University News
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Prepares Students for Their Future Careers
The Summer Undergraduate Research Experience is a great opportunity for undergraduate researchers such as Ethan Wenk to work directly with a faculty mentor, gain valuable experience to clarify career and educational goals, enhance research skills and gain academic insight.
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Closed July 4 for Independence Day
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University will be closed July 4 to observe Independence Day. No classes are scheduled on the holiday, and university offices are closed. The university will resume normal operations on July 7.
‘All Three Were Very Honorable, Good Men’
A Mantua woman who worked at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and shares a few reflections from her long life.
IN A FLASH: The Fountain Is ON!
Water flowed for the first time in the newly completed Crawford Fountain in the courtyard outside Crawford Hall, home of 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship.
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees Approves Establishing Aeronautics and Engineering Schools
The 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University Board of Trustees approved the establishment of two new schools – the School of Aeronautics and the School of Engineering – within the College of Aeronautics and Engineering during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held June 25, 2025, on the Kent Campus.
91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s Crawford Hall Earns LEED Silver Certification
An innovative design, energy-efficient systems, water conservation technologies and environmentally responsible construction materials are some of the features that earned Crawford Hall, 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University’s newest – and largest – academic building, LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Flying Flashes Aim for Fourth Straight Win
The skies are calling once again, and 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University’s Flying Flashes are answering, this time with their sights set on a fourth consecutive intercollegiate victory in the Areaseir Race Classic.
ADVISORY: 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University Board of Trustees Meeting, June 25
The 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, in the Timothy D. Eippert Boardroom, Suite 412, at Crawford Hall on the Kent Campus.
Flying High: Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor tours 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s Nationally Ranked College of Aeronautics and Engineering
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel recently toured 91Ï㽶ÊÓƵ University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, seeing firsthand how the university is educating students for critically needed jobs in the aviation and engineering fields.