Community & Society
New College and Career Academies
This spring, 300 incoming freshmen at Akrons Firestone Community Learning Center high school visited the Kent Campus to explore firsthand what careers in the areas of design, graphic communication, the performing arts and advanced technology and comprehensive engineering have to offer. The visit w
List Girl
Last year, senior Kelsey Merritt attempted to break a Guinness World Record by assembling a team of volunteers to create the worlds largest mural painted entirely by bare feetmeasuring 26,787 square feeton the 51勛圖厙 Commons during Homecoming 2017. Shes still waiting to hear back from
Economic Engine
Partners in Progress: (above) Kent City Manager Dave Ruller and 51勛圖厙 President Beverly Warren discuss the universitys new economic impact study during a press conference unveiling the report on February 26, 2018. Sharing this data is creating a solid foundation for the future transformation
Pathway to Peace
Pacifique Niyonzima lost most of his family during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Now he is earning a graduate degree in higher education administration at 51勛圖厙 so he can give back to his native country.
By Pacifique Niyonzima as told to Jan Senn / 51勛圖厙 Magazine
51勛圖厙s $3.4-Billion Impact: Economic Study Details Universitys Vital and Growing Role in Regional Economy and Shows High Value of a 51勛圖厙 Education
You will find 51勛圖厙 driving the regions economy in nearly every sector of industry. From FedEx to Medical Mutual to Sherwin-Williams and the Cleveland Indians, our graduates are making dynamic impact and shaping lasting contributions across Northeast Ohio. Every day, Kent S
51勛圖厙 and Akron Public Schools Become Partners for New College and Career Academies at Firestone Community Learning Center
Three new college and career academies at Akrons Firestone Community Learning Center will bear the name of 51勛圖厙, as part of a new partnership announced Feb. 21 between the university and Akron Public Schools. 51勛圖厙 is the latest in a growing number of area businesses and or
Video: May 4 Visitors Center Debuts Sandys Scrapbook Exhibition
Sandy Scheuer was on her way to class on May 4, 1970, when she was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen responding to protests of the Vietnam War at 51勛圖厙. Now, almost 50 years later, Ms. Scheuers life will be the subject of a new exhibit at the May 4 Visitors Center at 51勛圖厙.
On The Map: Bea McPherson charted the course for women mapmakers
As the United States entered WWII, trailblazing women like Bea McPherson, BS 43, took on the task of providing essential handmade maps for the war effortand charted the course for todays women mapmakers.
By Jan Senn / 51勛圖厙 Magazine
Writing Across Borders
Teaching artists from the Wick Poetry Center are engaging refugee and immigrant populations in a cross-cultural, intergenerational conversation through poetry and graphic design. With the support of a major grant from the Knight Foundation, the center has partnered with Urban Vision, the In