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Flu vaccines are being offered.

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

51³Ô¹ÏÍø's DeWeese Health Center is offering three flu shot clinics for students, faculty, and staff to get protected for the 2023-2024 flu season on Sept. 8, Sept. 15 and Sept. 26.

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Planes flying at the Cleveland Airshow

Capturing the Power of the Cleveland Air Show

51³Ô¹ÏÍø staffer Michael Gershe captured the power of the Cleveland National Air Show this weekend with his photography.

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Delia Brennan participating in a demonstration

'I feel that I can really offer that empathy'

Graduating senior Delia Brennan applies she learns in the classroom to help survivors of trauma and promote activism in her community.

Tags: College of Arts & Sciences, Community Impact, LGBTQ+, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Student Life, Community & Society, Profiles, Class of 2023

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The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø team of students and employees who will support the Northeast Ohio Mental Health Awareness Training stand outside Lowry Hall, home of the university’s College of Public Health, for a group photo.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Public Health Faculty Awarded Grant to Prepare Teachers and School Personnel to Connect Students With Mental Health Resources

51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Center for Public Policy and Health in the College of Public Health was recently awarded $600,000 in grant funding to support the Northeast Ohio Mental Health Awareness Training, a collaborative project that will train teachers and relevant school personnel to connect children and youth in a school setting to appropriate mental health resources.

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The Center for Public Policy and Health

Flashes of Pride 2023 Photo Session

‘Represented and Proud’

This week began the annual photo shoot for the Flashes of Pride Poster, which features the faces, names, sexual identity and majors of some of 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s LGBTQ+ community and allies.  

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Hotel evening view

10 Years and More Than 200,000 Guests Later

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Hotel and Conference Center is celebrating 10 years of being at the heart of a transformed downtown. 

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Graphic for International Overdose Awareness Day

Learn the Signs of an Overdose and How to Help

The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Kent Campus will be one of four locations offering free Narcan education from the Kent Health Department on Aug. 31. To help raise awareness about overdoses in Portage County, Open United Recovery (OUR) Place, the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Portage County, Kent Health Department and Brightview Kent Addiction Center will distribute free resources and educational materials.

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Fall 2023 Nursing sophomores White Coat Ceremony.

IN A FLASH: White Coats and Big Smiles

The Fall 2023 White Coat Ceremony marked nursing students' transition to professional nursing classes. 

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Pictured (from left to right) are Mary Kutchin, Tracey Motter, Erin Slay and Holly Ma.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø and University Hospitals Awarded $4 Million Grant to Develop an LPN-to-BSN Pathway, Further Nursing Education and Careers

Faculty researchers from 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s College of Nursing recently received nearly $4 million in grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop an LPN-to-BSN pathway called the LPN Education Advancement Program (LEAP).  The program will provide licensed practical nurses at University Hospitals the opportunity to increase their skill set by removing barriers that may have prevented them from furthering their education.

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barbie dolls grouped together

Barbie, Patriarchy and My Pink Hijab

Lydia Rose, Ph.D., director of Public Relations for the Islamic Society of Akron and Kent and an associate professor of sociology at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, shares her perspectives on the resurgence of Barbie’s influence on our culture today.

 

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