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President Todd Diacon stressed the significance of respecting freedom of speech while practicing kindness and respect during his Convocation address.
Rally towels, strobe lights and the Marching Golden Flashes added to the celebration on Aug. 16, when 51³Ô¹ÏÍø welcomed its Class of 2028 with a rocking pep rally at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center.
For the past month, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. The group, from 26 countries, arrived on the Kent Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country.
Bright sunshine, verdant green spaces and colorful flowers in bloom set the scene for summertime on the Kent Campus.
This summer, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's College of Nursing welcomed high school students participating in the University Hospitals Future Nurse Academy program to campus for a tour and hands-on practice in our simulation labs.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø's president, faculty and staff helped the new Golden Flashes move into their residence halls.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s financial aid administrators want students and their families who were caught in the snags of the 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid process to know that financial aid and help completing the application are still available. The FAFSA cycle for the 2024-25 school year is not over.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø welcomed more than 1,000 new graduates to its alumni family during the summer commencement ceremony Saturday.
Two years ago, Cynthia Blinebery had an inkling she might have Parkinson’s. Her voice was weak, and her husband often asked her to repeat things. She ran out of breath when speaking and experienced tremors in her hands and fingers. Her father and aunt had Parkinson’s. A neurological exam confirmed her suspicion.
A father and son, both 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumni, graduates of the professional pilot program in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, recently achieved a remarkable milestone. Scott and Kyle Koeppl completed their first flight together as Southwest Airlines pilots.
With recreational marijuana sales now underway in Ohio, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø officials are reminding the campus community that marijuana use remains prohibited on all university properties.
The white coat at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s College of Podiatric Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony is presented as a reminder of the professionalism required by students, in their studies at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and later as they become podiatric physicians.
When U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited 51³Ô¹ÏÍø this summer, he and U.S. Representative (and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumna) Emilia Sykes toured the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center.
How a longstanding friendship between Metin Eren, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of archaeology, and a former curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, will benefit 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students for years to come.
Each August, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø welcomes alumni and their canine companions to campus for one of the most anticipated events of the year, the "Dog Days of Summer."
After spending time on an athletics service trip to Rwanda in January, recent 51³Ô¹ÏÍø graduate and women’s soccer team member Callie Jean Cunningham felt compelled to act.
The Earth Day celebration at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø at Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center included a guided, woodland hike around the campus.
A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty researcher in the Department of Biological Sciences has launched a pioneering study to explore how different species adapt to high-altitude environments in the Himalayas where oxygen levels are significantly lower.
The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumni family will grow by more than 1,000 new graduates as the university holds its summer commencement ceremony on Aug. 10.