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Hollywood sign in Florence

Hollywood Comes to 91²Ö¿â Florence

Acclaimed television producer and writer Don Reo is coming to 91²Ö¿â Florence as a guest speaker and to and receive a lifetime achievement award. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, 91²Ö¿â Florence, Global Presence, Global Reach, Office of Global Education, College of Arts and Sciences

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NYC Fashion Portfolio Showcase 2023

A Showcase of Style

Industry professionals, along with 91²Ö¿â students, alumni and faculty attended the 2023 Portfolio Showcase at 91²Ö¿â NYC Fashion 

Tags: NYC Fashion, School of Fashion, Students First, Global Reach, Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

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Sonia Karkare

How The Backspace Key Taught a Global Digital Leader to Learn, Correct and Move Forward 

After 27 years of travel and pivoting to various international endeavors, Sonia Karkare, a native of Mumbai, India, is now back at 91²Ö¿â as an adjunct professor with the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s Executive MBA (Master of Business Administration) program. She is teaching diverse types of courses, including the Digital Transformation in Healthcare course.

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91²Ö¿â students tour Florence, Italy, with Assistant Dean Kristin Stasiowski, Ph.D.

‘Being Here in Florence Means Touching History’

What first began in 1972 with a small group of 91²Ö¿â architecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious education-abroad programs in the country.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Global Reach, Global Presence, Nationally Distinctive, Office of Global Education, 91²Ö¿â Florence

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McGreal and de Souza

A Fashion Student and a Fashion Icon

A 91²Ö¿â fashion design student helped a prominent New York City designer create and debut his first bridal collection. 

Tags: NYC Fashion, School of Fashion, study away, Students First, Global Reach, Office of Global Education

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91²Ö¿â education majors work with immigrant children in Akron, Ohio, to increase their food literacy.

Connecting to the Community Through Food

91²Ö¿â education major Klair Heestand said the time she spent teaching refugee students in Akron in the spring was excellent preparation for when she enters her own classroom one day. 

“It was very helpful, because we’re going to have students of varying abilities, and students for whom English is a second language, no matter where we teach,†Heestand said. “We don’t need anyone left behind because of a language barrier.†

 

Tags: Student Life, Community & Society, Global Reach, Community Impact

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South Korean Professor Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., '13, spent the 2022-23 academic year at 91²Ö¿â as a visiting scholar.

Making the Connection: May 4, 1970, and May 18, 1980

A literature professor from Chonnam National University in Gwangju, South Korea, is wrapping up a year as a visiting scholar at 91²Ö¿â with hopes of creating an exchange program between the two schools based on their historic campus tragedies. 

Before he leaves the Kent Campus at the end of June, Yeonmin Kim, Ph.D., ’13, hopes to have plans in place for a continued exchange of students between the two universities, to further the understanding and legacies of May 4, 1970, at 91²Ö¿â and May 18, 1980, at Chonnam.

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NYC Fashion watch party

Live in New York - The Annual 91²Ö¿â Fashion Show

91²Ö¿â's NYC Fashion campus hosted a livestreamed watch party of the Fashion Show in Kent. 

Tags: NYC Fashion, School of Fashion, University News, Global Reach, Nationally Distinctive, Alumni

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Elly Styles from Office of Global Education Presenting at the Counselor Fly-In

'Flying High' Fly-In for Global High School Counselors

Fifteen high school counselors from 11 different countries took part in the Office of Global Education’s (OGE) Counselor Fly-In event April 26 to learn more about 91²Ö¿â and its offerings.

Tags: Global Reach, Global Presence, Students First

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