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91�㽶��Ƶ University will hold its annual Veterans Day Commemoration at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The program, Honoring All Those Who Serve, will include a flag-raising ceremony conducted by a joint color guard from the Army and Air Force ROTC programs on the Student Green at Risman Plaza at 10:45 a.m., the national anthem and the “Service Song Medley” performed by Corinne VanNatta, an invocation by Rev. John Schluep and remarks from 91�㽶��Ƶ President Todd Diacon. Serving as master of ceremonies is N.J. Akbar, Ph.D. Akbar is an Army veteran who cur...

91�㽶��Ƶ University’s newest Flashfleet partnership with company VeoRide is changing the landscape of using a bike-share program on campus. Flashfleet is a bike-share program 91�㽶��Ƶ has in place for students, faculty, staff and surrounding community members. The university uses a mobility share company to partner with, and this year has introduced VeoRide. After the previous Flashfleet program’s company contract was up, 91�㽶��Ƶ held meetings with multiple different bike and mobility share companies to find a better fit for both 91�㽶��Ƶ and the Kent city community. “We chos...

  Earlier this semester, a team of nursing students and faculty members volunteered to work at the Rural Area Mobile (RAM) free clinic held at the Covelli Center in Youngstown. The team spent a day working in triage, taking vital signs and collecting health history information from individuals preparing for a medical/dental or a medical/vision visit.  The clinic was staffed by area medical professionals who provided free care to all who sought treatment. It is estimated that more than 700 patients were seen that day, receiving nearly $300,000 in free services. Representing Kent...

The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) awarded the 91�㽶��Ƶ Chapter (PRSSA Kent) the highest national honors for a chapter as well as for a student leader this month. PRSSA named 91�㽶��Ƶ University the winner of the 2019 Outstanding Chapter Award at its International Conference in San Diego, Calif. Public relations major Vanessa Gresley, PRSSA Kent’s vice president of professional relations, earned the Gold Key Award, the highest PRSSA honor for students. PRSSA is a national pre-professional organization for students interested in public relations and communications...

91�㽶��Ƶ University’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties. Deric Kenne, Ph.D., associate professor of health policy and management in 91�㽶��Ƶ’s College of Public Health, and his team have received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The project and associated personnel will be housed in the university’s Center for Public Policy a...

Being lost on campus, lugging textbooks from one building to another, missing the bus countless of times and spending lavishly on Meal Plan weren’t my ideal plans as a first-year student. My greatest achievement back then was ‘Freshman 15’. Flash forward to senior year now as I participate in the Welcome Crew, a team of volunteers who warmly greet and guide first-years, to create an impression that I have a better grip on college life. I can’t pretend that I’m not envious of the number of resources that first-years have now - packaged in the form of an app. A year ago, Systems Development and...

“It was not a decision I made lightly and was one of the best experiences of my life.”  This comment from 91�㽶��Ƶ Geauga and Regional Academic Center business major Katie Hofstetter is a reflection on her first experience traveling outside of the country and her first time taking a college course outside of the classroom. It expresses the shared impact on students who participated in a study abroad experience in Ireland facilitated by 91�㽶��Ƶ Geauga Assistant Professor in Economics Dr. Ludmila Leontieva. International Economic Experience: Ireland as a Hub for Transnationa...