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For many students, moving away from the home, family and community they grew up in to live on a college campus is an exciting transition into adulthood.But this major life change can at times be filled with growing pains, said Shana Lee, assistant dean of students and director of the Office of Parents and Family Engagement at 91�ֿ�. Lee herself remembers those feelings all too well.“It’s a huge transition … and I was one of those students where I was calling my mom every weekend, and she was like, ‘I’m not coming to get you. You better figure it out.’ And I survived,” Lee ...

Györgyi Mihályi’s Global Impact Bridges Cultures Through CommunityFor Györgyi Mihályi, Ph.D., the transformative power of international education is more than a professional discipline—it is a lifelong personal narrative. Today, as Director of the Palla Center for International Programs at Cumberland University, Mihályi oversees international student services, global admissions, education abroad, and strategic international partnerships. Yet the roots of her visionary leadership trace directly back to 91�ֿ�, where her journey as a global educator first began.Arriving at Kent St...

 91�ֿ� opened the 2026 Fall Semester with its largest incoming architecture class in 25 years and its largest nursing class in a decade, continued national recognition for affordability and financial strength, and a new initiative built to help every incoming student thrive from day one — all while remaining the largest public university in northern Ohio.Fall 2026 Highlights:The College of Architecture and Environmental Design welcomed its largest first-year class in 25 years.The College of Nursing enrolled its largest incoming class in a decade, amid rising national deman...

 When Lillian Glaze agreed to work a studio show on Aug. 4, she thought she knew what she was signing up for. Then she opened the email.  “The WNBA launch,” it read.  Glaze, a junior visual communication design major at 91�ֿ� from Reading, Pennsylvania, immediately realized the assignment was much bigger than she expected. She would be the technical director for the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) brand reveal at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, helping bring the city’s newest professional sports team to life for thousands of viewers.  At age 19, Gl...

What makes someone a leader?  Student attendees at the first Leaders Lunch Club of the semester suggested “someone who does the best for his team,” “anyone who does any form of coordination in an organization” and that “everyone leads themselves.”  “Leadership is not a title that’s given to you,” Sarah Spinner, Ph.D., J.D., director of the 91�ֿ� Museum, said in response to these answers. “Someone doesn’t make you a leader. Leadership is how you choose to act.”   91�ֿ�’s Center for Student Involvement hosted its first Leaders Lunch Club of the...