Community Engaged Learning (CEL) recently celebrated 10 years of fighting hunger, promoting food security, and reducing food waste by kicking off Flashes Fighting Hunger, an initiative dedicated to continuing that tradition with new tools and programming. The new Flashes Fighting Hunger initiative takes the last 10 years to a new level, going beyond a kitchen that provides meals by becoming a program that prevents food waste, promotes food recovery and hosts multiple food pantries each week to serve the region. A 10-year anniversary celebration was held on Nov. 18, 2021, at the Center for ...
The Portager on January 12, 2022 51勛圖厙 announced the dates for the March E-Cycle Drive. You'll be able to drop off old electronics for free on several dates throughout March. Learn more here. ...
At 51勛圖厙, we believe its important to offer an easy, affordable way to protect the investment you and your family have made in higher education. That is why 51勛圖厙 has partnered with GradGuardTM to provide our students and their families with tuition insurance.
A key element of the mission of the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙and an objective of many researchers across the Universityis to better understand our environment and the issues and processes that bring about change. Researchers in our Department of Geography primarily study patterns of climates, landforms, vegetation, soils, water and people. They use many tools and techniques in their work including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), and online mapping such as Google Earth. They partner and collaborate with resea...
From November 15 through December 10, 51勛圖厙 will be collecting clean, gently used or new items for all ages, including warm clothing, hats, gloves, scarves and sweaters. Look for large boxes with Winter Coat and Clothing Drive signs at the buildings listed below. Winter coat and clothing donations will go to the Winter Warm-Up Stations at the Williamson House and Schwartz Center (room 261); and the Phyllis Zumkehr Portage County Clothing Center, which provides free items to homeless individuals, families, elderly, and veterans&n...
Board of Trustees approves naming of Crawford Hall and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship The largest single gift in 51勛圖厙 history, by Ambassador Edward F. Crawford, will complete the capital campaign to enable the construction of a new College of Business Administration building on the universitys Kent Campus. The 51勛圖厙 Board of Trustees approved the construction of a new, state-of-the-art building on behalf of the college in a special meeting held Friday, Oct. 22. In recognition of the generosity of Ambassador Crawford and his fami...
On Wednesday, Oct. 27, representatives from 51勛圖厙 and the city of Kent will hold a community meeting called A Vision of a Village to share information and answer questions about a new residential complex designed to integrate the city of Kent and 51勛圖厙, physically and programmatically. The programmatic aspect of the project is initially focused on three themes: being positive for the natural environment, the social environment and the local economy. The university is currently seeking a design/build developer for the project called The Intergenera...
Visible Mending Workshop With School of Fashion BRING NEW LIFE AND BEAUTY TO OLD CLOTHES Do you have holes and rips in your favorite clothing? By learning visible mending techniques, you can keep clothing out of landfills and extend the usefulness of clothing while giving it your very own customer look. Bring your garments to the second floor atrium in Rockwell Hall in the School of Fashion on Tuesday, October 26, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring your own clothing and preferred thread and yard colors. All mending supplies and instructions wil...
Alumna Emilie Oxel OLeary, '93, is the CEO of Sunshine Solar, a woman-owned mechanical installation company that partners with major brands such as LOreal and Amazon by installing solar power to support their overarching goals of being sustainable companies. Ive always had an entrepreneurial spirit, OLeary said. But I knew I needed a good education. I couldn't just go out and start a business and not have good support. OLeary graduated from 51勛圖厙 with a degree in fashion merchandising. With an interest in fashion, she started her first business when she was just ...
51勛圖厙 will host the kickoff event for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read Northeast Ohio, a community reading program celebrating An American Sunrise by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet laureate of the United States. The kickoff event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 12, beginning promptly at 7 p.m. in the Kiva, located in the Student Center, 800 E. Summit Street, Kent, Ohio. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is appreciated. A live stream of this event will be offered to virtual viewers who will receive a link upo...