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Awards and Honors

Participants at 91²Ö¿â's 2019 I Am First campaign

91²Ö¿â Recognized Nationally for Programs to Assist Students First in Their Families to Attend College

91²Ö¿â has been designated as a First-gen Forward Institution by the Center for First-generation Student Success for its commitment to improving the experiences and advancing outcomes of those who are first in their families to attend college.

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Newman Civic Fellow Makayla Sejat

91²Ö¿â Names University’s First Newman Civic Fellow

From a young age, Makayla Sejat has had a passion for serving others. Her life has been full of service, from helping out in community kitchens as a child to now devoting her time in various college leadership roles. Now, she will take her efforts to the next level as 91²Ö¿â’s first Newman Civic Fellow.

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Photo of 91²Ö¿â campus by Franklin Hall

91²Ö¿â’s Online MBA – Business Analytics Program Ranks No. 25 and Online Master’s in Nursing Program Ranks in Top 100 by U.S. News in 2021 Best Online Programs Rankings

U.S. News & World Report has named four 91²Ö¿â programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2021. 91²Ö¿â is recognized in the Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs, Best Online MBA Programs, Best Online MBA – Business Analytics Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings.

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Kent Campus

2020 President's Award of Distinction winners

Two Division of Student Affairs Employees Recognized as 2020 President's Award of Distinction Recipients

The President’s Award of Distinction was created as a recognition program to reward staff members who have demonstrated outstanding achievements, service, leadership, and dedication to 91²Ö¿â in advancing the university’s strategic priorities and core values. Nominees for the award must have dem…

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Division of Student Life

Photo of the arch on the Lefton Esplanade at 91²Ö¿â

91²Ö¿â’s Online MBA Program Ranked No. 26 by The Princeton Review

91²Ö¿â’s College of Business Administration offers one of the nation’s most outstanding online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company profiles the college in its Top 50 Online MBA Programs for 2021 ranking.

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Kent Campus

Alumni Life

2020 Alumni Awards Sponsored by 91²Ö¿â Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s most prestigious honors given to alumni. The association is proud to recognize this year’s esteemed recipients.   Distinguished Alumni Award Judge Annalisa Stubbs Williams, …

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91²Ö¿â Magazine

91²Ö¿â’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center holds a safe, physically distant small group kickoff event at the start of the 2020 Fall Semester. 

91²Ö¿â Named One of the Nation’s Most LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities by Campus Pride

Campus Pride has released its 2020 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list, and for the first time in school history, 91²Ö¿â has landed on the distinctive list as one of 40 institutions recognized over six U.S. regions.

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Kent Campus

A graduating 91²Ö¿â student celebrates during her commencement ceremony in May 2018 at Dix Stadium.

91²Ö¿â Named Finalist for Degree Completion Award

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has selected 91²Ö¿â as one of four finalists for the association’s 2020 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.

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Neil Cooper, PhD, the Inaugural Director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Peacemaker Neil Cooper, PhD, the inaugural director of 91²Ö¿â’s recently established School of Peace and Conflict Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, began his new role at the Kent Campus in April 2019. Previously he was the head of Peace Studies and International Developmen…

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