![Vice President Alfreda Brown (left) and Dana Lawless-Andric (right) present the 2018 Diversity Trailblazer Award to Kathy Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics. Vice President Alfreda Brown (left) and Dana Lawless-Andric (right) present the 2018 Diversity Trailblazer Award to Kathy Wilson, Ph.D., professor of economics.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/MLKTrailblazerAward.jpg?VersionId=aTeYoo62TNfBrWWqPvbrYgNLq.5xPT9Q&h=e6f36a9c&itok=ei482XZK)
For Kathy Wilson, Ph.D., diversity means not just having a campus where everyone should be included, respected and comfortable, but where people actually feel that way.
News Briefs
![Legendary journalist and news anchor Dan Rather will speak at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University the evening of May 4 as part of the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Presidential Speaker Series. Legendary journalist and news anchor Dan Rather will speak at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University the evening of May 4 as part of the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University Presidential Speaker Series.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-rather_dan1.jpg?VersionId=6kZLRB91MZ9Nf6MrGLkAt5f5bhks.BjC&h=e6f36a9c&itok=3IqQudWM)
Few have seen the history of our world unfold like Dan Rather. The former lead anchor of the CBS Evening News is coming to Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University to reflect on his experiences as a journalist, news anchor and multimedia producer.
![Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University senior interior design student Laura Montemagno appreciates scholarship donors who impacted her college education. Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University senior interior design student Laura Montemagno appreciates scholarship donors who impacted her college education.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Video-Donors.jpg?VersionId=WWU9aXBmrn0uxqT5ohpinUncid9cTOMe&h=e6f36a9c&itok=PgNC2zKM)
Senior interior design student and Honors College scholarship recipient Laura Montemagno thanks those who helped make her time at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University possible.
![Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at East Liverpool students helped to build the Walnut Grove Playground, an all-inclusive recreational facility designed for those with special needs Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at East Liverpool students helped to build the Walnut Grove Playground, an all-inclusive recreational facility designed for those with special needs.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/REGIONAL-Playground1.jpg?VersionId=3LuuQIsk3UGbCIA7gJ_Ja7a_oIFlcyvY&h=e6f36a9c&itok=1XMcInkm)
Students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at East Liverpool rolled up their sleeves, flexed their muscles and went to work to help build the Walnut Grove Playground, an all-inclusive recreational facility designed for those with special needs.
![In this photo taken at his home is Bob Christy’s 1953 CJ3B Jeep and 1946 Henry Spen trailer. In this photo taken at his home is Bob Christy’s 1953 CJ3B Jeep and 1946 Henry Spen trailer.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/SPECIALFEATURE-Jeep1.jpg?VersionId=BxgZZrmoTdZQBqS0Rxlc7wfzbuclRgCb&h=e6f36a9c&itok=JS_VdY43)
Bob Christy, coordinator of photography at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University, has a passion for restoring Jeeps from the 1940s and 1950s. He tears them apart, cleans each piece, locates new parts and rebuilds from the ground up.
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Department of Psychological Sciences and Division of Research and Sponsored Programs
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