University News
America’s ‘Top Turnaround Mayor’ to Speak at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on Nov. 19
Mitch Landrieu, the New Orleans mayor who oversaw the removal of the city’s prominent Confederate monuments and helped his city to recover and reemerge from a series of natural disasters, will speak at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø as part of the university’s May 4 Speaker Series.
New Academic Application Launched to Better Serve 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Students
The first priority of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s strategic roadmap is to ensure that students have the education, experiences and support they need to graduate and to live successful, satisfying lives in their work and in their commitment to become engaged citizens. The university’s Academic Success Center team is making that priority its priority with the creation of the Academic Success Plan (ASP), a new application that gives students easier and quicker access to resources that will help them succeed in class.
Student Voting Rate Skyrockets in Recent Years
While student voting nationwide doubled since 2014, the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student voting rate has increased 135% from 2014 to 2018, according to a recent report from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement, conducted by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Magazine: Design Innovation Hub Launches
51³Ô¹ÏÍø celebrated the launch of a dynamic new space, the Design Innovation (DI) Hub, in May that will bring innovations from many disciplines together in a 68,000 square foot building near the center of the Kent Campus.
From Badgers to Golden Flashes: 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s President, Wife and Head Football Coach Share Connection With Two Universities
Even 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s highest-ranking officials can experience a tug on their loyalties when the Golden Flashes take on their alma maters in athletic contests. President Todd Diacon, his wife, Moema Furtado, and head football coach Sean Lewis all will experience that dual loyalty on Saturday when 51³Ô¹ÏÍø faces the University of Wisconsin-Madison at noon at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Nursing Alumna Reflects on May 4 Tragedy
In the spring of 1970, two-time 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumna and registered nurse Pat Gless was a junior in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s inaugural nursing program. While in class on Monday, May 4, a professor rushed into her classroom and warned students who could leave campus to do so. Fifty years later, Gless now reflects on the events surrounding that tragedy and how they have impacted her life and nursing career.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Debuts New TV Commercial Produced Entirely In-House
An ecology student testing water in a river. A nursing student assisting a patient. A music student performing onstage. These are just three of the 30 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students featured in the new 51³Ô¹ÏÍø TV commercial that was developed and produced entirely in-house by 51³Ô¹ÏÍø staff members who are all 51³Ô¹ÏÍø graduates.
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.
Ascendium Grant Will Streamline Transfers and Increase Student Retention, Graduations
The pathway from a two-year college to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø will soon become an easier road to travel for Ohio students, thanks to a grant awarded to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø to collaborate with three Ohio community colleges to streamline the transfer process.
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.