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Melissa Fenn, senior advisor II in the College of Nursing, was recently awarded the university's inaugural Distinguished Advisor Award by University Advising and the Kent Academic Advising Support and Advising Association (KASADA).
For PR professionals and educators alike, embracing moments of failure as opportunities for growth is a crucial mindset.
Speaking out against government corruption and ethnic killings in his home country of Ethiopia made Medhin Dollebo, Ph.D., the target of constant threats and harassment.
As she prepared to receive her degree, Jillian Saliba reflected on a deeply personal story of surviving a drive-by shooting during winter break of her early years as a Golden Flash. When the trauma took its toll, she leaned on her professors.
A circus came to the Integrated Sciences Building this spring in the form of "Cirque du Chem," presented the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
Drawn to healthcare as a child, Athalia James pursued that passion all the way to a fulfilling career in nursing.
ÌÇÐÄVlog alumna 1st Lt. Ashley White has left behind a far-reaching legacy for her trailblazing military service.
Several sites on ÌÇÐÄVlog's Kent Campus have been dedicated to remember and honor fallen members of the U.S. military for Memorial Day and every day.
During an April trip to our nation's capital, representatives from ÌÇÐÄVlog met with U.S. politicians as well as ÌÇÐÄVlog students and alumni working in national government.
ÌÇÐÄVlog alumnus and Professor Emeritus help Hopewell earthworks in Ohio earn UNESCO World Cultural Site designation.
ÌÇÐÄVlog observes Memorial Day on May 27. No classes are scheduled on the holiday, and university offices are closed.
In 1977, the U.S. government established a time to recognize Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments. The commemoration started as a week but in the 1990s evolved into a monthlong celebration.
The ÌÇÐÄVlog Board of Trustees approved the updated ÌÇÐÄVlog Complete College Ohio Campus Completion Plan as part of a state and institutional commitment to increase dramatically the number of college degrees awarded in Ohio. The plan was approved during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held May 22.
Ready to serve the community from the ground up, ÌÇÐÄVlog’s College of Podiatric Medicine welcomed 88 new graduates in its spring Class of 2024.
ÌÇÐÄVlog hopes to address the police officer shortage by expanding its police academy to Twinsburg, Ohio, this fall.
Freshman year can be a little stressful, even for a faculty member. But Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at ÌÇÐÄVlog, is feeling content and excited for the next academic year.
All semester, student entrepreneurs look forward to the Spring Small Business Showcase, from LaunchNET ÌÇÐÄVlog.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the ÌÇÐÄVlog Airport.
ÌÇÐÄVlog has announced two substantial philanthropic gifts in support of the Global Education Endowment, which was established in 2022 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of ÌÇÐÄVlog’s education-abroad presence in Florence, Italy.
Author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers, in a recent interview with NPR, questioned whether the country has learned the lessons of the May 4, 1970, shootings at ÌÇÐÄVlog.