in life.
Black History Month Keynote Speaker
Dr. Steve Perry is the founder and principal of one of U.S. News and World Report’s top schools in the country, Capital Preperatory Magnet School in
Hartford, CN. Described as “the most talked about innovative educator,”Perry is an education contributor for CNN and MSNBC, an Essence
Magazine columnist, a best-selling author, and host of TVONE’s “Save My Son.”

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Office of Diversity
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206 White Hall
Phone: (330) 672-2537
Twitter: @EHHS_DOD www.Facebook.com/EHHSDiversity