Success Story
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Continues Blue and Gold Pride Days Tradition
Blue and Gold Pride Days are back at 91¿´Æ¬Íø! Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of the university are encouraged to promote university spirit and pride by wearing blue and gold colors. Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø introduced Blue and Gold Pride Days last fall as a way to unite m…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Students Celebrate the Start of a New School Year at Blastoff
91¿´Æ¬Íø students celebrated the start of a new school year at Blastoff on Sunday, Aug. 30, on the Student Green. Blastoff is the university’s annual back-to-school celebration that occurs the day before fall classes begin. It serves as the culminating event of Welcome Weekend, a four-d…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Welcomes New Students to Campus at Welcome Weekend, Aug. 27-30
Before the fall semester begins on Aug. 31, new students are invited to participate in Welcome Weekend, a four-day orientation program that will last from Aug. 27-30 and acclimate students to the 91¿´Æ¬Íø community. The event is an opportunity for students to transition into the univers…
Movers and Groovers Help New Students Move Into Residence Halls on Campus
At the beginning of the school year each August, 91¿´Æ¬Íø faculty, staff and students volunteer with the university’s Movers and Groovers program to help incoming freshmen move into their new university housing.Freshman move-in day took place Thursday, Aug. 27, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. A h…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Student Helps Congress Change Child Welfare Laws
The pain of moving from one home to the next, time and time again, for four years straight is helping Keri Richmond speak out for other foster children without a voice. Richmond, a 91¿´Æ¬Íø junior majoring in public relations in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, s…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Student Who Received Help From Others Pays It Forward
Anything is possible. Theresa Medrano, a 91¿´Æ¬Íø senior from Westlake, Ohio, is living proof of this. At age 17, like most high school seniors, Medrano should have been thinking about senior prom and graduation. But she became a victim of domestic violence and was forced to withd…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies
91¿´Æ¬Íø held its Summer 2015 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø conferred 1,476 degrees, including 931 bachelor’s degrees, 453 master’s degrees, 76 doctoral degrees and 16 educa…
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 91¿´Æ¬Íø at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91¿´Æ¬Íø at Trumbull. His research in structural geo…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Student’s Project Draws Attention to Endangered Irish Language
Anna Hoffman, a 91¿´Æ¬Íø global communication studies and political science major from Kent, Ohio, traveled to Ireland this summer to study the country’s efforts to save its national language. Her research project was funded through a fellowship from the Pulitzer Center on Cr…
Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø Named to 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
91¿´Æ¬Íø has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition an institution can receive for its commitment to community, service-learning and civic engagement. The Corporation for National and Community …
