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Flu clinic at the Kent Student Center

IN A FLASH: Get Ready For Flu Season

91²Ö¿â is working to help everyone get prepared for this year's flu season. 

Tags: Students First, Health care, University Health Services, Community Impact, Student Life, University News, Community & Society

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A composition of a tapestry, students dancing, and a professor talking to students

Women and Everyday Heroism

A combination of powerful art, reflective dance and historical courage are meant to connect and inspire a new generation of heroes. The art exhibition Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein takes residence at 91²Ö¿â this fall. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, Student Life, Community Impact

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Daily 91²Ö¿âr Headlines

Remembering 9/11 Through the Eyes of the Daily 91²Ö¿âr

Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, started out as a typical day at the Daily 91²Ö¿âr. Reporters were preparing for their daily assignments. Editors were planning their daily meetings. But, by the time Daily 91²Ö¿âr staff got to the newsroom on Tuesday, they were faced with just one story: a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center.  

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91²Ö¿â students explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art

IN A FLASH: Meeting at The Met

Students from 91²Ö¿â New York City Fashion gained inspiration from a visit to New York's Metropolitian Museum of Art.

Tags: School of Fashion, NYC Fashion, Students First, Arts & Culture, Community & Society, Community Impact, Global Reach

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1922 Faculty Collage

100 YEARS AGO AT KENT STATE: 1922-1923’s Faculty Roster Includes Many Names Familiar Today

After decades of dedications, the list of buildings names on campus reads like a faculty roster from 91²Ö¿â Normal College in 1922-23. 

Tags: University News, Student Life, Nationally Distinctive, Community & Society, Community Impact

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Flu vaccines are being offered.

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

91²Ö¿â's DeWeese Health Center is offering three flu shot clinics for students, faculty, and staff to get protected for the 2023-2024 flu season on Sept. 8, Sept. 15 and Sept. 26.

Tags: University News, Health, Student Life, Community & Society, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability, University Health Services

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Students in a kayak on the Cuyahoga River

Taking Out the Trash

91²Ö¿â students grabbed their paddles, boots and waders to help clean up the Cuyahoga River. The service trip was put together by the Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Services’ Adventure Center, which holds adventure trips, service trips and team-building programs.  

Tags: Student Life, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability

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Student Volunteers at "Stuff the Truck" Food Drive

91²Ö¿â Fights Hunger With Meijer

Sept. 1 was National Food Bank Day, and the partnership between Meijer and 91²Ö¿â can help people support Flashes Fighting Hunger just by doing their weekly grocery shopping. 

Tags: Community and Society, Community Impact, Students First, Student Life

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Delia Brennan participating in a demonstration

'I feel that I can really offer that empathy'

Graduating senior Delia Brennan applies she learns in the classroom to help survivors of trauma and promote activism in her community.

Tags: College of Arts & Sciences, Community Impact, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Student Life, Community & Society, Profiles, Class of 2023

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The 91²Ö¿â team of students and employees who will support the Northeast Ohio Mental Health Awareness Training stand outside Lowry Hall, home of the university’s College of Public Health, for a group photo.

91²Ö¿â Public Health Faculty Awarded Grant to Prepare Teachers and School Personnel to Connect Students With Mental Health Resources

91²Ö¿â’s Center for Public Policy and Health in the College of Public Health was recently awarded $600,000 in grant funding to support the Northeast Ohio Mental Health Awareness Training, a collaborative project that will train teachers and relevant school personnel to connect children and youth in a school setting to appropriate mental health resources.

Tags: Community & Society, Community Impact, College of Public Health, Center for Public Policy and Health, Mental Health Awareness

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