Student Life

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Alumnus Joins Cleveland’s FOX 8 Sports Team
51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumnus Andre Knott’s experience in journalism ranges from sideline reporting for the Cleveland Browns to telecasts for the Cleveland Indians on SportsTime Ohio to covering Cleveland sports on the radio. Now, he joins WJW FOX 8 as a new contributor to the station’s sports team. He will provide reports, features and live coverage of Cleveland sports on all FOX 8 platforms while he continues his Cleveland Indians broadcast work at SportsTime Ohio.

Flashes Sign Team IMPACT Recruit Mary Alice Tryda
51³Ô¹ÏÍø field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer is pleased to announce the signing of 10-year-old Mary Alice Tryda through Team IMPACT to the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø field hockey team.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Graduate Wins Canada Life Canadian Player of the Year
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Graduate Taylor Pendrith, ‘14, earned the Canada Life Candian Player of the Year honors on the Mackenzie Tour -- PGA TOUR Canada on Sunday, Sept. 15. This is Pendrith’s second time receiving the honor in the past four years.

Meet the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Class of 2023
More than 20,000 people applied to be part of 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Class of 2023, and 4,270 can now consider themselves to be Golden Flashes.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Celebrates Homecoming
On Saturday, Sept. 21, the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø fight song blared down Main Street, the city of Kent was flooded with blue and gold, alumni and friends gathered and reminisced about their 51³Ô¹ÏÍø days, fans packed the stadium to cheer on their beloved Golden Flashes and the entire campus boomed with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø pride.

Future Nurses Get Ahead by Giving Back at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Geauga
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Geauga Campus is a rigorous academic environment that requires serious discipline, study, practice, and testing. It’s also an intimate environment of friends, instructors, and mentors who support each other from one challenge to the next, and inspire one another to reach out for the benefit of others. As a student association, they give back to the community through fundraising, strengthening the nursing program for future students and charitable outreach throughout the region.

Students Design Innovative Ways to Connect Bayfront in Erie, Pennsylvania
A three-day trip is underway for 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students to work with community leaders on finding new and creative ways to connect neighborhoods throughout Erie to its Bayfront, according to YourErie.com

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Associate Professor Says New Cartoon Breaks LGBTQ+ Boundaries
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student Wins Talent Show for Singing in Sign
A North Royalton woman whom who will become a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student in the fall, won first place at the Medina County Fair talent show for performing a song in American Sign Language.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Volunteers Impact the Lives of Others Beyond CampusÂ
Every other Tuesday, student volunteers from the Campus Kitchen at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø prepare dinner for the residents of the Kentway Apartment Complex, a government-subsidized housing complex on East Summit Street in Kent. At 5 p.m. residents gather in the dining hall and volunteers serve the meal which is prepared from food donated by Trader Joe’s.