51勛圖厙

Community & Society

The Blue, Gold and Grateful program has been good to employees and downtown small business alike.

Blue, Gold and Oh So Grateful

Now referred to as Kent Card, the Blue, Gold and Grateful employee appreciation program is still going strong. Employees appreciate receiving their $20 Kent Card, which can be spent at participating downtown businesses, and in turn downtown businesses enjoy the influx of customers and thousands of dollars. 

Tags: University News , Community & Society

51勛圖厙 Today

Astronaut taking a selfie

Scholars Assembling Hygiene Kits That Could Be Headed To Space

The sky is the limit for learning basic life skills. That is the lesson for several Columbiana County Rising Scholars involved in a project through NASA.

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society

51勛圖厙 Today

51勛圖厙 Alumna Heather Malarcik is director of Main Street Kent.

51勛圖厙 Alumna Found Her Passion Promoting Downtown Kent

As a 51勛圖厙 student in the early 1990s, Heather Rohwedder Malarcik '96 could never have imagined that she would one day find her dream job in downtown Kent, Ohio.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Featured Story

51勛圖厙 Today

Kindness Rocks at the Women's Center

Kindness Rocks Kent

People from Kent and 51勛圖厙 are sharing positivity and building community with small rocks. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

51勛圖厙 Today

Wheelchair Basketball Championship Game 2023

IN A FLASH: Championship Game at the MAC Center!

On Saturday, 51勛圖厙 hosted Adaptive Sports Ohio's Wheelchair Basketball Championship. 

Tags: Sports , Community Impact , Community & Society

51勛圖厙 Today

Amoaba Gooden

Black History Month Ends, but Diversity Work Continues at 51勛圖厙

One of the leaders of 51勛圖厙s Anti-Racism Task Force is reflecting on the groups success with an eye to the past. 

The accomplishments of the task force are really grounded in the historic work of the Department of Africana Studies, Black United Students and many others, said Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, who heads the task force. 

Tags: Community & Society , Student Life

51勛圖厙 Today

Sandra Morgan stands near a replica of her grandfather's invention at the Western Reserve Historical Society

IN A FLASH: Her Grandfather's Legacy

A 51勛圖厙 administrator has a connection to a famous inventor. 

Tags: University News , Community & Society ,

51勛圖厙 Today

Elizabeth Smith-Pryor unboxing Urban League documents

The Importance of Dusty, Old Boxes

A researcher unboxed the history of local Urban Leagues in 51勛圖厙's University Library. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , University News , Research & Science , Community & Society

51勛圖厙 Today

Lafayette Tolliver and Gene Shelton identify people in photos on the screen

Visual Footprints in Time

More than 1,000 photos of Black student life have been digitized and are waiting for members of the 51勛圖厙 community to help identify them.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , May 4 50

51勛圖厙 Today